Budget 2020: FG estimates revenue of N8.155trn in 2020 from oil, non-oil tax, others
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday presented the budget for the 2020 fiscal year to the joint session of the National Assembly, informing the lawmakers that the Federal Government expected revenue…
Budget 2020: 10 food items exempted from VAT
The Value Added Tax (VAT) Act in Nigeria exempts pharmaceuticals, educational items, and basic commodities. President Muhammadu while presenting the 2020 budget at the National Assembly on Tuesday, stated that…
Nigerians must pay 7.5% VAT, insists Buhari; exempts food items, MSMEs
President Muhammadu Buhari says the 7.5 percent VAT is inevitable, stressing that the Finance Bill 2019 he forwarded to the National Assembly, when passed into law, will permit government to…
VP woos Scandinavian investors at Nordic-African Business Summit
The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, in consolidating efforts made in its first term, is committed to expanding opportunities for investments in renewable energy, technology and other sectors of the…
2020 budget: Works, Power get highest allocation
The Ministry of Works and Housing on Tuesday got the highest projected allocation of N262 billion from the N10. 33 trillion budget estimates. This was contained in the proposal as…
2020 budget: Buhari proposes N2.46 trn capital projects, says FG committed to meet its debt service obligations
President Muhammadu Buhari has proposed 2.46 trillion Naira for capital projects in the 2020 budget. This is coming as the President today presented the 2020 budget proposal to the…
2020 budget proposals in focus as Buhari presides over extraordinary FEC meeting
President Muhammadu Buhari and members of the Federal Executive Council are currently holding an extraordinary meeting at the State House in Abuja. The meeting is aimed at discussing the 2020…
Buhari charges public, private sector to help proffer solutions to challenges in the countryÂ
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday declared open the 25th Nigerian Economic Summit (NES25) with a charge to public and private sector leaders to look inward to solve the unique…
GITEX 2019: Nigeria’s  participation a platform for the country to showcase its local innovations, ICT potential – Pantami
The Minister of Communications, Dr Isa Pantami, has tasked Nigerians participating in the on-going Gulf Information Technology Exhibition  GITEX  to ensure they domesticate technology ideas and add value to Nigeria’s…
We do not take instructions from Buhari, we’re independent – CCB Chairman
Prof. Mohammed Isah, Chairman, Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), says the bureau remains independent and not under government’s interference in its anti-corruption crusade. There has been insinuation that the CCB…