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GOVERNOR Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State has emerged the Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Governors’ Forum, PDPGF, an umbrelal body of governors elected on the platform of the PDP. Immediately after his election, Mimiko vowed to engage President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC in a very constructive manner. Governor Mimiko was elected Chairman of the Forum …

As President Muhammadu Buhari settles down to work, the Presidency has called for the Bank Account Balances of all federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs. The directive to all Chief Executive Officers and Accounting Officers of MDAs was contained in a circular Ref No: TRY A4 & B4/2015 /OAGF/CAD/026/V .1/254 and dated 1 June, 2015. It was issued by former …

The National Industrial Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State, has restrained the Edo State Governor, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and the Judicial Service Commission from terminating the appointment of members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria over their five-month industrial action, pending the determination of the Motion on Notice. The court also restrained the Attorney General …

An Egyptian court has upheld the death sentence imposed on ousted ex-President Mohammed Morsi over a mass jailbreak. The sentence was initially passed in May, but was confirmed after consultation with Egypt’s highest religious figure, the Grand Mufti. The death sentences of five other leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood, including its supreme guide Mohammed Badie, were also upheld. Morsi’s …

President Muhammadu Buhari explained, yesterday, that he was yet to appoint his ministers because his predecessor’s transition committee submitted its report on the previous administration to him late. Buhari, who spoke to newsmen at the Summit of the African Union in Johannesburg, South Africa, said he was being careful in order not to make mistakes in appointing individuals especially to …

The Association of Resident Doctors, Lagos University Teaching Hospital chapter, Idi-Araba, Lagos has begun a three-day warning strike over the non- reversal of the skipping policy for doctors working at the hospital. The LUTH ARD Chairman, Dr. Moronkola Ramon, who declared the three-day warning strike during a protest on the hospital premises on Monday, warned that resident doctors might commence …

ABUJA – National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Oyegun on Monday said that Nigerians who are non card carrying members of party were likely to serve as Ministers in the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. Oyegun also said that he was not interested in the office of the secretary to Government of Federation, SGF as being …

Abuja – The wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, has appealed to governments at all levels to ensure fair representation of women in appointments. She made the appeal on Saturday night when she hosted Nigerian women and youths to an appreciation dinner for their support toward her husband’s victory in the last general election. The dinner held at the …

In a meeting with Heads of State of the Lake Chad Basin Commision (LCBC), it was decided that Nigeria will retain its position as the lead Commander in the counterinsurgency operation in the Northeastern region of the country until the end of the mission. The Summit, which was held at the Presidential Conference Lodge of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, …

The use of camouflage uniforms by various security agencies other than the Armed Forces namely; Army, Navy and the Air Force has been banned. Apart from the Armed Forces, the police and Customs personnel among others now have camouflage uniforms in their inventories. The paramilitary agencies however, have up to January next year withdraw such uniforms currently in their inventory. …