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Gunmen on Sunday kidnapped Kanene Okonjo, 82, mother of the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State. Okonjo-Iweala’s mother, wife of His Majesty Chukwuka Aninshi Okonjo, the reigning Obi of Ogwashi-Uku kingdom … read more »
NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA is a woman who speaks her mind. Just over a year into her second stint as Nigeria’s finance minister, she has written a new book that she describes as a road map for low-income oil-exporting countries and poor … read more »
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There were strong indications on Friday that the Federal Government would increase the fuel price in 2013. President Goodluck Jonathan had on Thursday in Abuja said total fuel subsidy removal was a must. He stated that only total removal of … read more »
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Corruption did not begin with President Goodluck Jonathan’s government. But, at the current rate, corruption would kill Nigeria on his watch. By a number of credible accounts, more than $500 billion (N80 trillion) has been stolen from Nigeria’s public coffers … read more »
THE used to be as free as the bird of the air. Not for her a well dressed policewoman with a pistol strapped onto her waist and madam’s handbag in her hand. Times have changed for the Coordinating Minister of … read more »
By Ayodeji Sunday My attention was drawn to an article (Ngozi Iweala: Nigeria’s Weakest Link) by one Sonala Olumhense. After reading the piece, I concluded that only someone who has absolutely no regard for conscience and truth could have attempted … read more »
By William Wallis, Leadership (Abuja) The world is in the midst of a sustained oil boom. Yet Africa’s leading producer is haemorrhaging the proceeds. The Nigerian treasury, which should be raking in record revenues, has been squeezed at both ends … read more »
By Ayodeji Sunday The Nigerian budget of 2012 and 2013 has generated a lot of public interest – and rightly so. After all, the budget is the most concrete declaration of our government’s national priorities; and it’s good we are … read more »
by Ahmed ‘Alatenumo’ Sule and Three Anonymous Bankers “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.” Article 1 … read more »
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(Reuters)Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is battling to reform one of the world’s most corrupt nations without support from the shadowy “godfathers” who wield power from behind the scenes. Summoned by President Goodluck Jonathan last year to restore some order … read more »
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by Ogbuefi Blogs On 30 August 2012, at Onitsha, President Goodluck Jonathan declared he will go on exile if he fails to build the Second Niger Bridge before completing his term in 2015. The Nigerian leader made the declaration in … read more »
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Nigeria’s Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is not interested in replacing Pascal Lamy as the head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) when the Frenchman steps down in a year’s time. This is what Nigeria’s Finance Ministry said yesterday. Okonjo-Iweala left … read more »
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Babatunde Ajibade, Leadership opinion The current wave of insecurity across Nigeria has today reached a level where the nation is not only wobbly, but its image in the international community is fast nose-diving. Locally, the dangers of insecurity have driven … read more »
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Regardless of all the reservations or enthusiasm that a voter might have for his government, we are all bound as citizens to observe that the news that President Goodluck Jonathan has signed a performance contract with his ministers is good … read more »
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opinion Like a comic show, the Senators boiled, but Okonjo-Iweala demolished the substance. UCHENNA AWOM asks: who blinks first? It was indeed a week that fuelled palpable tension suggesting that the Senate may have added to the brewing face-off between … read more »
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On a continent battling extreme gender disparity and inequality toward women in many countries, the world watches intently as remarkable women continue to take the stage in African politics. Over the weekend, CNN program “African Voices” showcased profiles of African … read more »
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Nigeria’s finance minister said on Thursday she had ordered a slow down to fuel subsidy payments to allow verification that they are for genuine deliveries, an effort to combat fraud costing it billions of dollars. “I decided that we should … read more »
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Harare – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Thursday lashed out at the “selfish” West for denying Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala the opportunity to head the World Bank. Okonjo-Iweala, a respected economist, last month lost the World Bank president post … read more »
The Federal Government may have run into a spot of bother with the mass transit buses that it hurriedly procured at the height of the protests over the withdrawal of subsidy of petrol in January this year. The six automobile … read more »
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Washington DC – Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, has solicited the World Bank’s support to create a good data base to help improve the social safety nets in Nigeria. She spoke on Sunday at the on-going … read more »
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The unsurprising announcement that the Board of the World Bank had voted in favor of the American candidate, Jim Yong Kim, presents an opportune moment to reflect upon the soft power structures that shape global public policy in the early … read more »
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — It didn’t exactly surprise Africans. But the World Bank decision to pass over Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the bank’s presidency still stung. Following the selection this week of Dartmouth College president and public health … read more »
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THE Coordinating Minister of Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who recently lost a bid to clinch the World Bank presidency, has reiterated her readiness to work with the eventual winner, Dr Jim Yong Kim. Okonjo-Iweala, while giving … read more »
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ABUJA- THE Senate Tuesday condemned in strong terms, the continuous duopoly of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, IMF by United States of America –European thereby locking out Africans and especially emerging economies of the world from the … read more »
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African nations have had their hopes dashed with the selection of Jim Yong Kim to head the World Bank, side-stepping the chance to put an African woman with 20 years’ financial experience into the top job. Much of Africa had … read more »
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The World Bank on Monday named as its next president Jim Yong Kim, a global health expert and the president of Dartmouth College, in a widely expected appointment that continues the longstanding tradition of an American leading the Washington-based development … read more »
By Myles Wickstead Prime Minister, Congratulations on your appointment as Chair of the UN Panel on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This reflects the progress of a decade and a half in which the UK has taken an increasingly forward … read more »
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By OMOH GABRIEL WITH the withdrawal of Colombian ex-finance minister, Jose Antonio Ocampo, from the World Bank Presidency race last Friday, the die is now cast between Dr. Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria and Jim Yong Kim, a Korean-American. Kim who is … read more »
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Former Colombian finance minister Jose Antonio Ocampo on Friday withdrew his candidacy for World Bank president, leaving two candidates in a race that he said had turned highly political. With the World Bank board meeting on Monday to pick a … read more »
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The unprecedented challenge posed by developing countries to the U.S. grip on the World Bank presidency will test industrial nations’ commitment to an open selection process, former Colombian finance minister and nominee Jose Antonio Ocampo said on Tuesday. “We are … read more »
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