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25Feb By dthataNo Comments

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After Recession, Economy On Stable Growth – Zainab Ahmed

The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed, has said Nigeria’s exit from recession is a key indicator that the country is poised for stable and consistent growth. The minister said this on Wednesday while briefing State House reporters after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. She said the exit from recession was an indication that the diversification efforts were yielding results and that there has been a vigorous implementation of the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) approved by FEC last June with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo leading the drive. Nigeria’s economy unexpectedly came out of a recession in the fourth quarter as growth in agriculture and telecommunications offset a sharp drop i...

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24Jan By dthataNo Comments

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Recession: Buhari To Spend Highest Amount On Presidential Villa Since Elected

Nigeria’s economy may be in a recession and the country may not have enough money to fund its 2021 budget but this has not deterred the Muhammadu Buhari administration from allocating its highest amount ever to the State House including the ‘presidential wing’ of a hospital the president seldom uses. President Muhammadu Buhari will spend N17.3 billion this year to run the State House, Nigeria’s seat of power, details of the assented 2021 budget have shown. About N3.4 billion of this approved expenditure will be spent on feeding and travel expenses for the offices of the president and the vice president. The former gets about N2.6 billion and the latter, about N873 million. The N17.3 billion is the highest amount budgeted for running of the nation’s headquarters since Mr Buhari...

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1Dec By dthataNo Comments

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Nigeria Must Cut Cost Of Governance To Exit Recession – Peter Obi (Video)

Former vice-presidential candidate Peter Obi has given out what can be described as a pathway to economic recovery. Mr Obi, who spoke on Arise TV on Monday, agreed that the recent recession which affected about 40 countries around the world was as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. He however warned that the recession would bite harder on Nigeria because the country already had ‘underlying economic conditions’ ranging from extreme poverty to high unemployment rate, high number of out-of-school children, highest infant mortality rate and soaring incidences drug abuse, among others. Obi explained that unlike the previous recession where Nigeria recklessly borrowed its way out, this present recession demands fiscal discipline for the country to scale through. He argued that th...

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27Nov By dthataNo Comments

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India Enters First Recession In 73 Years

India’s economy contracted 7.5 percent between July and September, performing the poorest among major advanced and emerging economies and entering a technical recession for the first time since independence, official data showed Friday. Although the figures were an improvement on the record 23.9-percent contraction recorded last quarter, they indicate that Asia’s third-largest economy is in for a tough fight as it attempts to revive demand and create jobs even as coronavirus infections climb. The two successive quarters of contraction mean that the country has now entered a “technical recession” for the first time since 1947. The International Monetary Fund has meanwhile predicted that India’s economy would contract by 10.3 percent this year, the biggest slump for any major emer...

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27Nov By BobbyNo Comments

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Five years of Buhari has besieged Nigeria with abundant poverty – Afenifere

Pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, has said that the five years of President Buhari has plunged Nigeria into abundant poverty.   The group stated this in a statement released reacting to the recession of the Nigerian economy. The group in the statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Yinka Odumakin, blamed President Buhari for the country's economic situation, saying the country had become ungovernable under his administration.   "As Nigeria enters the worst recession in 33 years and the second in five years of Buhari, we are equally besieged by attendant poverty as well as insecurity worsening across the land with kidnappers, armed robbers and bandits on the prowl and government helpless and unable to govern effectively. The truth is that the country had virtu...

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25Nov By dthataNo Comments

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Recession: Niger State To Slash Civil Servants Salary By 50%

As Nigerians gear up to face the impending hardship as a result of the recession already steering in the face of Nigeria, Niger state government has concluded plans to slash the salaries of civil servants in the state by 50 percent to be able to cope with the present economic reality. But the Organized Labour in the state have vowed that any attempt to slash the salaries of workers would be met with stiff resistance and this has set the stage for a possible showdown between the government and the labour. Indication to this emerged on Monday when Government told officials of the NLC and those of the Trade Union Congress at a meeting held in the office of the Head of Service that it can no longer afford to pay 100% salaries to workers effective from December, 2020. Our correspon...

