National: Governance, Policy & Politics

Nigeria’s DMO restrategises to attain elusive 60:40 domestic,external debt mix by end 2019

Nigeria’s Debt Management Office (DMO) has set out fresh strategies to achieve an optimal debt portfolio mix of 60:40 ratio…

Court adjourns MTN Nigeria case against AGF’s office to December 3

A court case between MTN Nigeria and Nigeria's attorney-general’s office over a $2 billion demand in back taxes by the…

Nigeria’s disputes USDA report on increased rice importation in 2018

The federal government has disputed reports by the United States department of agriculture (USDA) World Market and Trade indicating an…

Nigeria’s public procurement agency to deploy digital technology for processing, classification of contractors

Mamman Ahmadu, director general of Nigeria’s Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), has indicated that the agency is working towards eventual…

Payers to bear cost of transfers to MDAs on Nigeria’s TSA

Effective November 1, 2018 the service charge on all payments to ministries, departments and agencies would be borne by the…

Oxfam appeals for more budgetary allocation to agriculture 

A non-governmental organisation, Oxfam International has urged governments at various levels to scale up budgetary allocation to the agriculture sector…