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Ahmed Idris: Profile of the New Accountant General of the Federation

Following a thorough fit and proper tests in both character and competence, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Ahmed Idris as the new Accountant General of Federation. The announcement for the appointment made by the Head of Service of the Federation, Mr. Danladi...

Aliko Dangote’s Little-Known $15 Billion Empire

Aliko Dangote lives as you might expect, given he’s the richest person in Africa and resides in the same country being bullied by the insidious Boko Haram terrorist group, which finds something noble in kidnapping village girls. Located on Victoria Island, a wealthy Lagos...

Samuel Ogungbesan: Softening The Outlook Of The Taxman

On the morning of Wednesday March 18, 2015, news filtered into the headquarters of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) that Alhaji Kabir Marshi who had acted as executive chair of the agency since the departure of Ifueko Omoigui in April 2012 was going to...

Goni Ahmed: Reinforcing The Green Wall Against Desertification

Concerned about the degradation of environment due to desertification in the north of Nigeria, the administration of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has endorsed the upgrade of the great Green Wall Programme Implementation Unit (GGW/PIU) into an independent agency. The creation of the National Agency...

Ex-IMF Chief faces 10 years in prison for pimping

Former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn is facing a three-week trial in Lille, northern France, for allegedly running a pimping ring in Paris, Lille, Brussels, Washington and New York from 2008 to 2011. If convicted Strauss-Kahn faces up to 10...

Nellie Mayshak: A Passion For The Elderly

It is a notorious fact that the Nigerian pension system is a mesh of corruption. The last two years have seen revelations of ungodly atrocities in the management of defined pension scheme where public officers were indicted and jailed for stealing billions in pension...