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25Nov By dthataNo Comments

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Recession: Nigeria’s Economy Doing Well Compared To Others – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the Nigerian economy is doing well compared to the economies of South Africa, Russia and other countries in recession. He said the recession is inevitable due to the global collapse in oil prices occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic. The minister spoke Wednesday on NTA Good Morning Nigeria Show monitored by The PUNCH. The PUNCH had reported that amid a rising debt profile, inflation and unemployment, the Nigerian economy shrank again in the third quarter of this year. This year’s recession is the worst in 36 years as data obtained from the World Bank indicated that the country’s Gross Domestic Product dropped by 10.92 per cent in 1983 and 1.2 per cent in 1984. The National Bureau of Statistics, in its report for t...

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24Nov By dthataNo Comments

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2021 Budget Not Capable Of Addressing Nigeria’s Recession – Reps

House of Representatives Commitee on Science and Technology Monday said that the 2021 budget as presented by President Muhammadu Buhari was incapable of lifting Nigeria from the current economic recession. It will be recalled that Buhari in early October this year presented 2021 budget estimate of N13.08 trillion to the national assembly for approval. Last Saturday, the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, announced that Nigeria had slid into recession, the second time in five years. Sharing his views on the budget at a session, a member of the committee, Hon. Awaji-Inombek Abiante from Rivers State said the documents had allocation flaws that should be corrected. His dissatisfaction however followed the absence of the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed and the Director-Gener...

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21Aug By dthataNo Comments

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We Are Heading For Second Recession In Four Years – Minister Of State For Budget, Clem Agba

The Federal Government, on Thursday, raised the alarm that the Nigerian economy might relapse into a second recession in four years if no concrete steps were taken to improve the Gross Domestic Product. The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, raised the alarm during his presentation at the Senate Joint Committee on Finance and Economic Planning on the 2021-2023 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper. He said, “Nigeria’s Q2 GDP growth is in all likelihood negative, and unless we achieve a very strong Q3 2020 economic performance, the Nigerian economy is likely to lapse into a second recession in four years with significant adverse consequences. “In response to the developments affecting the supply of foreign exchange to the econo...

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20Jun By BobbyNo Comments

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The Whole Country will be Minneapolis if Democrats Win the Election – Donald Trump says

US President, Donald Trump has said the country will have a dim future if he loses the 2020 presidential election and Joe Biden is elected. According to Trump, the US will be like Minneapolis if he loses and will go in 'a recession like never seen.'   Minneapolis was the site of the death of George Floyd, a black man, who was killed by a white police officer on Memorial Day, setting off weeks of looting and rioting in the city and  'Black Lives Matter' protests around the country. Trump speaking in a Father's Day-themed interview with his son, Donald Trump Jr. that aired on Friday, he said; 'The whole country will be Minneapolis,' 'I feel like if the Democrats get in, we are literally going to end up in a recession/depression the likes of which you've n...

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2Jun By dthataNo Comments

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N4.5tr Budget Deficit May Trigger Fresh Recession – Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed Warns

With the deficit financing of the revised N10.509 trillion 2020 budget rising from N1.847 trillion to N4.563 trillion, the economy might be heading for another recession, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has warned. She expressed the fear yesterday in Abuja during a session with the Senate Committee on Finance where heads of revenue-generating agencies made presentations on the revised 2020-2022 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and the Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP). The minister noted that projected revenues from the agencies had been drastically slashed. According to her, 77 per cent of the new financial expectations from sources like the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the...

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21May By BobbyNo Comments

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Nigeria is Heading Towards Recession – Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed

Zainab Ahmed, Nigeria's Minister of Finance, has said that the coronavirus pandemic and falling oil prices are set to force Nigeria's economy into recession. The Minister made this known today May 21, while speaking to state house correspondents shortly after attending the National Economic Summit meeting in Abuja. “On the economy, COVID-19 has resulted in the collapse in oil prices. This will impact negatively, and the impact has already started showing on the federation’s revenues and on the foreign exchange earnings. Net oil and gas revenue and influx to the federation account in the first quarter of 2020 amounted to N940.91billion.  This represented a shortfall of N125. 52billion or 31% of the prorated amount that is supposed to have been realized by the end of that first ...

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15May By dthataNo Comments

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Coronavirus Lockdown Pushes Germany Into Recession

Germany is officially in recession after official figures released on Friday May 15, that showed that the European country’s economy shrank by 2.2% in the first three months of this year. The figures released by the federal statistics authority Destasis, also showed revisions to 2019 fourth-quarter figures from zero growth to a contraction of 0.1%. This meant that Germany’s GDP growth has been negative for two successive quarters, the technical definition of a recession. The first quarter figures are only a partial indication of how much the Coronavirus pandemic has harmed Europe’s largest economy. Though experts had expected a contraction of around 2%, the drop is not as bad as in some of its neighbours, such as France which has seen a decline of 5.8%, and Italy which rep...

