Tag: Cabinet
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Makinde dissolves cabinet, retains SSG, two others
The Oyo State Governor, Mr Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday announced the dissolution of the state’s executive council. Governor Makinde constituted the cabinet on August 14, 2019. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Taiwo Adisa, made this known in a statement on Tuesday night in Ibadan. Adisa said that Makinde announced dissolution of the…
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Obaseki explains reasons for delay in forming cabinet
Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has directed wards and local government areas in the state to submit names to be nominated as members of his cabinet, seven months after his inauguration. Addressing state house correspondents on Wednesday after a meeting with the chief of staff to the president, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, Governor Obaseki explained…
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JUST IN: Governor Uzodinma sacks 20 commissioners, dissolves cabinet
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has sacked 20 commissioners and dissolved the State executive council. This was announced on Wednesday shortly after the state executive council meeting in Owerri, the state capital. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy Declan Emelumba told journalists that the reason for the dissolution is to rejig the activities of…
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Australian PM reshuffles cabinet amid sex scandals Cabinet
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a cabinet reshuffle on Monday after a series of scandals that have dented his approval ratings. Morrison has been facing increasing pressure over his handling of a slew of incidents that have sparked debate about harassment and sexual discrimination. Peter Dutton will become defence minister and Michaelia Cash will…
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Discord in Buhari’s Choir – Chidi Amuta
Chidi Amuta President Muhammadu Buhari would have made a bad orchestra conductor. In that line of business, a certain faithfulness to synchrony and harmonious outcome is the secret of success. Even in his primary lifelong career of soldiering, order and uniformity have remained the hallmarks of the best traditions of the military endeavour. His present…
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Biden appoints another Nigerian, Funmi Badejo as aide
US President-elect Joe Biden has appointed Nigerian-born Funmi Olorunnipa Badejo into his cabinet. Biden had announced the appointment of Badejo, a lawyer and an alumna of Berkeley Law College in the US, when he named additional 20 members of the office of the White House counsel. The office of White House counsel advises the president,…
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Udom rejigs cabinet, drops Justice Commissioner who just bagged SAN
Akwa Ibom Governor Udom Emmanuel has dropped from his cabinet the newly appointed Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Uwemedimo Nwoko. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Nwoko and 71 others were last year (December) sworn-in as SANs. However, Nwoko, Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in the current administration, was not reappointed along with three others. He…
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Kwara governor dissolves cabinet
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has dissolved his cabinet with effect from December 31, 2020, a statement said late Sunday. ”His Excellency especially commends the Honourable cabinet members for their contributions to the development of the state while also wishing them the best in their future endeavours,” Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Rafiu Ajakaye…
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JUST IN: Wike reshuffles cabinet, approves employment of 5000 youths
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has approved the employment of 5000 youths into the state’s civil service and ordered civil servants from grade one to 10 to resume work. The governor also effected minor cabinet reshuffle during the state’s Executive Council meeting at the Government House, Port Harcourt, on Wednesday. Speaking after the meeting, the…