Britain’s transport minister Jo Johnson on Friday resigned from Prime Minister Theresa May’s government in opposition to a looming Brexit deal and called for a second referendum on leaving the EU. “It has become increasingly clear to me that the withdrawal agreement, which is being finalised… even as I write, will be a terrible mistake,” […]
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The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, has said that he did not violate the Constitution by not participating in the compulsory one year National Youth Services Corps (NYSC) scheme. The minister stated this while speaking with newsmen on Friday in Abuja, arguing that his case could not be compared to that of the former […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday accepted the resignation of Kemi Adeosun as minister of finance. In a related development, Buhari approved that Zainab Ahmed, the minister of state for budget and national planning, should oversee the ministry immediately. This was contained in a statement by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman. In her resignation letter, the former minister […]
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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has lambasted the national chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole over claims that he has not inaugurated the Board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, because he was awarding contracts. Ngige said the APC is ignorant of the Procurement Act in making […]
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has confirmed that the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, applied for an exemption certificate. Mrs Adeyemi Adenike, the NYSC Director of Press, said in a statement in Abuja on Monday, that the scheme would however, investigate the origin of the allegedly forged exemption certificate purportedly being used by […]
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NIGERIA – The minister of trade and investment, Okechukwu Enelamah, says there is no cause for alarm in respect to the recent global poverty report released by Brookings Institution – a report that said Nigeria has replaced India as the world’s poverty capital with six people slipping into poverty every minute. While responding to questions […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has taken Ramalan Yero, former governor of Kaduna, Nuhu Somo Wya, former minister of state for power, and two others into detention. They were detained on Wednesday by the Kaduna zonal office of the EFCC over the N700m campaign funds released by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before […]
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Former Governor of Ekiti State and serving minister, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, winner of the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti state has apologised to the people for all the errors he made during his first term as governor, between 2010 and 2014. He made the plea in his speech after being declared […]
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Clement Ogbeh, a staffer of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has died. Clement was the younger brother of Chief Audu Ogbeh, the minister of agriculture and Rural Development. President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a message of condolence to Audu Ogbeh, Clement Ogbeh’s nucleus family, his friends and colleagues at the CBN. According to a statement […]
Continue ReadingA lawyer, Daniel Makolo, has sued President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly failing to appoint a minister to represent Kogi in his cabinet. Mr. Makolo said his suit FHC\L\CS\44\2016 at the Federal High Court, Lokoja on Thursday was pursuant to Order 34 Rule (1) and Order 5 Rule (1) of the Federal High Court (Civil Procedure) […]
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