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6May By dthataNo Comments

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Europe Will Experience Worst Recession Since Great Depression, European Commission Tells

Europe will experience a recession this year of a depth unmatched since the Great Depression and the UK will be one of the hardest hit, the European commission has said. Economic forecasts provided by commission on Wednesday suggest that the UK will experience an 8.3% drop in gross domestic production by the end of the year, with investment down by 14% and a doubling of unemployment. In terms of the drop in GDP – the total value of goods and services produced in a country in a year – only Italy, Greece, Spain and Croatia among the EU member states will endure a bigger loss to the economy. The commission said that the coming recession will be of historic proportion. The EU economy is forecast to contract by 7.5% in 2020 and grow by around 6% in 2021. But countries will be impac...

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1May By dthataNo Comments

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Italy Faces Record Recession As Pandemic Bites

The Italian government on Thursday announced a slew of new measures to save its struggling economy amid fears the coronavirus pandemic could force a contraction of more than 10 percent of gross domestic product this year. Italy, home to the eurozone’s third-largest economy, has been hard-hit with almost 28,000 deaths due to the virus, with the economy shrinking 4.8 percent in the first quarter compared to a eurozone average of 3.8 percent. Italy was the first country in Europe to be hit by the pandemic, in particular its economic heartland in northern regions Lombardy, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna. Together those regions represent 45 percent of Italy’s GDP, driven by exports including cars and luxury goods. Italians have been on nationwide lockdown since March 10, with all non...

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14Apr By dthataNo Comments

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Nigeria Heading Into Worst Recession In 30 Years –IMF

The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday said that Nigeria could be heading for its worst recession in three decades. The economic downturn is one of the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic predicted by experts around the world. According to the IMF, Nigeria’s economy will drop by 3.4 per cent in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The international organisation made the projection in its April 2020 World Economic Outlook report released on Tuesday in Washington, United States. IMF Chief Economist and Director of Research Department, Gita Gopinath, said, “For the first time since the Great Depression, both the advanced economies and emerging and developing economies are in a recession. “For 2020, growth in advanced economies is projected at -6 per cent. Emerging...

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8Apr By BobbyNo Comments

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International Demand for Nigeria’s oil drops by 6.8m barrels- NNPC reveals

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has revealed that international demand for the country's crude oil dropped by 6.8m barrels in March due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. Coronavirus has impacted global oil demand with global oil prices dropping while the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have predicted a recession worse than the 2009 recession. Mele Kyari, Group Managing director of the NNPC has stated that even though oil prices have dropped, the markets will stabilize as the year runs. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Wednesday, Kyari said; “Well, it (Nigeria'sOil demand in International market) is doing badly but it is improving. ''Last week, it went down to close to $15 per barrel but as I speak this morning, we are at $32....

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1Apr By BobbyNo Comments

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Coronavirus Crisis Forces UK Banks To Axe Billions In Payouts

Britain’s banking sector on Wednesday scrapped billions of pounds (dollars) in shareholder dividends and share buybacks after the Bank of England requested the move to boost liquidity and help cope with the coronavirus crisis. The British central bank said in a statement that its Prudential Regulation Authority division had asked lenders to stop the payments until the end of the year. It also said it expected them not to pay any cash bonuses to top staff. In response, Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland, Santander and Standard Chartered all stated that they will scrap dividends and not pursue buybacks. “The PRA welcomes the decisions by the boards of the large UK banks to suspend dividends and buybacks on ordinary shares until the end of 2020, and to ca...

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29Mar By dthataNo Comments

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German Minister Of Finance, Thomas Schäfe Commits Suicide Over Recession Caused By Coronavirus

Thomas Schaefer, the finance minister of Germany’s Hesse state, has committed suicide apparently after becoming “deeply worried” over how to cope with the economic fallout from the coronavirus, state premier Volker Bouffier said Sunday. Schaefer, 54, was found dead near a railway track on Saturday. The Wiesbaden prosecution’s office said they believe he died by suicide. “We are in shock, we are in disbelief and above all we are immensely sad,” Bouffier said in a recorded statement. Hesse is home to Germany’s financial capital Frankfurt, where major lenders like Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank have their headquarters. The European Central Bank is also located in Frankfurt. A visibly shaken Bouffier recalled that Schaefer, who was Hesse’s finance chief for 10 years, had been wo...

