Finally, Nigeria Exits FATF, Global Financial Crime Watchlist Tinubu, NFIU boss, Edun, Fagbemi welcome country’s delisting from grey list Reiterate nation's commitment to financial transparency
Deji Elumoye, Alex Enumah in Abuja and Nume Ekeghe in Lagos
removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) global watchlist, marking a major step forward in the Nigeria has finally been nation’s fight against money
laundering and illicit financial flows. President Bola Tinubu yesterday welcomed the country’s delisting from
the FATF grey list, just as he pledged to continue reforms that would further sanitise the financial sector in furtherance of his adroit policies.
President of the FATF, the Nigerian Financial Elisa de Anda Madrazo, Intelligence Unit (NFIU), congratulated Nigeria on Hafsat Abubakar Bakari, the feat, while the Director/ Continued on page 8 Chief Executive Officer,
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Tributes Pour in as Oramah Steps Down as Afreximbank President Successor, Olombi pledges to build on legacy of innovation, unity
Sunday Ehigiator
In what was both a grand celebration and an emotional farewell, tributes from African
leaders, business magnates, and international dignitaries poured in yesterday for Prof. Benedict Okey Oramah, as he officially bowed out as President and
Chairman of the Board of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) after a decade of groundbreaking leadership that redefined the trajectory
of African trade, finance, and economic integration. The valedictory ceremony, held at Afreximbank’s headquarters in Cairo, Egypt,
was an affair befitting the stature of a man many described as, “Africa’s trade architect,” a scholar, visionary, and patriot whose ideas turned
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President retains chief of defence intelligence in major shake-up Presidency says appointment of new service chiefs routine Governors pledge to share intelligence with DSS, others Experts harp on synergy, improved troops’ welfare
Chief of Defence Staff, Lt Gen. Olufemi Oluyede
Chief of Army Staff, Major-General W. Shaibu
Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal (AVM) S.K. Aneke
Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral I. Abbas
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