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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Ministries, National Politics
Monday, August 15th, 2011
The Finance Minister designate, Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said her role won’t put her in opposition with Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor,Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. Apparently dousing speculations that she would clash with the CBN Governor on the demarcation between fiscal and monetary policies, Okonjo-Iweala said both of them would work together for the […]
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Headlines, Ministries
Sunday, July 24th, 2011
Kano — Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Adaeze Ogiemwinyi, set tongues wagging yesterday in the ancient city of Kano over her English outfit locals considered offensive to their cultural values. The minister dressed in a smart dark long sleeve shirt and dark jeans trousers to match had arrived Kano on a chattered flight for an […]
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Ministries, National Politics
Sunday, July 24th, 2011
FINANCE Minister-designate, Dr (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who is generally expected to head the economic management (transformation) team of President Jonathan’s new government will not be able to join the federal executive council until the middle of August, and this is official. In an email conversation last weekend on her assumption of duty in Nigeria, where […]
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Headlines, Ministries
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Of all the ministers recently appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan to help him with the task of transforming Nigeria, none excites my imagination on the potential to do something to put Nigeria on a sounder footing as Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Finance Minister in Olusegun Obasanjo’s regime between 2003 and 2006. Okonjo-Iweala, who resigned her […]
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Latest Politics, Ministries
Friday, July 15th, 2011
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday admonished ministers wishing to enrich themselves while in office, to have a rethink, as neither himself nor Vice President Namadi Sambo would be a shield for anyone found wanting by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Throwing more light on what Nigerians should expect in the next four years, President […]
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EFCC Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Ministries, Presidency
Friday, July 15th, 2011
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday, swore in the last batch of nine new ministers, with a declaration that his administration would probe the activities of all federal ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) from 2007. He has also directed the nation’s anti-corruption bodies to focus greater attention on all tiers of government as he vowed to […]
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Headlines, Ministries, Raw Politics
Friday, July 8th, 2011
A security detail attached to the Minister of Transport, Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman, gave the Director General of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Security Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Patrick Akpobolukeme, the shock of his life on Thursday when he practically bundled the man out of the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja. Sources confirmed that the action of the […]
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Latest Politics, Ministries, Top Stories
Friday, July 8th, 2011
DURING the year that Odein Ajumogobia, SAN, was Foreign Minister, many Nigerians and foreigners sang his praises and told me that they regarded him as the best Foreign Minister this country has ever had. And I would bask in the reflected glory whenever I heard the compliments that frequently were lavished on him because he […]
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Latest Politics, Ministries
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan’s ever-changing ministerial list is far from taking a final shape as he continues to tinker with the nominations, days after swearing in the first batch of 14 ministers who passed Senate screening. The president Tuesday withdrew the nomination of Mr. Tonye Cole, an architect who had been tipped to head the Ministry […]
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EFCC Politics, Ministries
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
Hassan Lawal, former minister of works The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has opposed an application by a former minister of works, Hassan Lawal for the release of his passport to enable him travel to Saudi Arabia for religious purpose. Lawal is standing trial with 13 others for alleged money laundering of several billions […]
