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by Nasir El Rufai Long before the publication of The Accidental Public Servant, I had decided to resist joining issues with whatever commentators wrote in response to the book by way of either attacking the author or its contents. It … read more »
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Tagged Accidental Public Servant, Charles, Civil service, IndepthAfrica, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Olusegun Obasanjo, Thisday, World Bank
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Remi Adekoya,guardian.co.uk, After three years as president, the economy is booming but Jonathan’s record on helping his people is poor Nigerians had no rational reason to believe their lives would improve after Goodluck Jonathan became president three years ago this … read more »
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Tagged bokoharam, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Lagos, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo
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By Samuel Burke & Claire Calzonetti [CNN] Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria, is full of promise. But fulfilling that promise is often a struggle. Plagued by corruption and mismanagement, the resource-rich country has a poverty rate of over 50%. Maternal … read more »
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The leadership of organised labour are at it again. After successfully pulling the wool over the faces of Nigerians, who sacrificed their convenience early last year to join the march to resist the federal government’s removal of fuel subsidy, only … read more »
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Tagged Labour, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigerians, Subsidy, trade union, Trade Union Congress, TUC, United States
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By Favour B. Afolabi “So, to answer your question, I will not be “joining government”. I am not interested. Public pedagogy of the sort that I am doing is a higher, nobler calling than prostitution in government. There is nothing … read more »
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Tagged Dora Akunyili, Ekiti State, Femi Fani-Kayode, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, nigerian newspapers, Obiageli Ezekwesili, Reuben Abati
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By Olusola Daniel Having spotted, on several sites, an article by one Yushau A. Shuaib in which the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is accused of facilitating controversial appointments in favour of her … read more »
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Tagged Finance minister, Goodluck Jonathan, Igbo people, Indepth Africa Magazine, Lagos, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Nigerian
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Traditional masquerades have one enduring commonality: they run backwards and forwards; jump up and down and generality create an atmosphere of chaos. At the end of their exertions, though, not much would have changed because both the masquerade and the … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Finance minister, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, National Assembly, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Nigerians, World Health Organization
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By Oluwadamidara Aweloye In the wake of economic reforms that are being implemented in the Nigerian polity, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has become a victim of slander and the target of … read more »
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By Dele Meiji Fatunla Today is International Women’s Day and the beginning of a month-long emphasis on the lives of women and the challenges and opportunities they face in the 21st century. At the RAS, we began the month with … read more »
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Tagged Day, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Women's Day, Mozambique, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, South Africa, University of Cape Town
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By Yushau A. Shuaib I still wonder how the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and the Honourable Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala is in the eye of the storm. Her grandiose title is not a mere tautology as … read more »
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It was hardly the best of circumstances for an interview when Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala sat down with Foreign Policy in Washington, D.C., recently. In addition to jet lag, the Nigerian finance minister was battling both malaria and the flu. “Anyone else … read more »
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Tagged Barack Obama, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jim Yong Kim, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Okonjo-Iweala, United States, World Bank
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By Nuhu Ribadu I am sceptical about awards in our country. From the national honours given by the federal government, to the honorary doctorates that our universities bestow on individuals, and to the smallest of awards in our clubs and … read more »
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Tagged Ahmadu Bello, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, indepthafrica nigeria news, Lagos, Ngozi, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Olusegun Obasanjo, World Bank
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By Oluwaseun Joseph Frankly speaking, it is quite heart-warming to see some influential Nigerians coming out of their gilded cage to demand accountability from the present government. It shows that we are now waking up to our civic rights by … read more »
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Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigerian Finance Minister, has called on leaders in Africa to muster the political will to tackle the bane of political corruption infecting neophyte democracies on the continent. She acknowledged that there are problems with organising elections in … read more »
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Tagged Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Okonjo-Iweala, political corruption, Transparency International, Western world, World Bank
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By Bayo Oladeji, Leadership (Abuja) Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala parted ways with former President Olusegun Obasanjo because of her removal as the Chairman of the Economic Team of the government while she was in London negotiating with London Club. Former … read more »
