Nigeria and some countries in Africa and Asia are ranked among the worst performers in a new global index that ranks countries by social and environmental performance rather than economic output in a drive to make social progress a priority for politicians and businesses. The Social Progress Index rates 132 […]

Barring a last minute change in plans, the House of Representatives is set to pass the 2014 budget of N4.6tn today (Tuesday). The Joint Committee on Appropriations/Finance is expected to brief the House on the budget today; following which lawmakers will consider its report and pass the budget in the […]

Nigeria plans to reweight its inflation index to 2009 by the end of the year, from 2004, to reflect the impact of non-food items on prices more accurately, the statistics bureau told Reuters on Monday. Nigeria rebased its GDP on Sunday for the first time in 24 years, valuing it […]