The first point to note here is that we have a body of laws that suffer from the vestiges of colonialism, and are laced with a good...

In most developed and developing economies, governance is a business. This is shown by observed commitments to investments in development projects, the expected effective returns and transparency in the management of public funds, vis-à-vis sayings. For Nigeria, from arguments over the establishment and operations of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) in 2012 to poor…

One of the major investment targets this financial year by the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), managers of the nation’s sovereign wealth fund...

African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $15 million investment package to Infrastructure Credit Guarantee Company (InfraCredit), to support infrastructure financing through the domestic debt capital markets in Nigeria. The package comprises a subordinated loan of $10 million and a risk sharing facility of up to $5 million. This intervention will promote local currency infrastructure…

Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, has reacted to last Thursday's poor rating of Nigeria's Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) operated by the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) saying, the rating is misleading....

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N3.433 billion for a number of contracts, including the architectural design of a 12-floor corporate headquarters...

A subsidiary of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), InfraCredit, has opened a N50 billion 600MW Shiroro Hydro Electric Infrastructure Green Bond...

President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority-Lagos University Teaching Hospital (NSIA-LUTH) cancer treatment centre and over 5MW LUTH independent power plant in LUTH, Idi-Araba, Lagos. The world class Cancer Treatment project is a Public Private Partnerships meant to bridge the Infrastructural Gap in public institutions and provide Nigerians an affordable healthcare to…

Experts in the agricultural sector have warned the Federal Government to reconsider its position on the ban placed on importation of fertiliser, predicting that the policy will encourage smuggling of the product through the country’s porous borders. Recall that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in an official circular, signed by its Director, Trade &…

The newly published report by the United Kingdom (UK) Department for International Development (DFID) has revealed complete equity of learning in Bridge International Academies...

An oil and gas governance consultant, Henry Adigun, has expressed worry over Nigeria’s savings culture, saying despite the rise in oil prices in recent times...

Nigeria has, over the years, displayed lack of governance in the management of crude oil proceeds, which has, till date, become an albatross to the development of the economy, with the sector’s outlook constantly dictating the pace and direction of standard of living, fiscal and monetary operations and growth.