Tag: fiscal deficit

The Federal Government has dismissed allegations that it operates a "shadow budget" involving public spending outside the 2026 Appropriation Act, ...

Nigeria recorded a significant revenue shortfall from petroleum profit tax and gas tax collections, missing its target by N17.4 trillion ...

Nigerian banks increased their exposure to government debt by N15.66 trillion over the past year, underscoring the federal government's growing ...

Nigeria’s oil revenue fell N7.88 trillion short of the federal government’s budget target, underscoring mounting fiscal pressures on Africa’s largest ...

Côte d’Ivoire has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund after the sixth review of its economic reform ...

Nigeria’s Federal Government has significantly increased its planned borrowing for the 2026 fiscal year to N29.20 trillion, reflecting mounting fiscal ...

Nigeria is failing to capitalise on the surge in global crude oil prices triggered by the ongoing Middle East crisis ...

Nigeria’s public finances continued to show strain in the first half of 2025 as the federal government registered a fiscal ...