Tinubu assigns portfolios to all Ministers cleared by Senate (Full list)

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, unveiled the portfolios of 45 Ministers nine days after they were confirmed by the Nigerian Senate in a week-long screening exercise. Like his predecessor, the President will head the Petroleum ministry while a former Senator, Heineken Lokpobiri, is the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources. A statement on Wednesday by the […]

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The illegality of withdrawal of resignation letters by former ministers, By Femi Falana

At the last Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday, May 11, President Muhammadu Buhari directed all ministers and other political appointees who aspire to contest for elective offices in the 2023 general elections to resign their appointments. In compliance with the directive, nine ministers resigned their appointments. The nine former ministers are Rotimi Amaechi, Godswill Akpabio, Ogbonnaya […]

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Buhari sacks his Ministers of Agric and Power

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has sacked two of his ministers, the Minister of Agriculture, Mohammed  Nanono and his Power counterpart, Saleh Mamman. Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and  Publicity, announced this on Wednesday. He said the Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abubakar has been redeployed to the Ministry of Agriculture while the […]

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Billionaire Kogi prince, Malik Ado-Ibrahim lambastes Govs, Ministers, others for attending a funfair-wedding while the COAS, 10 others were being buried

Billionaire Kogi prince, Malik Ado-Ibrahim has lambasted the State Governors, Ministers and other politicians who were pictured laughing at a wedding ceremony while the burial of Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, and the 10 military officers who died in a plane crash on Friday was ongoing on. Governors of Sokoto, Kano, Kebbi, […]

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AGF Abubakar Malami’s son weds; Governors, Ministers, lawmakers attend (Photos)

Rahman Malami who is one of the sons of Nigeria’s Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, got married to his fiancee, Aisha Humairah Ibrahim Umar, in Kano on Saturday May 22. The wedding fatiha took place at the Al-Furqan mosque, Alu Avenue, Kano. Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal presented N250,000 […]

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HEDA’s report reveals Nigerian former governors, senators, ministers own over 130 assets in Dubai

Nigerians on social media are currently reacting to a new report claiming that more than 130 choice assets in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), were purchased by some ex-governors, ministers and senators using looted funds. This allegation is contained in a report titled “UAE component of the three-country (Nigeria, UAE and the UK) comparative study […]

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El-Rufai’s son, Bashir weds; ex-Emir of Kano, ex-VP Sambo, Saraki, Senate president Lawan, governors, Ministers, others attend (Photos)

The wedding Fatiha of Bashir El-Rufai, one of the sons of Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to his bride, Halima Nwakaego Kazaure, daughter of former Senator from Jigawa State, Ibrahim Kazaure, took place on Saturday, November 21. Recall that a few days ago, Bashir released his pre-wedding photos to introduce his wife-to-be to Nigerians and […]

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Buhari may appoint ex-govs Ambode, Bindow, Abubakar as ministers

Indications are strong that the immediate past governors of Lagos, Adamawa and Bauchi states, Akinwunmi Ambode, Mohammed Bindow and Mohammed Abubakar, may be part of President Muhammadu Buhari’s next cabinet. According to Punch, the leadership of the ruling  All Progressives Congress had resolved that all the APC governors who lost their re-election bids would “automatically’ […]

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