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28Mar By dthataNo Comments

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Global Economy In Recession Worse Than 2009 – IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), has said it is now clear the world economy is in a recession and recovery may only be in 2021. The IMF Managing Director Ms Kristalina Georgieva gave the indication yesterday at a call conference press briefing of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC). “We have reassessed the prospect for growth for 2020 and 2021. It is now clear that we have entered a recession – as bad as or worse than in 2009,” she said. “We do project recovery in 2021-in fact there may be a sizeable rebound, but only if we succeed with containing the virus – everywhere – and prevent liquidity problems from becoming a solvency issue” she explained further. The IMF is also worried about the long-lasting impact of the sudden stop of the world economy bec...

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17Mar By BobbyNo Comments

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Donald Trump ignites outrage after calling Coronavirus a ‘Chinese Virus’

President Donald Trump drew backlash on Monday March 16, after he described coronavirus as a 'Chinese virus'.   The US President said this after giving an address on Monday afternoon in which he revealed the country may be headed toward recession and called for social distancing.   Tweeting in support of industries affected by the coronavirus, Donald Trump wrote;   "The United States will be powerfully supporting those industries, like Airlines and others, that are particularly affected by the Chinese Virus. We will be stronger than ever before!"     The tweet has however been criticized by many including the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Robert Redfield, for being ''inaccurate and potentially harmful in promo...

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8Mar By BobbyNo Comments

Politics

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Appointed Member of South Africa’s Presidential Economic Council

Former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been appointed as a member South Africa’s presidential economic advisory council. The council which is chaired by Cyril Ramaphosa, the South African president, has other members in the council.  As part of their functions, members of the council are expected to “ensure greater coherence and consistency in the implementation of economic policy and ensure that government and society in general is better equipped to respond to changing economic circumstances”. Okonjo-Iweala shared photos from the meeting on Twitter, captioned it “With President Ramaphosa, members of cabinet, and members of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council in Pretoria discussing sources of growth for the South African economy and win-win economic i...

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4Mar By BobbyNo Comments

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Nigeria Emerges as the Biggest Economy in Africa as South Africa Enters Recession

Nigeria has overtaken South Africa as the biggest economy in Africa after the latter went into recession. This is the second time in two consecutive years that South Africa's economy slumped into a recession. South Africa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) shrank by 1.4 per cent in the last quarter of 2019, data from Statistics South Africa showed. Also, gross fixed capital formation decreased by an annualised 10% in the quarter. Meanwhile, Nigeria’s economy is expanding as South Africa's contracts. According to Bloomberg, Nigeria’s economic growth beat forecasts in the fourth quarter of 2019 as oil output increased and the Central Bank took steps to boost credit growth. Nigeria's GDP grew by 2.55 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2019, its highest quarterly growth since the re...

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3Mar By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

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South Africa slips into recession after economic slump

South Africa's statistics bureau (Stats SA) on Tuesday March 3, announced that the country slipped into recession in the final three months of 2019.    South Africa's economy shrank by 1.4% in the fourth quarter, following a revised 0.8% contraction in the third quarter. This resulted in the third recession to hit the country since the end of apartheid in 1994. For the whole of 2019, the South African economy grew by only 0.2% (in real terms). In 2018, it saw growth of only 0.8%. The fourth-quarter decline is larger than economists had predicted, as the economy battles the fallout of load shedding. StatsSA said weak agriculture output and transport were the main drags on growth, followed by construction, mining and manufacturing which...

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18Feb By BobbyNo Comments

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Donald Trump Slams Obama for Trying to take Credit’ for US Economic Boom

Donald Trump blasted his predecessor Barack Obama for claiming that he's responsible for creating legislation that caused economic booms in both of their administrations. On Monday, Obama tweeted a photo of what appeared to be his signature at the foot of the Recovery Act, a stimulus package passed in February 2009. "Eleven years ago today, near the bottom of the worst recession in generations, I signed the Recovery Act, paving the way for more than a decade of economic growth and the longest streak of job creation in American history," Barack Obama wrote.   And Trump took to Twitter to slam Obama's claim as a "con job." He tweeted: "Did you hear the latest con job? President Obama is now trying to take credit for the Economic Boom taking place under the Trump A...

