That is under way with Tinubu's appointment of Jim Obazee who brings a reputation for ruthlessness to investigate the operations of the central bank under the previous governor Godwin Emefiele who was suspended on 9 July and was then arrested by State Security Service (SSS) agents (Dispatches 8/8/23 Tinubu orders forensic audit of central bank and civil service payroll)...
After the suspension of Godwin Emefiele governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and his subsequent arrest the bank published its audited financial accounts for seven years up to 2022 (Dispatches 13/6/23 Bonds strengthen and sharp devaluation looms after Tinubu suspends central bank governor)...
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At the centre of Obazee's investigation will be former bank governor Godwin Emefiele who was suspended by the president in June...
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This has quashed speculation that Tinubu might appoint Edun as governor of the central bank once the suspended governor Godwin Emefiele is pressured to resign in the face of multiple criminal charges of varying degrees of credibility (AC Vol 64 No 12 Tinubu tries shock therapy on sluggish economy)...
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Money market traders and other investors have been reassessing Nigerian assets following President Bola Tinubu's suspension of central bank governor Godwin Emefiele after the end of the trading on 9 June...
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Making clear his position on Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Godwin Emefiele's future President Bola Tinubu announced the bank needed 'house-cleaning' in his inaugural speech on 29 May...
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This followed his statement that the central bank required 'house cleaning' a reference to policies pursued by central bank governor Godwin Emefiele...
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The central bank governor Godwin Emefiele is short of friends due to the farce around the new naira banknotes his own political manoeuvring last year and his arcane foreign exchange policies...
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The Court ruled that the governor of the central bank Godwin Emefiele and President Buhari lacked the right to pursue the policy with what appears to have been minimum consultation and deemed the deadlines for the withdrawal of the old currency to be unrealistic...
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At the heart of their case is central bank governor Godwin Emefiele's mishandled plan to issue new naira banknotes and recall some 2...
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Critics of CBN governor Godwin Emefiele already lambasting his foreign exchange policies see the Ways and Means imbroglio as another reason to force him out...