According to the World Bank, Nigeria accounts for 19 per cent of the share of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa, followed by Congo, Ethiopia and Sudan with 14 per cent, nine per cent and six per cent, ...

Nigeria’s economic outlook is strengthening, with the federal government targeting 7 percent economic growth and large-scale job creation, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the ...

The United States has expressed interest in investing in Africa’s most ambitious gas pipeline project, which aims to connect ...

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, has described inflation as the most significant threat to the economic welfare of Nigerians, pledging the CBN’s commitment to ...

The World Bank last Thursday raised   disturbing alarm  that poverty in Nigeria will  rise astronomically by 3.6 percentage points  as 20 millions will swell the ranks of the poor over the next two ...

Angola is conducting stress tests to assess the impact of falling oil prices on its government finances, Finance Minister Vera Daves de Sousa said on Friday, noting that the situation increases the ...

According to Olayemi Cardoso, Naira has stabilised at a more sustainable level, closing the gap between the official and parallel ...

Saudi Arabia and Qatar have explained the reason they agreed to clear Syria’s debt to the World Bank, amounting to around $15 ...

Trump, since returning to the White House in January, has hit dozens of countries with a blanket 10 per cent tariff, but China faces levies of up to 145 percent on many products. Beijing has responded ...

The Senate has urged urgent budgetary reform and a transition to Results-Based Budgeting (RBB) to address Nigeria's economic challenges.

The Federal Government and the World Bank are working to stimulate private sector’s investments in digital infrastructure to create high-quality jobs for young Nigerians, Minister of Finance and ...