Tinubu’s special investigator concludes probe of CBN under Buhari

The Special Investigator appointed by President Bola Tinubu to probe the activities of the Central Bank of Nigeria under the Muhammadu Buhari administration has completed his assignment and sent a “final comprehensive report,” the presidency said on Friday. PREMIUM TIMES reported the appointment of the investigator, Jim Obazee, last year. Some of his findings are … Read more

ROUNDUP: CBN Governor’s tenure, Buhari’s N30trn Ways and Means probe, other Senate top stories

Senate considers term of six years for CBN governor and deputies Barely five months after two senators proposed separate bills to bar governors and deputy governors of CBN from participating in politics, another lawmaker is seeking to amend the CBN Act to limit the tenure of the bank chiefs to a single non-renewal term of … Read more

Why I apologised to Nigerians at end of my tenure – Buhari

About seven months after he left office, ex-President Muhammadu Buhari admitted that he made some hard decisions that caused pain for Nigerians. He said this is why he apologised to Nigerians at the end of his tenure. But, he said, the decisions were not taken to deliberately inflict pain and anguish on anyone. Mr Buhari, … Read more

Minister lists ASUU’s demands already met by Nigerian govt

The Nigerian government has listed key demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that it has met. The demands by the union had resulted in years of incessant strikes, leading to the shutdown of Nigerian public universities for months at various times. The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, a professor, on Thursday listed … Read more