The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has said he is hopeful that the country will be better than it is. Buhari stated this at the end of the Presidential Policy Dialogue meeting which held on Thursday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The President noted that the 10 strategic initiatives proposed at the meeting would […]
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NIGERIA – The Senate on Thursday screened 14 ministerial nominees, bringing to 24 the total number of nominees screened after 10 were screened on Wednesday. Of the 10 screened on Wednesday, six were asked to ‘take a bow’. And of the 14 screened on Thursday, 10 were given the same special treatment of not asking […]
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, RT. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has named the chairmen and deputy chairmen of the standing committees of the House. According to a list forwarded to Channels Television, the Speaker appointed leaders for a total of 105 committees of the lower chamber of the National Assembly. Gbajabiamila made the announcement […]
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Outspoken Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the Niger Delta Development Commission ( NDDC) has become a political institution where funds are used for political purposes. Governor Wike also started that the Federal Government deliberately refused to constitute the NDDC Governors Advisory Committee because majority of the South-South States are controlled by […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has explained that it’s Enugu Zonal Office on Tuesday July 23, 2019 traced and marked some properties traced to the former Imo State governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha as well as those of his family members and cronies. “The marking of the properties which is a fall-out of our […]
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The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC has expressed joy over the nomination of Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi by Mr. President Muhammadu Buhari. The APC in a statement made available to journalists in Port Harcourt today by its spokesman Mr. Chris Finebone said, “as a party, the APC in Rivers State […]
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The Senate on Wednesday screened 10 ministerial nominees out of the 43 sent by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday. Among the 10 were three former senators and a serving member of the House of Representatives. Those screened included Sen. George Akume (Benue), Sen. Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom), Sen. Olurunimbe Mamora (Lagos), and Rep. Emeka Nwajuiba […]
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Festus Keyamo, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Rauf Aregbesola, former governor of Osun state, and Godswill Akpabio, former governor of Akwa Ibom are among those appointed as ministers by President Muhammadu Buhari. others on the list are Sunday Dare, executive commissioner at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Sharon Ikeazor, executive secretary of Pension Transitional […]
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Gov. Emeka Ihedioha of Imo on Monday met behind closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where he solicited for presidential intervention in the infrastructure deficiencies in his state. Ihedioha, who spoke with State House Correspondents at the end of the meeting, said that he discussed the issue of agriculture and […]
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Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State says his administration has received a fresh N30.8 billion bailout fund from the federal government. Mr Bello made the disclosure on Monday in Lokoja, the state capital while performing the ground breaking ceremony of a chapel in the Government House. He said the money was the balance of the […]
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