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Tagged Federal Capital Territory, Finance minister, IndepthAfrica, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Nigerian, Nigerian news, nigerian newspapers, Obasanjo, Okonjo-Iweala, Olusegun Obasanjo
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By Omoade Adelani For too long, we have been fed with lies, innuendos and sarcasm garnished with semblance of truth by desperate hustlers at the Nigerian political scene. We have been made to believe that Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the chief … read more »
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Tagged Delta State, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Okonjo-Iweala, United Nations Convention against Corruption, Uzodinma Iweala, World Bank
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For many years, African women have been relegated to mere observers in the socio-political and economic scheme of things. They are considered only ‘good to be seen, nor heard.’ And their voices, when they deign to talk, are drowned out … read more »
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Tagged Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Finance minister, GoodluckJonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Ngozi, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, World Bank
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By Eze Eluchie Obasanjo made four huge mistakes in office – El-Rufai: Will someone tell this character that what he is referring to as ‘huge mistakes in his Presidency’ regarding Obasanjo’s misrule of Nigeria are actually criminal acts punishable under … read more »
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Tagged Atiku Abubakar, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, IndepthAfrica, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, Nigerian news, Nuhu Ribadu, Obasanjo, Olusegun Obasanjo
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Police in Abuja this afternoon detonated a time bomb dropped at the entrance to the Area 8 Abuja office of NIPOST. Eye witnesses told Daily Times that the parcel containing the expolsive device has been at the gate since last … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Daily Times, Delta State, Friday, IndepthAfrica, local Nigerian newspaper, news about Okonjo Iweala, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, Nigerian news, Nigerians, Okonjo-Iweala, Police
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By Olusola Daniel A critical look at the composition of the present cabinet of President Goodluck Jonathan may make one question the criteria used in selecting the persons for the different portfolios. Whilst majority of the officials have been dubbed … read more »
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Tagged Finance Ministry, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Nigerian news, Northern Caribbean University, World Bank
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Nwokem Ikenna You are one of a KIND, and I mean it from the depth of my ‘shallow’ heart – which is deep – Got It? Keep it up Bro. Most things in life starts by/with TALKING before the WALKING. … read more »
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In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Wednesday, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan agreed that Boko Haram could pose an existential threat to his country. “If Boko Haram is not contained, it would be a threat not only to Nigeria, … read more »
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International security experts are watching Nigeria’s radical Islamist movement Boko Haram with concern. The militant group has destabilized northern Nigeria and attracted the attention of other jihadist groups, including al-Qaeda affiliates gaining strength in neighboring northern Mali. Boko Haram is … read more »
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE News Release. January 8, 2013 SUBSIDY PAYMENTS: FINANCE MINISTRY RELEASES N161 BILLION TO CBN The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has refuted media reports which allege that the Federal … read more »
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Tagged Central Bank of Nigeria, Federal Ministry of Finance, Finance minister, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Ministry of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian news, Subsidy
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By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye No matter the very strong views many Nigerians hold about the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, it is difficult not to sympathize with her and her family on the … read more »
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Tagged bbc, Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan, Finance minister, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian news, Okonjo
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By Paul Omoruyi There is always the proclivity to criticize and see all the wrong things going on around us in Nigeria. This is not unique to Nigeria and Nigerians. It is the human factor. As developed and advanced as … read more »
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The Coordinating Minister for the economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has described the traumatic experience of her mother, Professor Mrs Kamene Okonjo, in the hands of her abductors as horrific, as she was left without food for … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Delta State, Finance minister, God, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian news, Okonjo-Iweala, Robert Zoellick
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The mother of Nigeria’s Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been released five days after she was kidnapped, Delta state governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has told the BBC. He said Kamene Okonjo, a retired professor, was dropped off on a main road … read more »
I rarely discuss Nigerian politics as it is a complete waste of time and a mere offshoot of the main problem, but I learnt over the weekend that the finance minister, Okonjo Iweala’s mother was kidnapped. Well, talk about the chickens … read more »
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Tagged Delta State, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kidnapping, Lagos, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Okonjo, Okonjo-Iweala
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December 10, 2012 by benim
The Kidnappers that Abducted 82 Years Old Mother Of Finance Minister Prof. Kanene Okonjo at their family home in Ogwashi uku, Delta state, are demanding for a whopping $1 billion ransom. Majesty, Professor Chukwuka Aninshi Okonjo Agbogidi, the reigning Obi … read more »
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