CBN Godwin Owoh, a professor of applied economics and expert in central banking, in an interview with GEOFF IYATSE, speaks on the economic distortion caused by unrestrained Ways & Means (W&M) financing, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) supervision and other burning issues arising from the current operations of the apex bank. • ‘For devaluing naira, govt should give Nigerians tax forbearance’ What came to your mind when you heard of the CBN’s dismissal of the boards of First Bank of Nigeria Limited and its holding company? It was shocking to many economic agents to hear that that bank was under CBN-induced oxygen since 2016. Four years was too long for the CBN to maintain forbearance without the knowledge of the public. Also, the nature of the intervention was faulty. Until the initial change of board members by the bank and CBN’s query and subsequent reversal of the decision, nobody knows the state of health of the bank. That is capable of eroding public confiden
ICPC re-arraigns ex-presidential aide, Obono-Obla
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ICPC drops forgery charges against ex-presidential aide
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ICPC drops school result forgery charges against ex-presidential aide, Obono-Obla
The anti-corruption agency has dropped the charges of school result falsification and forgery it levelled against the ex-presidential aide in 2019.
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Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has amended the corruption and certificate forgery charges it filed against an ex-presidential aide, Okoi Obono-Obla.
The amendment, coming less than two months after Mr Obono-Obla and his co-defendants were arraigned by the commission, reduced the number of counts from 10 to five.
The amended charges filed at the High Court of the FCT, in Apo, Abuja, on March 4 and seen by PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday, also revealed that the anti-corruption agency has backtracked on its allegations of certificate forgery sensationally levelled against Mr Obono-Obla in 2019.
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The Presidency on Sunday unveiled 32 female government officials which it described as “The Buhari Women” to mark this year’s International Women’s Day.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, listed the women in a statement titled “Internation Women’s Day: See how President Buhari celebrates Nigerian women.”
Adesina described the 32 female officials that were listed as just a few of them.
“The celebration provides ample opportunity to reflect on how President Muhammadu Buhari honours the womenfolk.
“Here is a checklist of ‘The Buhari Women,’ just few of them.”