Governance

SAFTEY – ADVOCACY FOR THE PROMOTION OF (INDUSTRIAL)-GREEN RECOVERY

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Nigeria needs to put climate change high on our agenda once the immediate crisis has passed. And we should rapidly scale up support to various States with policy advice, financial resources, and a  platform for joint action. Policymakers across the globe are rightly focusing on protecting public health, stabilizing economies, and helping those whose livelihoods are at stake.  But if […]

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Governance Ethics: Any Lessons from the African Development Bank?, By Donald Amaeshi

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Bribery and corruption are often perceived as a public sector issue. However, the increasing frequency of reports of cases of corporate wrongdoings shows that corruption is also endemic in the private sector. Evidence shows that corruption is not a completely neutral act. It often comes with reputation, litigation, regulatory, supply chain, and even financial risks.

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CORONA VIRUS: RECESSION IN NIGERIA LIKELY, AN EMPLOYER’S DUTY OF CARE

/ / Advisory, Audit, Background Checks, Due Diligence, Governance, International, News

Recession is coming and it may be Nigeria’s worst in several years. This means by the time the lockdown is finally lifted;many companies would struggle to achieve targets this year. By International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s estimation, Nigeria’s economy is expected to shrink by 3.4 percent this year and the nation of 200 million people could

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Recovery expert: ‘Some businesses will never reopen’

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When economies eventually re-open, many businesses will stay shut as they struggle with the new environment. That is the fear from a global disaster recovery group that helps businesses recover from crises like coronavirus. Small business owners are more vulnerable and may have to become entrepreneurs again to survive. “Restarting a business is much harder

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SIM Swap Fraud: How safe is your mobile number as a unique identifier for financial transactions?

/ / Audit, Compliance, Fraud, Governance, International, News, Nigeria, Security

Kingsley Unah, MBA, FCA, CISA The phone number, Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Number (MSISDN) and Mobile Directory Number (MDN) as it is known in GSM and CDMA respectively, have evolved from a mere identifier of a subscriber in a telephony communication to a unique identifier of a person undertaking a financial transaction. Banks require the

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Set them free! The judge who liberates Nigerians forgotten in jail

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Ishaq Usman Bello is shaking the conscience of the courts – and nearly 4,000 wrongly detained prisoners are grateful for it   Prisoners behind bars in the prison of Jos, Nigeria. Photograph: Friedrich Stark/Alamy In a crowded prison courtyard in Suleja, Nigeria, a judge flipped through a battered folder detailing the case against a young

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