President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his decision to retain cabinet ministers in the last three and half years in spite of pressures from some quarters was because of their unique skills, strengths and leadership qualities. The president made this known during a valedictory session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) held at the Presidential […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the military and other security agencies to take charge of Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, recently attacked by Boko Haram insurgents. The President has also directed Minister of Defence, retired Brig-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali, Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed and that of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama to visit Dapchi […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday announced that he plans to expand the Federal Executive Council, an indication more ministers are to be appointed into the cabinet. Mr. Buhari stated this in his address to the National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday. “The compressed Federal Executive Council will be expanded to bring […]
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Morocco’s king has dismissed several ministers and top officials “for failing to improve the economic situation in a region” amid protests. Morocco’s King Mohammed IV dismissed the ministers of education, planning and housing and health, as well as other officials, after an economic agency found “imbalances” in implementing a development plan, state news agency MAP […]
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The Acting President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday morning swore two new ministers into the Federal Executive Council. Stephen Ocheni from Kogi State and Suleiman Hassan from Gombe State were screened and confirmed by the Senate in May and have been waiting to be brought into the federal cabinet. Acting President Yemi Osinbajo administered […]
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NIGERIA – Acting President Yemi Osinbajo will on Wednesday swear in the two ministers-designate who were screened and confirmed by the senate in April. Spokesman of the acting president, Laolu Akande, made this known in a tweet on Tuesday evening. AgP Osinbajo would be swearing in the two new ministers already confirmed by the Senate […]
Continue ReadingEconomic confidential reports that President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-President Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Cabinet Ministers and other political appointees pocketed the sum of N2.295 billion as official salaries and allowances in the last one year.The report shows the official remunerations of the President, Vice-President, cabinet ministers, Secretary to the Government of the Federation and the Head of […]
Continue ReadingSpeaking at a one-day retreat held at the presidential villa in Abuja on Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari has urged ministers and heads of departments and agencies, to think out of the box to in order to get Nigeria out of current economic recession. BUHARI’S FULL SPEECH I am delighted to be here with you at […]
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President Buhari has once again explained why it is taking him time to appoint ministers, saying that a lot of knowledgeable Nigerians fit for the position have been compromised and it is very risky to appoint such people into office. He explained that appointing ministers who will be taking instructions from ‘powerful people’ outside the […]
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