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19Aug By dthataNo Comments

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Fowler Replies Kyari, Says Recession, Oil Price Affected Tax Revenue

The recession experienced by the Nigerian economy in 2016 as well as lower oil prices affected the revenue collected by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) between 2015 and 2018, Tunde Fowler, the chairman, has said. Despite the challenges, Fowler explained, non-oil revenue such as VAT and company income tax — which he said are within the control of FIRS — have been on the increase compared to pre-2015 figures. But oil-based taxes, such as petroleum profit tax (PPT), are beyond the control of the service. He was responding to a memo from Abba Kyari, the chief of staff to the president, who said there were significant variances between the budgeted collections and actual collections for the period 2015 to 2018. Kyari also said the actual collections for 2015 to 2017 were...

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21Jul By dthataNo Comments

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Cabinet Delay May Send Nigeria Back Into Recession – Experts

There are strong indications that the economy may slide back into another round of recession, given the apparent stagnation of government activities and the uncertainties surrounding its policy direction and priorities. It could be recalled that the 2019 presidential election was held on February 23 and the incumbent, President, Muhammadu Buhari, was declared the winner within a couple of days after the election. On May 29, he was formally sworn in as President for his second four-year tenure. However, there are apprehensions that the economy is currently at a standstill following the prolonged absence of ministers to drive government’s policies and programmes. In 2015 when President Buhari was first elected into office, he spent six months before appointing a cabinet, a situa...

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9May By BobbyNo Comments

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Buhari Appoints Emefiele For 2nd Term As CBN Governor

The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has been nominated for a second term by President Muhammadu Buhari. Senate President Bukola Saraki read a letter from the president reappointing Emefiele for a second term during plenary on Thursday, May 9, 2019. While speaking at the Association of Assets Custodians of Nigeria (AACN) conference in London on Thursday, Emefiele confirmed that he’ll be making a return as the head of the apex bank. The 57-year-old was first appointed by former president, Goodluck Jonathan, in 2014 and will become the first governor to be reappointed for a second term since Nigeria returned to a democratic system in 1999. Before his 2014 appointment, Emefiele spent most of his over two decades of banking years with Zenith Bank Plc ...

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5May By BobbyNo Comments

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Expert Speaks on new Workers’ Salary Causing Inflation

An economic expert, Prof. Uche Uwaleke, said the new minimum wage would not lead to inflation contrary to speculations by some Nigerians. Uwaleke, the Head of Department, Banking and Finance, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. “I do not agree that it will lead to inflation and this is because our aggregate demand is still weak. “Recall that the last economic recession was caused by weak aggregate demand when many state governments could not pay salaries due to reduced FAAC allocations from dwindling oil prices. “The economy has been making a slow recovery since the exit from recession. “So, the associated economic expansion from implementing the new minimum wage wil...

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4May By BobbyNo Comments

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Gov Yari Under Fire Over Recession Comment

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has reacted to a statement credited to the Abdulaziz Yari, Governor of Zamfara State, at a meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum. Yari had advised that governors should brace up for another economic recession. BMO, in a statement at the weekend by its chairman, Niyi Akinsiju and secretary, Cassidy Madueke, recalled that the CBN had assured Nigerians that there were no indicators suggesting an oncoming recession, and that the alarm raised by Yari “is patently wrong and misguided.” The statement reads: “Nigerians should dismiss the false alarm raised by Governor Yari because the Buhari administration runs the Nigerian economy on an economic template of Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) with a robust roadmap towards...

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1May By BobbyNo Comments

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Obaseki advocates channelling domestic savings to devt financing

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has made a case for channelling domestic savings to development financing instruments to spur development. The governor said this when he chaired the session on development financing at the induction of new and returning governors into the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), held in Abuja. The governor argued that the N200bn investment in agriculture which contributed to wrestling Nigeria out of recession was enough testament to the need to deploy development financing to revitalise the Nigerian economy. According to Obaseki, “The Nigerian Sovereign Wealth Fund, which we are investors as governors, has leveraged N5bn that we have given them to drive development in this country. It would make sense for us to take much of our domestic savings into ou...

