Nigeria opposition party, the People's Democratic Party(PDP), has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the former minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun. Adeosun resigned her appointment on Friday, 69 days after Premium Times published a report that her National Youths Service Corps(NYSC) exemption certificate was fake. However, the PDP is not satisfied with the…

Nigeria's immediate past finance minister Kemi Adeosun has explained how she got a National Youth Service Corps exemption certificate believed to be fake. Adeosun resigned her appointment on Friday, 69 days after Premium Times published a report that her NYSC certificate was not issued by the Corps. She has since been replaced by Zainab Ahmed,…

PART OF The Guardian’s Editorial Of July 25 … Adeosun was never entitled to an exemption because, in the words of a former director-general of the NYSC, Brig-Gen. Maharazu Tsiga (rtd), ‘in as much as you have not served…in as much as you were not mobilised to serve at the time you were supposed to…

14th September 2018 His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari President, Federal Republic of Nigeria State House Aso Villa Abuja Dear Excellency, Let me commence by thanking you profusely for the honour and privilege of serving under your inspirational leadership. It has been a truly rewarding experience to learn from you and to observe at close quarters your…

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the Minister of State Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, as the replacement for Kemi Adeosun who resigned as the minister for finance on Friday. Adeosun resigned earlier on Friday, more than 60 days after she was accused of forging her NYSC exemption letter. "President Muhammadu Buhari Friday…

Kemi Adeosun, Nigeria's minister of Finance has come under fire several times in the public. Adeosun who was accused of failing to produce her valid NYSC (National Youth Service Corps, NYSC) certificate. The national constitution mandates that anyone who holds public office must have a certificate or an exemption letter. With her failure in producing…

The North West zone of National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA) on Friday said 53 lives were lost to flood in both Katsina and Kaduna States, while 30 others were missing in the last four months.

Dissatisfied by the delay in adjudicating capital market-related cases, investors have stressed the need for the judiciary to give priority to such cases, and stop...

I had written an article some weeks ago on the Kemi Adeosun matter titled “Ungolden Silence.” I had said in that piece that it was wrong for Mrs Kemi Adeosun, who is Nigeria’s Minister of Finance to keep quiet on the issue of her non-service in the compulsory National Youth Service Corps...

The Nigerian government on Monday said that the case of the alleged certificate forgery of the Minister of Finance Kemi Adeosun would soon be proven as untrue soon as investigations are done. This is coming 60 days after Adeosun was alleged to have forged a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate after an investigation by…

The Nigerian presidency on Tuesday said that the case of the alleged certificate forgery of the Honourable Minister of Finance Kemi Adeosun was not a corruption matter. Mrs Adeosun was alleged to have forged a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate after an investigation by an online newspaper, Premium Times. Professor Itse Sagay, chairman of Presidential Advisory…

Today is the 50th day since the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) exemption certificate forgery allegation against Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun broke, and President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to act.