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Babatunde Fashola is no longer the Minister of Power. At the inauguration of new Ministers this afternoon, President Buhari announced Sale Mamman from Taraba State as the new Minister of Power. Fashola however retained his position as the Minister of Works and Housing.
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, approved replacements for heads of Federal Government agencies that were recently appointed as Ministers. According to the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, “Senator Basheer Garba Mohammed has been appointed Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons. […]
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has claimed people told him he would be the last president of Nigeria. Obasanjo said this in Abeokuta while addressing some youths and students from select schools in the State at a Youths Governance Dialogue organized by the Youth Development Centre, an arm of the […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has claimed its operatives were attacked by thugs loyal to former Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday. The EFCC had gone to execute a search warrant on Ambode’s residence in his hometown, Epe. Wilson Uwujaren, the agency’s Head of Media and Publicity, […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) agents, Tuesday morning, raided the residence of former Governor Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos state, in Epe area of the state. Residents who came out in solidarity protested the raiding of Ambode’s house by the EFCC agents and resisted their entry. However, as of […]
Governer of Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has approved the appointment of seven new Permanent Secretaries and senior officials for five agencies. This was contained in a statement by Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser, Media and Communication to the governor and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on […]
The Federal High Court Abuja, on Monday, refused to grant a request stopping President Muhammadu Buhari from inaugurating the 43 ministerial nominees over the exclusion of an FCT indigene from his cabinet list. The applicant, Mr Musa Baba-panya, who was also the counsel in the case, had, on Thursday, approached […]
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration’s plan is to “lay the foundation” for 100 million Nigerians to be lifted out of poverty. Mr Buhari said that target would be achieved at the end of his eight-year term in 2023. “Our Administration’s eight years will have laid the grounds for lifting […]
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday advised the Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo to stop listening to those he described as “bad advisers”. Obasanjo also advised Oba Gbadebo to ensure unity among all monarchs in Egba for the development of the area, saying it is high […]
Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), Babatunde Fowler has been queried by President Muhammadu Buhari. The query signed by his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, was on poor revenue collections. Fowler, a former chairman of the Lagos Inland Revenue Services (LIRS) believed to have been recommended for the […]
