Tag: Minister
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Nigeria more secure under Buhari – Minister
The Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mansur Dan-Ali has said the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration is committed to the safety of lives and property in the country. Dan-Ali disclosed this to newsmen on Friday in Minna during the wedding ceremony of the daughter of former president Ibrahim Babangida, Halima. “Nigeria is secure because the Federal…
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Alleged N852bn scam: Fayemi has no moral standing to be Minister – Ekiti Assembly
…orders Gov. Fayose to set up Judicial Panel to probe his administration Sequel to the alleged discrepancies in the finances of the Ekiti State under the immediate past Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, the State House of Assembly on Thursday said the former governor has no moral standing to remain as a minister of the Federal…
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It took US 10yrs to find Osama, hunt for Chibok girls might last same – Minister
The Minister of Defence, Brig. Gen. Munir Dan-Ali,has said just as it took the United States close to about 10 years to find and finally kill world renowned terrorist, Osama Bin Ladin, finding the remaining 195 Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram from their school in 2014 might also take longer years. Dan-Ali said this…
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I want to be remembered as a red beret-wearing minister – Dalung
Minister of Sports and Youths Development, Barrister Solomon Dalung, has said he even if he achieves nothing in his tenure, he wants Nigerians to remember him as a beret-wearing man. The Minister said this during Stakeholders Forum for the Guidelines for the conduct of elections into the boards of the National Sports Federations, NSF. He…
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No earthquake at MMIA – Minister
The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has explained that the vibration experienced on Sunday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos was not in any way a structural issue. Sirika told newsmen in Lagos that the vibration was as a result of unlatched doors where the coolers which had just been…
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Alleged N1.1bn fraud: Court sends former FCT Minister’s son to Kuje prison
A Federal High Court in Abuja has remanded the son of former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mallam Bala Mohammed, Shamsudeen Bala Mohammed in Kuje Prison over involvement in an alleged N1.1bn fraud. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, on Wednesday ordered that the Minister’s son, who is currently standing trial for alleged fraud be remanded…
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Niyonkuru, Burundi’s Minister of Water and Environment assassinated
Burundi’s minister of water and environment, Mr Emmanuel Niyonkuru has been assassinated, continuing the cycle of violence in the tiny African country. The country’s police confirmed the death of the 54 year-old cabinet member of the government of President Pierre Nkurunziza. He was appointed minister after a long time in banking in August 2015.…
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FG tackling recession with available resources – Minister
The Minister of Defence, retired Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali, says the Federal Government is responding to the economic recession through the use of all available resources in the country. Dan-Ali made the assertion at the inauguration of the 207 Quick Response Group of the Nigerian Air force (NAF) in Gusau on Friday. The minister said government…
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Former minister, Kuforiji-Olubi is dead
A former minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Bola Kuforiji-Olubi, 80 is dead. She was said to have died, Saturday morning in Lagos. Anonymous sources say she died at 11:30am. The banker, recently visited President Muhammadu Buhari to thank him for his contribution to her success. She said that it was Buhari as a military…