The National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Thursday ordered the immediate reinstatement of Mounir Gwarzo, the suspended director-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), back to his position. Justice Sanusi Kado, in his judgment, held that the minister of finance, named as the second defendant in the suit, lacked the power to suspend the claimant. […]
…Says tenure at Oyo Assembly higher than NYSC …PDP calls for Shittu’s sack, arrest The Minister of Communications, Chief Adebayo Shittu, has stated that the story on his skipping of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) cannot be compared to that of the erstwhile Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun. Shittu, in his first public reaction […]
…Why I skipped NYSC – Communications Minister Shittu Following the resignation of the Minister of Finance , Mrs Kemi Adeosun, for forging her exemption certificate from the mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), another minister serving in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet, Mr Adebayo Shittu, has been found to have skipped the mandatory service scheme, an […]
The resignation of Mrs Olukemi Adeosun as Minister of Finance on Friday, Sept. 14, for forgery has raised questions over the workings of Nigeria. The issues border on honesty, integrity, patriotism, weakness and incompetence as well as relationship between the strong and weak in society among those holding public office and the institutions of governance. […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told President Muhammodu Buhari to stop parading himself as ‘Mr. Integrity”, following revelations that the Federal Government smuggled the disgraced erstwhile minister of finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, out of the country to prevent her from exposing how the Presidency cabal, including close relations and associates of Mr. President, fleeced […]
Popular Nigerian Comedian, Ali Baba has reacted to the resignation of former Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun. Ali Baba in a post on his Instagram page said Adeosun did not resign because of NYSC certificate. According to him, Adeosun resigned because she refused to ‘play ball’ with some people who need access to federal funds. […]
Newly appointed Acting Minister of Finance Mrs Zainab Ahmed has assumed duty 72 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari picked her to oversee the ministry following the resignation of Mrs Kemi Adeosun on, Sept. 14. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that until her appointment, Ahmed was the Minister of State, Budget and National Planning. […]
…Buhari under pressure to appoint new Finance Minister as experts react …Gov Amosun, other stakeholders meet over eligible candidate Following the resignation of former Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, from the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, The Daily Times can authoritatively report that moves to replace her is currently in top gear […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the National Assembly to immediately open an investigation into alleged siphoning of over N10 trillion by the cabal in the Buhari Presidency, concealed under the tenure of erstwhile minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun. The PDP said its position is predicated on allegations that the Buhari Presidency and the […]
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has thrown its weight behind the embattled immediate past Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, saluting her on the path of honour and integrity. Adeosun on Friday resigned her appointment as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria following an allegation of falsification of her National Youth Service […]
Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has resigned from the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. This is even as President Buhari on Friday accepted the resignation of Adeosun and thanked the former Finance minister for her services to the nation and wished her well in her future pursuits. The President also approved that the Minister […]
Nigerians finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun has reportedly resigned. Though it is not clear when Kemi Adeosun submitted her resignation letter, We gathered that her resignation followed the allegation of not serving the compulsory National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, and obtaining a certificate that the NYSC have disowned. According to sources, the Finance Minister felt that […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a Freedom of Information (FoI) request to Brigadier-General Sule Kazaure, Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), asking him to use his good offices and leadership position to provide information on specific details and documents on the Exemption Certificate granted to the Minister of Finance, […]
The Oduduwa Development Initiatives (ODI), has risen in defence of the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, lamenting that the alleged forgery allegation was an affront on the Yoruba race. ODI condemned the allegation describing it as a sinister move to ridicule Adeosun. The group also said that the minister was not guilty to have […]
…Nigeria’s ongoing AfCFTA consultations in right direction –Panelist Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has called on the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to invest more in the area of infrastructure development with a view to promoting trade and investment on the continent. Adeosun made the call on Wednesday in Abuja, at the opening of […]
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has disclosed that the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, applied for an exemption certificate. The NYSC stated this on Monday while reacting to the online medium, The Premium Times, which claimed that Adeosun allegedly forged her NYSC discharge certificate on the grounds of age. The NYSC further disclosed […]
…N147bn June remittance justifiable – NNPC Following the inability of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) to distribute the accrued revenue for the month of May 2018, due to discrepancies in figures from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has said that the federal government will not accept […]
The Federal Government has recovered about N30 billion from individuals and corporate establishments through the tax amnesty scheme, Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS). The Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Babatunde Fowler, made this disclosure at the unveiling of the VAIDS Declaration Certificate, on Thursday in Abuja at a Workshop […]
Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun has disclosed that investigation on 534 cases out of a total 1,231 communications on the whistle-blower policy have been concluded with four convictions secured. Adeosun said that the ministry of finance undertook 791 investigations out of 1,231 tips the Ministry got, saying that 10 were presently under prosecution and […]
The Federal Government has said its men and officers of the Nigeria Customs Service were working to effectively track physical cash movements and transactions at the various borders, including Niger, Benin Republic and Cameroon. The government said that the monitoring was an addition to the formal channels of finance via the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit […]