•President Nana Akufo-Addo Ghana’s president removed his finance minister in a sweeping reshuffle today ahead of December elections where an economic crisis looks set to take centre stage. Ken Ofori-Atta will be replaced by lawmaker Mohammed Amin Adam, according to a presidency statement. The long-serving finance minister, in office since 2017...
The Home Finance Department of the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning has received the sum of $5.6m from the World Bank to procure 21 items, which included office stationeries, furniture, solar inverter, office equipment, and vehicles. The approvals were made under the State Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability...
Zenith Bank Plc has been listed in the World Finance 100 2023 released by World Finance Magazine, achieving the feat as the only Nigerian company in the prestigious and exclusive listing. Zenith Bank’s inclusion in this elite list underscores the bank’s outstanding achievements and resilience in a dynamic and competitive global market. The Fro...
•Late Taiwo Oyekanmi and Governor Abiodun The Governor Dapo Abiodun-led Ogun State Government has announced a N50m reward for anybody who could provide information leading to the arrest of the killers of Mr Taiwo Oyekanmi, the former Director of Finance and Administration attached to Governor Dapo Abiodun’s office, Oke-Mosan Abeokuta. 51-year-...
•MOFI The House of Representatives Committee on Public Assets, yesterday, in Abuja put the value of federal yovernment assets at $100 billion, insisting that there is an urgent need to safeguard the assets against looting. The lawmakers are also worried over the wrong valuation of the assets as they stressed the need for proper documentation [...
•Late Taiwo Oyekanmi The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, said those behind yesterday’s murder of the Director of Finance in Governor Dapo Abiodun’s office, Mr. Taiwo Oyekanmi, are in-house. Oyekanmi was gunned down while returning from the bank where he had taken a bullion van to withdraw some funds for the state. In [&hell...