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It is all part of the fallout of Tuesday’s London meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, sources said, pleading not to be named. Some ministers may be dropped. The imminent action is believed to be delaying the inauguration of the two ministers-designate already confirmed by the Senate. Some ministers may also swap portfolios in the new …

The recently appointed commissioners to serve in the administration of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State have been assigned to various ministries in the state. This was at the first Executive Council meeting (EXCO) held by the Obaseki-led administration in Edo State during which commissioners were appointed to already existing ministries, others were assigned to ministries that were reorganised and …

Governor Godwin Obaseki has issued a clarion call to opposition political parties in the State to join hands for building and developing Edo State, adding that his administration was ready to work with them to develop the state. The governor, however, noted that they should not expect political appointments, as his administration was that of All Progressives Congress (APC), and …

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, wednesday urged all stakeholders in the education sector to remain calm on the new nine-year Basic Education Curriculum to enable the National Assembly look into the various issues involved. Saraki, according to a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Affairs, Mohammed Isa, made the call while receiving a delegation of the Christian Association …

The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has threatened to release 11 pictures which he said would proof to Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari’s health had deteriorated. Fayose said there was no iota of truth in the claim by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo that the President was fast recuperating in London. The governor, who spoke with journalists in Abuja …

Following the ruling of the Supreme Court on Wednesday, which sacked Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, the National Caretaker Committee of the party, under the leadership of Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has taken over the PDP national secretariat in Abuja after the judgment. The secretariat was until Wednesday morning occupied by Sheriff and …

Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday said that President Muhammad Buhari who has been on medical vacation in a London hospital was recuperating and will return to Nigeria very soon. Osinbajo had left to London on Tuesday after holding Presidential Quarterly Business Forum with the private sector at the Old Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday. After the …

The House of Representatives is unhappy that two ministerial nominees screened and passed by the Senate have not been inaugurated by the Acting, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. The House, on Tuesday, asked Osinbajo to inaugurate the ministers and assign portfolios to them “within one week.” They are Mr. Stephen Ocheni, a nominee from Kogi State, and Mr. Suleiman Hassan, who was …

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo will soon brief the nation on the outcome of his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in London. Mr Laolu Akande, the Senior Special Assistant to the Acting President on Media and Publicity, made this known on his twitter handle on late Tuesday night. He described the meeting as ““a very good meeting.” He said: ““We will …

Has Donald Trump Jr broken the law? And what kind of legal trouble, exactly, might he or other Trumpworld figures be in, culminating with the president himself? Have we just gotten a step closer to impeachment? Or is that state of play basically unchanged? Newly released emails seem to show the eldest Trump son leaping at an offer of “ultra …