Zainab Ahmed

World Bank Job: How Nigeria’s ex-Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed sidestepped FG’s nomination, appropriated position to herself

May assume duty on July 10, 2023 A devious plot conceived and hatched by a former Minister of Finance against Nigeria to circumvent...

FG provides N470bn for varsity revitalisation, upward adjustment of lecturers’ salaries

The Federal Government says it has provided N470 billion special fund for university revitalisation and upward adjustment of lecturers’ salaries. The Minister of...

Federal Government, CBN mull devaluation of the Naira, says Finance Minister

    The plan by the Federal Government to devalue the naira came to the fore on Friday as the Minister of Finance,...

Buhari administration approves N895bn supplementary budget for military, COVID-19 vaccines

The Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a draft supplementary budget of N895,842,462,917 for the year 2021....

Missing N106bn MDAs’ funds: Buhari gets two-week ultimatum to launch probe

  A two-week ultimatum has been given to President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate allegations of missing N106 billion public funds from 149 ministries,...

FEC approves N8.64bn for Siemens Phase One electricity deal

  The Federal Government on Wednesday approved N8. 64 billion as counterpart fund for the Siemens AG power project. The deal was signed jointly the Nigerian...

FEC Approves Economic Stimulus Package Worth Over N2 Trillion

    In Abuja, the Buhari administration said Wednesday it will support a plan to inject more than N2 trillion into the Nigerian...

Buhari gets SERAP’s seven-day ultimatum to publish looters of N800bn, spending 

  Again, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has challenged the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to publish within seven days a comprehensive list of...

Buhari approves withdrawal of $150m from Sovereign Wealth Fund

  The President Muhamadu Buhari has given approval for the withdrawal of $150m from the Sovereign Wealth Fund for distribution to the three...

$460m Abuja CCTV: SERAP wins suit to compel FG to disclose details of project

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has won the latest round of the legal battle compelling the Federal Government, to disclose the...

SERAP sues Buhari administration over failed Chinese $460m Abuja CCTV project

  Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) filed a lawsuit in Federal court against Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National...

SERAP Seeks Details Of Spending On $460m Failed CCTV Project, Other Chinese loans

  Threatens to take legal action if requested information is not provided   The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has requested for...

Nigeria’s border closure : IMF thumbs up for FG

  About 57 days after Nigeria shut its borders against neighboring countries to fight smuggling, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) may have thrown...

Nigeria’s $3bn World Bank facility ‘ll be invested in power sector — Finance Minister

Kunle Akinsola Nigeria is set to access the World Bank facility of three billion dollars, according to the Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed. Speaking...

$9.6bn judgment against Nigeria: Justice Minister, CBN Gov. others head for UK court

By Kunle Akinsola   Nigeria’s legal team headed by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami and...

Governors demand audit for N614bn bailout deductions

  Nigeria governors have demanded an audit of money owed to states by the Federal Government as a condition for repayment of the...