Nigeria’s 7.2% growth rate fails to curb poverty -IMF

Nigeria’s poverty rate should be falling faster given its economic growth this decade, a senior official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday.

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350,000 firms evade tax in Nigeria, says FG

AN estimated 350,000 duly registered companies in Nigeria have failed to file their tax rendition to the Federal Inland Revenue Service ( FIRS), thus depriving the Federal Government of income from the tax stream of revenue.

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FG Plans to increase foreign debt to pay local debt

Nigeria approved a debt-management plan that will allow it to reduce short-term domestic borrowing in favor of cheaper, longer-term foreign loans, Minister of State for Finance Yerima Ngama said.

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Nigeria's Oil Sector At Crossroads -Revenue Watch Report

The Resources Governance Index of the Revenue Watch Institute (RWI) has ranked Nigeria weak in its oil revenue.

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Nigeria’s slow reforms hurt ratings prospects

Nigeria’s slow implementation of structural economic reforms is limiting its chances of a credit-rating upgrade, Moody’s Investors Service said on Tuesday.

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