The Kwara State Community Health Insurance Scheme (KWCHIS) on Thursday, 9 June won the 2016 Financial Times/IFC Transformational Business Award. KWCHIS beat GSK UK, Etisalat UAE, Living Goods USA, and Sustainable Health USA to win the “Achievement in Sustainable Development: […]
The Kwara State Community Health Insurance Scheme (CHIS) has secured yet another international acclaim as it has been nominated for the 2016 Financial Times/IFC Transformational Business Award. The scheme was nominated under the “Achievement in Sustainable Development: Maternal and Infant Health” category […]
The hijacking of funds meant for local government councils by states is stifling the growth of democracy in Nigeria, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said. A statement issued by his spokesman, Turaki Hassan, said Dogara spoke […]
Minister of Finance Mrs. Kemi Adeosun last night refuted a report published by Financial Times suggesting that Nigeria has applied for emergency loans from the World Bank and the African Development Bank. The minister, in a statement by her Special […]
Since our anti-graft agency, Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), deemed its search lights on the arms gate scandal, the revelations that have been coming out daily from the purported arms deal has been shocking even to the least hopeful. The […]
The Minister of Budget and Planning, Sen. Udo Udoma said on Wednesday that the Federal Government’s plan for zero-based budgeting from 2016 would block all financial leakages and bring accountability into government spending. Udoma said this at an event to […]
Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court in Lagos has restrained the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN) and its executive secretary and CEO, Mr. Jim Osayande Obazee, from taking any action, sanction or measure against KPMG Professional Services and Mr. […]
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for disclosing the economic status of the country. Dickson urged Bayelsa people to brace up to the harsh financial situation facing the state. He spoke at a meeting […]
A former Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Remi Babalola, on Tuesday explained why he left the cabinet of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Babalola, in a paper presented at the 45th Annual Accountants Conference and 50th Anniversary celebration of the […]
Following the inauguration of his Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerians expected a significant decrease in violence and increase in security. Unfortunately, that has not been the case. This is because the real Boko Haram command and control structure is being […]
Activities of Mr. Jim Obazee, the executive secretary of Nigeria’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) may have finally attracted the attention of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the country’s antigraft agency with the latest exposure of his property in Houston […]
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja assured State Governors that the days of impunity, lack of accountability, and fiscal recklessness in the management of national resources are over in Nigeria. Speaking at a meeting with the Governors in the Presidential […]
