The CBN remains a key player in Nigeria's finances despite scaling back quasi-development financing prevalent under Cardoso's predecessor Godwin Emefiele (AC Vol 64 No 12 When – not if – Emefiele leaves the bank)...

Godwin Emefiele ex-governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and his tenure are under forensic investigation...

The self-styled development central bank governor and would-be presidential candidate Godwin Emefiele faces a corruption trial...

This was the first meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) since July 2023 when it was held under Godwin Emefiele Cardoso's predecessor (AC Vol 64 No 24 Central bank's Cardoso faces policy fight)...

The previous governor Godwin Emefiele was a senior executive at Zenith...

He is staying away from anti-corruption probes aside from that facing Godwin Emefiele the former governor of the central bank who was seen as trying to undermine Tinubu's election with a disastrous currency swap plan...

In the extreme case of Nigeria external payments arrears developed under discredited former governor Godwin Emefiele and the accelerated weakening of the naira exchange rate has not generated the inflows to transform forex liquidity (Dispatches 13/6/23 Bonds strengthen and sharp devaluation looms after Tinubu suspends central bank governor & Vol 64 No 21 Chasing the greenback)...

These included Cardoso as Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor and the deputy governors Emem Nnana Usoro Muhammad Sani Abdullahi Dattijo Philip Ikeazor and Dala Bello replacing Governor Godwin Emefiele and his four deputies all ejected by Tinubu (AC Vol 64 No 19 Cash crunch tests Tinubu's top finance team)...