Tag: Okonjo-Iweala

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April 24, 2014

Dangote, Okonjo-Iweala make TIME 100 most influential people, see others

by Oge Okonkwo Time magazine has just released its 100 most influential people in the world and surprisingly two remarkable ...

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April 9, 2014

Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala gets the David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Award (PHOTOS)

by Akintomiwa Agbaje Okonjo-Iweala was joined by a list of high profile personalities such as the late Nelson Mandela, Kofi ...

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April 6, 2014

Nigeria now Africa’s largest economy, Boko Haram kills 17 people in Yobe mosque & other important news you should know today

by Oge Okonkwo Nigeria now largest economy in Africa, says Okonjo-Iweala Nigeria is now the largest economy in Africa and ...

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March 3, 2014

Opinion: President Jonathan is guilty of incompetence

by Olukoya Obafemi The ineptitude of my president seems so gargantuan. The country has been radically plummeted to the lowest ...

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March 1, 2014

Budget 2014 Jam: Youth to engage Okonjo-Iweala in March

by Oge Okonkwo   The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will be hosting ...

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February 21, 2014

She dey kampe! Finance minister, Okonjo-Iweala denies resignation rumours

by Oge Okonkwo The Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has reacted to rumours of resignation from office. Dr. Okonjo-Iweala in ...

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February 19, 2014

Opinion: Just before Okonjo and Allison drives us crazy

by Odusote Oluwakayode Surely, something is rotten in the NNPC and the Minister of Petroleum, Alissson Madueke either participated in ...

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February 5, 2014

Opinion: The truth behind the anti-Okonjo-Iweala ‘waivers policy’ campaign

by Favour B. Afolabi The improved waivers policy is a work in progress which is already making a tremendous difference, ...

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January 22, 2014

This is the man caught impersonating Okonjo-Iweala, Fashola’s wife on Facebook (PICTURED)

by Adeola Balogun A 38-year-old man has been arrested for fraud after reports that he opened accounts on Facebook purporting ...

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January 21, 2014

UNILAG graduate caught impersonating Okonjo-Iweala, Fashola’s wife

by Oge Okonkwo   The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a 34-year-old man, Anthony over impersonation using the ...

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December 24, 2013

We stand by our story – SaharaReporters publisher on export waivers

by Chi Ibe The publisher of SaharaReporters has responded to the Minister of Finance’s statement on the site’s story on ...

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December 16, 2013

#TFAABest100: SEE photos from The Future Awards Africa Best 100 Alumni event in Abuja

What: The Future Awards Africa Best 100 Alumni. Where: State House, Abuja. When: December 15, 2013. Photos by Hycinth Iyereosa         ...

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November 9, 2013

Opinion: The many troubles of Nigeria

by Adisa Adeleye The bad news was that with the dwindling income from oil, the federal government revenue could be ...

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October 21, 2013

Okonjo-Iweala opens up on the truth behind government’s position on ASUU strike

by Adeola Balogun The current stand-off between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government of Nigeria ...

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September 1, 2013

YNaija Editorial: Rejoice, the minister of youth is gone

Every Nigerian administration has its obvious stars, even though the proportions have not increased with democracy’s return to Nigeria. The ...

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August 6, 2013

Expect cheaper mortgages in 2014 – Okonjo-Iweala

by Oge Okonkwo The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minster of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, made a statement assuring ...

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June 24, 2013

Fuel subsidy scam: Police set to re-arrest Capital Oil boss, Ifeanyi Ubah

by Chi Ibe Director of Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited, Ifeanyi Ubah might be re-arrested again by the Police ...

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May 23, 2013

“Change agent”: Okonjo-Iweala makes list of world’s 100 most powerful women

The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been ranked number 83 in Forbes’ 100 world most powerful women. According ...

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May 15, 2013

‘Gbenga Sesan: Before Nigerians lose their internet freedom – Stop, Jonathan, stop

by ‘Gbenga Sesan As shouts of “Run, Jonathan, Run” ring towards 2015, asking Nigeria’s president to seek a second term ...

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May 6, 2013

What Northern big boys are doing now – and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze The growing (growing?) wave of kidnappings and the general state of insecurity in the north has led ...

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May 6, 2013

Toni Kan: Before I am kidnapped

by Toni Kan We must participate in securing our selves or the next time you open the newspaper it might ...

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May 6, 2013

Chukwuma Soludo: I could not believe that el-Rufai would descend so low in his book

by Chukwuma Soludo Although there is no single definition of fraud, the online definitions that come to mind as one ...

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April 23, 2013

“Ngozi has nothing to do with this” – Sanusi Lamido defends Okonjo-Iweala on tribalism allegations

by Chi Ibe The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has condemned the accusations thrown at ...

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April 22, 2013

Budget 2013 may be frustrated, if crude prices continue to drop

by Omoh Gabriel In an article on this column on May 30, 2012, titled “The proverbial rains are here,” many ...

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April 19, 2013

Report: Did Okonjo-Iweala order the sack of NEMA spokesperson over critical op-ed?

by Hauwa Gambo The spokesperson of the National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA), Yushau Shuaib wrote a piece that was critical ...

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April 17, 2013

Editi Effiong: On oil theft, NOI and GEJ need to stop whining

by Editi Effiong In 1992, a Glencore oil trader got off the plane in Lagos with a briefcase filled with ...

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December 31, 2012

YNaija Editorial: Aliko Dangote is YNaija Person of the Year 2012… Let’s tell you why

… there is Aliko Dangote – a man who has created more wealth, expanded more economic spaces, pushed more entrepreneurial ...

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December 19, 2012

Why should we not speak ill of the dead? – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze Yesterday, the President took to the podium to ask us as a people to shun preachers of ...

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December 15, 2012

Our mother’s ordeal: Okonjo-Iweala’s family’s moving story of her mother’s kidnap, freedom

  When Prof. Kanene Okonjo, queen mother of Ogwashi-Uku and mother of the Coordinating Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, ...

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