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29Apr By dthataNo Comments

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Nigeria Economy May Slip Back Into Recession – Yari

Abdulaziz Yari, Zamfara State governor, who also doubles as the chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, has warned that Nigeria may head for another economic recession due to the decline in oil price. Yari projected that the vital oil industry maybe hit by another weaker global prices, which has fallen from highs of about $112 a barrel in 2014 to below $75 at the moment. Yari, while speaking at the opening ceremony of an induction programme for newly-elected and returning governors in Abuja, said “this scenario is a wake-up call for all of you to come amply prepared to face these kinds of challenges.” “We are expecting the possibility of another cycle of recession by mid-2020 and which may last up to third quarter of 2021,” he added. Similar thoughts was also shared by the ...

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20Feb By BobbyNo Comments

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PwC Predicts Slow Economy Growth And Rise In Unemployment in 2019

Professional services firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers has predicted a possible rise in Nigeria unemployment rate and slow economic growth. The predictions are contained in a report titled ‘Nigeria Economic Outlook Top 10 themes for 2019’ that examines Nigeria’s economic prospects in the election year. PwC predicted that Nigeria’s economic recovery hinges on a stable political environment following the elections. Nigeria’s economy has been rebounding after the African nation’s economy fell into recession in 2015. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced that the economy grew by 2.38% in the fourth quarter of 2018 while there was an annual GDP growth rate of 1.93% in the year. The auditing giants predicted further growth for the economy after the elections if “uncertain pos...

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31Jan By dthataNo Comments

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Italy Slides Into Recession, Darkening Outlook For Europe

Italy has fallen back into recession, intensifying concerns about the 19-country eurozone economy and a possible flare-up in the debt market jitters that have haunted the bloc in the past. The Italian economy, the third-largest in the eurozone, contracted by a quarterly rate of 0.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018, the national statistics agency said. Following a 0.1 percent drop in the previous three-month period that means Italy is in a technical recession, defined as two straight quarters of economic contraction — just four years after its last one. Italy’s recession is one reason why the wider eurozone slowed in 2018, along with uncertainties related to Brexit, the China-U.S. trade spat and new vehicle emissions standards. Though the eurozone is performing better t...

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21Nov By dthataNo Comments

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‘APC Propaganda Destroyed Nigeria’s Economy, Caused Recession’ – Jonathan

Former President, Goodluck Jonathan has stated that Nigeria's economy slipped into recession after he left office because of the "Malicious Propaganda" deployed by the All Progressives Congress, APC. he claims that it tore the country's economy to 'Shreds'. Jonathan wrote this is his newly launched book 'My Transition Hours'. PoliticsNGR gathered that Jonathan also wrote that the narrative of inheriting an empty treasury was false. “Recall that the opposition and their sympathisers and campaigners, both local and international, with their malicious propaganda, tore our economy to shreds, threatened our stability and existence as a nation and intimidated our citizens, all in the bid to take over power. Rather than forge a coalition and build on the momentum we had gathered when...

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12Nov By BobbyNo Comments

Entertainment

It is Not a Crime – Porn Star Kiki Vidis Slams Town’s Plan To Ban Porn

Porn Star, Kiki Vidis has hit back at an Australian town that is trying to stamp out porn, saying that women are simply jealous that their boyfriends watch it. Kiki Vidis, who has 11 years experience in the adult film industry both in Australia and in the US, is visiting the town of Toowoomba, in south-east Queensland, just weeks after the community held its third annual anti-porn rally. ‘I get 90 per cent fan mail and 10 per cent hate mail, and the hate mail usually comes from the wives or girlfriends of men,’ Ms Vidis told The Chronicle. Ms Vidis believes woman view porn negatively due to relationship insecurities and says she thinks ‘it’s jealousy from women and they need to learn about forgiveness’. Toowoomba held its third annual anti-porn rally on October 16 during which men ...

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6Nov By BobbyNo Comments

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Relief as FG, Labour’s Agreement on Minimum Wage Averts Strike

•Tripartite committee report signed •To be submitted to Buhari today There was relief yesterday as a midnight agreement between labour and the federal government on the dispute over minimum wage for workers averted a nationwide strike that was scheduled to commence today. The agreement, which would see the nation’s workers receive a minimum pay cheque of N30,000, was reached among labour, Organised Private Sector (OPS) and the federal government after a 12-hour meeting of the National Minimum Wage Tripartite Committee that was composed to resolve the dispute. The Chairman of the committee, Mrs. Amal Pepple, said at the end of the meeting at the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, that the report, which was signed by all the parties, would be submitted t...

