Tinubu has admitted that the removal of subsidy was not in the speech prepared for him by Wale Edun now named as Finance Minister and that 'I got to the podium I was possessed with courage and I said subsidy is gone...

Only eight of the nominees were scrutinised in any detail including Wale Edun now appointed as finance minister; Bayo Adelabu a former central bank deputy governor; Muhammed Pate who was until recently the head of Gavi the vaccine alliance; and Lateef Fagbemi now appointed as Attorney General...

Wale Edun named as Tinubu's Special Advisor on monetary policy in June looks set to become finance minister after playing a lead role in drawing up the government's pro-market economic blueprint...

Beyond the targets Tinubu and his close colleagues – Kaduna state governor Nasir el Rufai and former Lagos commissioner for finance Olawale Edun have pledged more teacher training more police more soldiers more drones for the Niger Delta and student loans for all...

That could mean rebalancing power between the bank and the finance ministry which would probably be run by Wale Edun if Tinubu prevails...

In December chairman of the Trustees Olawale Edun told the London Financial Times that the board had disbursed less than a quarter of the initial $180m payment...

Chairman of the Board of Trustees Chief Olawale Edun said $1bn was not enough and the federal government needed to contribute more...

Also in the team were Abba Kyari a cerebral banker whose friendship with Buhari dates back to the 1970s and Adebayo Olawale Edun a former Commissioner for Finance in the Lagos State government...

Certainly Omoigui-Okauru and Wale Edun have been named as contenders for the Finance or Planning portfolios...