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☆ Nigeria's suspended cenbank governor to face fraud charges on Thursday
  + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Camillus Eboh | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Nigeria's Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele briefs the media during the MPC meeting in Abuja, Nigeria January 24, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsABUJA, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Nigeria's suspended central bank governor Godwin Emefiele will appear in a high court in Abuja on Thursday, when he is expected to enter a plea in a 20-count indictment, a government lawyer said on Wednesday. Government lawyers, on Tuesday, said they had filed additional graft charges against the governor, including allegedly "conferring unlawful advantages" and "unlawful procurement". Local papers said the central bank employee was a director in the private company. Emefiele, suspended by President Bola Tinubu in June, had already pleaded not guilty to charges of possessing a firearm illegally, which were subsequently withdrawn.
Persons: Nigeria's Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele, Afolabi, Godwin Emefiele, Emefiele, Bola Tinubu, Tinubu, Camillus Eboh, Chijioke, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Nigeria's Central Bank Governor, MPC, REUTERS, Rights, Government, Thomson Locations: Abuja, Nigeria, Rights ABUJA, Lagos, Africa's
☆ Nigeria's Tinubu appoints investigator to probe central bank
  + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
[1/2] Nigeria's Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele briefs the media during the MPC meeting in Abuja, Nigeria January 24, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi SotundeCompanies Tinubu Square Sa FollowABUJA, July 30 (Reuters) - Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has appointed a financial watchdog to investigate the central bank, weeks after he suspended its governor, a copy of a letter from the president showed on Sunday. Tinubu on June 9 suspended Godwin Emefiele, who was then detained by state security agents for allegedly misappropriating funds and a "criminal breach of trust." In a letter dated July 28, Tinubu appointed the chief executive of Nigeria's Financial Reporting Council as special investigator of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and other government-owned entities. The investigator was to "provide a comprehensive report on public wealth currently in the hands of corrupt individuals and establishments."
Persons: Nigeria's Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele, Bola Tinubu, Tinubu, Godwin Emefiele, Dele Alake, Felix Onuah, MacDonald Dzirutwe, Christina Fincher Organizations: Nigeria's Central Bank Governor, MPC, REUTERS, Nigeria's, Central Bank of Nigeria, Thomson Locations: Abuja, Nigeria, ABUJA
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