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2Nov By BobbyNo Comments

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Handing Bailout Money to Govs Not an Achievement, Says Ezekwesili

The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has described as ‘shameful’ the impression being created by the federal government that handing bailout funds to state governors to pay salaries is a focus and an achievement of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. Ezekwesili said that a country that hopes to compete and win in the global economy has to think bigger than handing bailouts to sub-national governments to carry out the basic responsibility of paying salaries. “Four out of every 10 adults today are either unemployed or underemployed, and Nigeria is now the Poverty Capital of the world, with the World Bank confirming that we now have more extremely poor people than India which has a population six times our size,” E...

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26Oct By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Jonathan Accepted Defeat In 2015 Due To Imminent Recession — Fashola

The Minister for Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said former President Goodluck Johnathan only conceded defeat after the 2015 elections because he knew the nation would witness economic recession soon. Mr Jonathan, before the announcement of the final results, in a move that shocked many political pundits, conceded defeat to the current president, Muhamadu Buhari, after a keenly contested polls. That was the first time an incumbent would be losing the top seat (and conceding victory) to an opposition party in Nigeria. Mr Jonathan has been celebrated globally for his action, which many believe saved the country from political turmoil. The economy plunged into recession shortly after in 2015. The recession raged in 2016 and through late 2017 when the nation t...

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2Oct By BobbyNo Comments

Politics

Nigerians Will Shock Buhari In 2019 Presidential Election – Fayose

The governor of Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has said that President Muhammadu Buhari will be shocked by the actions that Nigerians will take during the 2019 presidential election. In a statement yesterday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor said Buhari would have Nigerians, who would shock him, to contend with in 2019 and not the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or other opposition political parties alone. Fayose said the tripod on which the Buhari administration was erected had collapsed like a pack of cards. “The international community has said corruption under Buhari is worse that in times past. “Nigerians themselves know that murderous herdsmen have joined Boko Haram under Buhari and the economy, which was booming u...

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30Sep By dthataNo Comments

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NNPC Tasks Workers On Recession

The group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru, has appealed to workers in the oil and gas industry to sustain the industrial harmony the sector has enjoyed in recent times. Baru reminded the workers that the sector is central to the nation’s economy and was key in helping the country overcome the recent recession, stressing that oil workers owe the country the duty to ensure that the nation does not slip back to the slum. The GMD commended the two national industry unions: the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), for the exceptional maturity they have displayed at critical moments on issues affecting the industry. He assured th...

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29Sep By BobbyNo Comments

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Nigeria’s Economy Excites Global Investors, Says Udoma

Key foreign investors, who met at various meetings with the Nigerian government delegation to the United Nation’s General Assembly in New York during the week, have expressed interest in scaling up investment in Nigeria. A press statement by the Ministry of National Planning and Budget signed by the Media Adviser to the Minister, James Akpandem said at the Investors Roundtable held under the auspices of the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU), the investors maintained that Nigeria remains the best investment destination in Africa with enormous natural and human resources,. They investors, the statement added, observed that “Nigeria’s current government continues to show a commitment to creating a conducive business environment in the country. According to t...

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27Sep By BobbyNo Comments

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Nigeria More Divided Today Than Pre-Civil War Era —Atiku

FORMER Vice President and Presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar yesterday described Nigeria as a nation at a crossroad because her people elected a president in 2015 who had succeeded in dividing them. Atiku Addressing Anambra PDP delegates to the forthcoming presidential primaries of the party in Awka, Atiku urged Nigerians to unite to ensure that All Progressives Congress, APC, does not return to power in 2019. Obasanjo’s son spurns father, endorses Buhari for 2nd term He said: “Our country is at a cross road. I have never seen this country so divided than it is today. We are more divided as a country today simply because we mistakenly elected a president who has succeeded in dividing us the more. “I saw the pre-...

