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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has today absolved the former Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, of blame in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate controversy, which resulted in her resignation in 2018.

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Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, has resigned. According to Daily Trust,sources close to her said she relinquished her position to protect President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 return to Presidency. It is not clear when she submitted her resignation letter. According to the newspaper’s source, the resignation followed the allegation of not serving the compulsory National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, and obtaining …

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The Presidency, Senate and Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, have kept mute over allegations published by Premium Times, at the weekend, that she skipped the mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and subsequently obtained a forged exemption certificate in 2009. The minister reportedly graduated from the Polytechnic of East London, in the United Kingdom, in 1989, at 22. The …

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Photo Caption: From Left; Chairman of Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State (left); Governor Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa State; Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun and Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, departing after a closed-door meeting with the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday, 5th July, …

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To reduce their exposure to huge indebtedness, the state governments can no longer borrow from the banks or the bond market without the express approval of the Minister of Finance acting on the advice of the Debt Management Office, investigation has shown. Already, no state government can contract external loans without the approval of the Federal Government, which acts as …

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Photo Caption: Former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador Robin Renee Sanders (left) with the Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, during the visit of Sanders to the Minister in Abuja on Tuesday, 26th June, 2018

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Tayo Olanipekun Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, said measures introduced by the government have in the last three years helped the nation in recovering billions of naira in looted public funds, tax recovery and also in reducing the cost of running public offices. A total of N283, 071,347,302 has been recovered as well as saved as a result of the …

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The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, disclosed on Thursday that the Federal Government would mobilise more revenues to drive its growth plan for the economy. The Minister made this known in Abuja at a meeting with a World Bank Mission of 10 Executive Directors led by Mr. Patrizio Pagano. She stated that the Government would accelerate Nigeria’s growth level …

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Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, receiving her Merit Award from the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Alhaji Isma’ila Muhammadu Zakari, during the Institute’s Merit Award Night at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos recently…

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…External Reserves Hit $47.93bn  …$322m Abacha funds earmark for Social Safety Nets Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun and the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, affirmed on Sunday that the country’s positive growth outlook would be sustained. The Minister and the CBN Governor gave this assurance at a joint press briefing at the end …

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