The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, on Monday, expressed the commitment of the House to amend the Fiscal Responsibility Act to deepen citizens’ participation in the country’s budgetary system. This was disclosed by the Speaker in Abuja at a Citizens’ town hall engagement on the 2024 budget and appropria ... Read more

Falcon Corporation Limited as an Indigenous player in the energy sector, has successfully secured a N19.41bn debt facility from the Chapel Hill Denham Nigeria-managed Infrastructure Debt Fund. This was disclosed in a statement made available to a correspondent on Monday, the proceeds of the loan are earmarked for the development of a state-of-th ... Read more

Lawyers for Reform Group and Centre for Human and Socio-economic Rights seek the establishment of a Special Anti-Land Grabbing and Fraud Task Force Unit in the Nigeria Police Force. This was disclosed by the Project Director of the group, Oladotun Hassan, while speaking with journalists in Lagos, recently. According to him, “It is exped ... Read more

The Federal Government has disclosed that it will soon begins the disbursement of funds under its Presidential Palliative Programme, targeted at alleviating the impact of the fuel subsidy removal. According to a statement on Sunday by the Minister for Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, noted that the programmes consisted of th ... Read more

Taxpayers and businesses expresses relief as the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has granted them full waiver on accumulated penalties and interests for outstanding tax liabilities. However, the waiver only applies to taxpayers who settle all their outstanding taxes on or before December 31. This was disclosed by the Chairman of the Rev ... Read more

The federal government has been urged to move pension funds investment to sectors that have direct impact on the citizens to support economic development. This was disclosed at the National Advisory Board for Impact Investing (NABII) sixth yearly report ‘Investing for Impact in Nigeria’ launched in Lagos. The report explained the ... Read more