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4Sep By dthataNo Comments

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South Africa Slips Into Technical Recession As GDP Drops 0.7% In Q2

Reports from South Africa show that the country’s economy, the second largest in Africa, has again dropped into a technical recession. This was after the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter of 2018 compressed further by 0.7 percent, according to figures released on Tuesday by Stats SA. This marks two consecutive periods of contraction the country was recording, which therefore equates to a recession. Business Post reports that in the first quarter of this year, South Africa’s GDP contracted by 2.6 percent. “Real gross domestic product (measured by production) decreased by 0.7 percent in the second quarter of 2018, following a decrease of 2.6 percent in the first quarter of 2018. “The largest negative contributors to growth in GDP in the second qu...

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30Jul By BobbyNo Comments

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7.9 Million People Lost Their Jobs Under Buhari

A report by NBS states that millions of people became unemployed under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari within the space of 21 months. A total of 7.956 million Nigerians became unemployed between January 2016 and September 30, 2017, data from the National Bureau of Statistics shows. This unemployment report survey for the third quarter of 2017 released by the NBS on December 22, 2017 puts the number at 7.956 million more than the 8,036 million in stood in 2015 Q4. The bureau in the report stated that the number of Nigerians that became unemployed rose from 8,036 million in 2015 fourth quarter to 15.998 million in third quarter of 2017. The report said further that between the second quarter and third quarter of 2017, the number of economically active or work...

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14Feb By raymonNo Comments

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‘Non-Oil Economy Still In Recession’

Nigeria’s economy is still vulnerable with fragile growth driven by increased oil production and rising crude oil Price. Chief Executive Officer, RTC Advisory Services Limited, Mr. Opeyemi Agbaje made this observation at a media parley in Abuja. He noted that, while there was miraculous reversal in oil price and production out put,  other sectors such as manufacturing, services sector, telecommunications are yet to come out of the recession. According to him, “Nigeria’s economy witnessed miraculous reversal in terms of oil price and production. The country came out of recession because of oil growth. The economy of shell oil, NNPC and other oil firms may have come out of recession but other sectors are still grappling with recession.” He pained an optimistic picture by assuri...

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8Dec By raymonNo Comments

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Atiku Opens Up On Nigeria’s Failed Leadership, Boko Haram, Recession

Former vice-president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has penned a letter to comedian, I Go Dye, who questioned his ambition to become president in 2019. Francis Agoda, aka Comedian I Go Dye, wrote his own open letter, following Atiku’s formal return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said Atiku should quit using sentimental empathy on youths to express his political ambition, rather he should advocate for a process that will afford the youth the opportunity of a youthful leadership in the 2019 election. In his response, the former vice-president touched on the civil war, recession, bad leadership and other issues that have bedeviled the country. “I read your post on Instagram. It was hard to miss it because it was on every major news website. I would like to say that you were mostl...

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15Aug By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

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How To Get Nigeria Out Of Recession – Expert

A former Director, Regional Office for Africa, UN-Habitat, Professor Oyebanji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, has urged the Federal Government to concentrate on industrial manufacturing and not agriculture to move faster towards economic growth and exit recession. Oyelaran-Oyeyinka said this while speaking at the distinguished lecture series of Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona Professorial Chair of Governance, held at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, on Monday. He decried failed years of unsustainable industrial manufacturing and commission of industrial errors such as embarking on complex, capital-intensive plants without commensurate human and technological capacity, planning based on assumptions, and introduction of wrong policies. Furthermore, he identified structural weakn...

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27Jul By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

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Change: Patrick Obahiagbon Lampooned APC, See What He Said On Twitter

This is incredibly incredible from the master of grammar himself  Seems Hon Obahiagbon is also tired of the changiii  Some were even asking what has happened to his grammar as he spoke with simple English this time around... Or has the "change" turned recession affected his grammar too  Lalasticlala let's have some fun with this abeg... Enough of all this disheartening news about Bubu  ... Make we use this one cool tension  

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20Jul By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

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“Nigeria Is Already Out Of Recession” – Minister Of Finance, Kemi Adeosun Declares

Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun has said the Muhammadu Buhari-led recovers stolen funds daily. Adeosun made the claim while speaking on a programme on African Independent Television (AIT). She said; “It’s a process that we are reconciling and I’m sure that very soon, we will put out some data; I think Lai Mohammed put out some figures and since then we have improved our reconciliation methods and we have an asset tracking team,” “I’m confident that very soon we’ll put out updated figures of course recovery changes day to day because on a daily basis, money is being recovered from various places but soon we’ll put out comprehensive figures on that. “The recovered funds are still with me, part of it is to be used for budget. The acting president has insisted that we identi...

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