…clashing with police, who used tear gas and water cannons on the crowd. Pena served as finance minister before becoming president in 2023. Vice President Pedro Alliana will now replace him to lead Paraguay. AFP

…economist Pat Utomi has called for a better standard of living for Nigerians after Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele said a government survey showed that some poor households spend as much as 120 per cent of their income on food. Oyedele made the remark during an engagement at Chatham House in London, where he discussed t…

…Democratic Congress, NDC, and Allied People’s Movement, APM, which disagreed with the finance minister’s assertion, experts, including petroleum experts, Prof. Wumi Iledare; and Economic and Communications expert, Clifford Egbomeade, also challenged him to explain the assumptions on which he based his assertions. React…

…saying police “had lost control” during the unrest. Macron rejected his resignation. Finance Minister Roland Lescure has pledged support measures for shopkeepers and craftspeople. Patrick Martin, the head of France’s Medef business lobby group, accused the state of having “failed” during the urban unrest that hit at le…

…with priority for public transport operators, to cushion the impact on consumers. Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele said NNPC retail would sell petrol at cost by foregoing its retail profit margin, describing the measure as temporary relief rather than a return to petrol subsidy. The government has also proposed negotiati…

…we need to be clear.” Fuel price discount: Tinubu govt not bringing back subsidy – Finance Minister, Oyedele

…N1,350 petrol price ceilingThe depot price adjustments followed an announcement by the Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, that the federal government was negotiating a N1,350-per-litre ceiling on petrol landing and ex-gantry costs.Under the proposed arrangement, refiners and impor…

…October 8, over claims that the federal government had restored the fuel subsidyFinance Minister confirmed NNPC Limited is offering a margin discount on petrol for 30 days, with public transporters given priority nationwidePresidential aide Bayo Onanuga said the government's announcement has been misrepresented in medi…

…price discount at NNPC filling stations, with priority given to public transporters.Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele made the disclosure at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday,He also said it will negotiate a landing cost for petrol that will be reviewed every month.

…policies generated N15.8tn in savings for the Federation. The development came as the Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, disclosed that the removal of petrol subsidy and the unification of the foreign exchange market mobilised N15.8tn in additional resources for the Federation dur…

…to demonstrate the impact of the additional resources on the lives of citizens. “The Finance Minister said states have collected from subsidy savings, so it has to show,” he said. He also recalled that President Bola Tinubu had cautioned state governments against focusing solely on physical projects such as bridges, ur…

…Idris said. He explained that the President had directed the Attorney-General and the Finance Minister to jointly examine both the administrative and accounting systems to identify the lapses that enabled the scandal, and to engage professional audit firms for a forensic, total evaluation of the system. “So that we hav…

…Can you imagine my spokesperson? You are inviting my spokesperson - is my spokesperson a finance minister or accountant?" Adeleke asked. He characterized the invitations as a diversion and claimed that Oyetola was responsible for the situation due to his connection with President Tinubu. "All these things is Oyetola be…

…surfaced onlineThe incident occurred at the burial of Adeniyi Adeosun, husband of former Finance Minister Kemi AdeosunWhen Abiodun moved to greet Ajimobi, she deliberately turned away and refused to acknowledge him, with the moment caught on cameraPAY ATTENTION: Find it fast with our new search feature at Legit.ng! A v…

…reported that Atiku rejected the defence of President Tinubu's economic policies made by finance minister Taiwo Oyedele, saying the claims do not hold up against publicly available data. Atiku took aim at several key arguments Oyedele had advanced, including assertions around debt reduction, workers' welfare, education…

…Party ahead of October 27 elections, in which he faces a tight race. The request from Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Settlement Minister Orit Strook to hold a new vote should be viewed merely “as a campaign move” to put pressure on Netanyahu, according to Tal Elovits, a researcher at Israeli think tank Molad. “T…

…‌reforms ⁠launched by President Bola Tinubu’s administration’’.According to the report, Finance Minister, Taiwo Oyedele, told the NEC that the new terms of the facility were more favourable than the original facility, with pledged crude ⁠oil volumes cut 12.5% to roughly 78,750 barrels per day from 90,000 bpd.This would…

…confidence among Nigerian workers. The post Angry workers force emergency talks with Finance Minister over unpaid wages, hardship appeared first on Vanguard News.

Atiku Abubakar rejected claims by Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele that fuel subsidy savings are being used to reduce government debt and improve workers' welfareThe former Vice President cited alleged CBN figures showing the federal government's credit exposure rose by ₦17.39 trillion, or 77.6%, in just one yearAtiku al…

…plans to reach more than 500,000 beneficiaries through loans of up to N2 million each.Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, announced the YOUTHCRED for Entrepreneurs initiative at a launch ceremony in Abuja on Wednesday, July 22, 2026.The programme is being run by the Nigerian Consum…

…Miliband would attend the World Bank’s Annual and Spring Meetings, which bring together finance ministers, central bank governors and development leaders from around the world. He is expected to attend the Annual Meetings in Bangkok in October. The UK government, on its website, said its leadership at the “World Bank w…

Pakistani Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb delivered the formal request in a letter to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on TuesdayThe $10 billion facility would have a maturity of up to five years and is aimed at shoring up Pakistan's foreign exchange reservesThe request comes as Pakistan seeks to leverage its ro…

…allies. – ‘Stronger and fairer’ – Ex-defence secretary John Healey replaced Reeves as finance minister, Ed Miliband became foreign minister, and left-wing figurehead Angela Rayner returned to government. Wes Streeting, who abandoned plans to run against Burnham for the Labour leadership, is now defence minister. Shaban…

…infrastructure projects. In attendance were Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Land Authority Director Yehuda Eliyahu, and Yossi Dagan, Shomron Regional Council head. The UN Human Rights Office said Israel’s “accelerated unlawful settlement expansion and annexation” has displa…

…of housing, governance and sustainable development in Africa. The participation of the finance minister underscores the strategic importance the Federal Government attaches to housing as a catalyst for economic growth, job creation, industrial development, infrastructure expansion and national prosperity. According to…