The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, disclosed this at the 62nd meeting of the Customs Board, according to a statement by Director of Information and Public Relations of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Mr. Mohammed Manga, in Abuja, yesterday. Edun attributed the performance which was 12.5% above budget…
The All Progressives Congress and opposition parties on Wednesday clashed over President Bola Tinubu’s claim that Nigeria has already achieved its 2025 revenue target. While the APC insisted that the President has placed Nigeria on the path of economic recovery, the African Democratic Congress, Labour Party, New Nigeria Peoples Party and the Coalition of United…
Police in Enugu State have confirmed that the truck involved in last week’s fatal accident along the Enugu–Port Harcourt Expressway does not belong to Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), but to Visco Investment Global Limited, a third-party operator. According to a statement by the Enugu State Police Command, two separate crashes occurred on 3 September 2025 along…
Nigeria’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector is on course to outperform oil and gas as the country’s biggest revenue earner by 2027, according to Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani. Speaking at the opening of the GITEX Nigeria Tech Expo and Future Economy Conference in Lagos on Wednesday, Tijani said ICT already…
Former Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Hadi Sirika, has said some domestic operators, under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria, caused the collapse of the Nigeria Air agreement between the federal government and Ethiopian Airlines. Sirika argued that while the agreement, which passed through the Federal Executive Council, FEC, and the Infrastructure Concession…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday said his administration’s bold economic reforms, which aim to restore Nigeria to its enviable position, are achieving favourable results. He added that the country’s economy is now stable and attracting interest from around the world. “The bleeding has stopped. Haemorrhage is gone; the patient is alive,” Tinubu said when he…
The Presidency has said Nigeria is firmly on track to meet its annual non-oil revenue target. A statement signed on Wednesday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, cited new figures showing a sharp rise in collections driven by fiscal reforms, tax compliance, and digitised revenue systems. The statement was titled…
Newcastle United star, Anthony Gordon has hailed his former teammate, Alexander Isak after the striker joined Liverpool on the summer transfer deadline day. Isak had to force his way out of Newcastle as the club were reluctant to sell him this summer. The Sweden international embarked on a strike and boycotted Newcastle training until the…
Real Madrid captain, Dani Carvajal, has heaped praise on Barcelona star, Lamine Yamal. Yamal and Carvajal are teammates at national level and the older player acknowledged the youngster’s incredible rise in the sport. The Real Madrid star also noted that the 18-year-old could be among the candidates for the 2025 Ballon d’Or award. Yamal has…
Manchester United outcast Rasmus Hojlund, was unhappy over the club’s decision to sign Benjamin Sesko. The Athletic, via Metro, reports that the Danish striker believes he is a better player than Sesko. The striker, according to the report, wanted to use this season to convince the Red Devils that signing him from Atalanta was not…
