Wale Edun Reveals Forensic Audit of NNPC Ongoing Declares Nigeria’s economy in better position to withstand US tariffs’ shock Cardoso: Orthodox monetary policy has stabilised economy Dangote joins World Bank’s investment lab to advance job creation in emerging markets
Obinna Chima, Eromosele Abiodun and Nume Ekeghe in Washington DC Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and
Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, yesterday revealed that the forensic audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited
(NNPCL) was underway. Also, as the ripple effects of United States’ reciprocal tariffs continue to reverberate across the globe, causing
uncertainties, Edun asserted that the cocktail of reforms introduced since President Bola Tinubu assumed office has placed the economy in a stronger
position than anticipated to absorb potential shocks. This was as the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Olayemi
Cardoso, said the apex bank’s return to orthodox monetary policy was Continued on page 32
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TINUBU MEETS SECURITY AGENCIES...
L–R: Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Mr. Mohammed Mohammed; DIG of Police and Head, Force Intelligence, Mr. Benjamin Okolo; National Security Adviser, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu; President Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Chief of Defence Intelligence, Nigerian Army, Gen. Emmanuel Undianeye; Director-General, Department of State Services, Mr. Oluwatosin Ajayi; and Chief of Staff to the President, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, during President Tinubu’s PHOTO: GODWIN OMOIGUI. meeting with heads of intelligence agencies at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday