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ABUJA— PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday sent the second list of ministerial nominees to Senate President Bukola Saraki. This is coming 12 days after the first list was sent to the lawmakers, who will begin screening of the nominees today. The second batch of nominees was submitted to the Senate President by the Chief of Staff to the President, Alhaji Abba …

There is an indication that the Presidency has reversed itself on the petroleum ministerial position. petbuhariThe portfolio will now have no minister, while a ministerial nominee in the person of Emmanuel Kachikwu, current Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, would be Minister of State for Petroleum Resources. This indication was given by the presidential spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina, …

THINGS have not been going according to plan for President Buhari. For the last four months since his famous victory, the president has been engaged with a battle royal with the very people who put him in power. In order to win the election, Buhari had to form an alliance with wily politicians of the old-school; men seasoned at getting …

By Oladipo Airenakho Benin-based lawyer and civil society activist, Barrister Abraham Oviawe, has urged the Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to take an overall critical look at why almost all local government chairmen in the state owe their workers months of salary arrears. Barrister Oviawe spoke recently in Benin in reaction to the state government’s suspension of four …

President Muhammadu Buhari will leave the post of petroleum minister vacant after signaling that he would take the position, according to his media spokesman. “He can’t be president and oil minister at the same time,” Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the president on media and publicity, told Bloomberg by phone on Monday from Abuja. “He will supervise the ministry, so …

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, arrested a former Benue state governor, Gabriel Suswan, over alleged corruption during his tenure as governor. Mr. Suswam governed Benue state between 2007 and May 2015. He was being quizzed at the EFCC office in Abuja over alleged graft in his state, at the time of this report. “He was invited by …

President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded a second batch of ministerial nominees to the Senate. Mr. Buhari sent the list on Monday afternoon. The Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, submitted the list to the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki. The president had, on Thursday, September 30, sent the first batch which comprised 21 nominees. The second batch, …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will on Monday begin investigations into petitions written against President Muhammadu Buhari’s 21 ministerial nominees. It was gathered that a decision was taken by the leadership of the anti-graft agency last week to start the process of considering petitions forwarded to the National Assembly against the ministerial nominees. 25 petitions had been submitted against …

An aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air Force has crashed in Yola, the capital of Adamawa state, in North-East Nigeria. All those on the plane died in the accident, authorities said. The identities of those on board were however yet to be disclosed. The spokesperson for the Force, Dele Alonge, said in a statement late Saturday night that the aircraft …

Former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, died on Saturday at the age of 62. It was learnt that he died of a high blood pressure. Alamieyeseigha, who died around 4pm, was earlier rushed to the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital from his residence in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Thursday. A source disclose that the governor stayed …