Tag: ministers
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#ENDSARS: Buhari gives ministers one-week deadline to submit their reports
President Muhammadu Buhari has given ministers in his cabinet until next week, to submit reports of their consultations with their constituents on the ongoing #ENDSARS protests. The protests were hijacked by hoodlums all across the country, resulting in looting and arson of properties. Last week, during the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, Buhari told the…
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Does The Minister Work For A Chinese Company? – Azu Ishiekwene
Azu Ishiekwene Health Minister, Osagie Ehanire, has been in hot water lately. It’s hard to sympathise with him because he jumped into the cauldron with his eyes open, wearing his trademark black cap. And not once. The first time was when Ehanire appeared before the House of Representatives to answer questions about the welfare of…
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Abba Kyari more intelligent than all Ministers, Special Advisers in Buhari’s government – Mamman Daura
President Muhammadu Buhari’s uncle and long time associate, Mamman Daura has described the president’s late Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari has highly intellectual. According to him ‘In point of intellect, he (Abba Kyari) stood above all Ministers and Special Advisers in this government.” Daura revealed this and other hidden facts about the late CoS in…
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Nigerian ministers donate 50% of their March salaries to fight coronavirus
Nigeria’s 43 Cabinet Ministers have donated 50% of their March 2020 salaries to support the Federal Government’s efforts to combat the #COVID19 pandemic in the country. In a tweet and statement issued in Abuja on Saturday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alh. Lai Mohammed, quoted the Minister of State for Transportation, Senator Gbemisola Saraki,…
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Two of Buhari’s ministers test negative for COVID-19
Two Nigerian ministers have tested negative for the deadly Coronavirus pandemic. Zainab Ahmed Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning and Clement Agba, Minister of State, Budget and National Planning both tested negative for Coronavirus on Thursday. According to Ahmed, on her twitter account, “I am grateful for negative #Covid19 test results & appreciate your…
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Coronavirus-infected Bauchi Governor: Dangote, ministers, governors at likely risk for COVID-19
A review of the social media timeline of Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed who tested positive to coronavirus, shows that he had physical contacts with billionaire, Aliko Dangote; met the director-general of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu and also attended the National Economic Council meeting in Abuja, where he interacted with several…
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Senate summons nine ministers over Buhari’s $22.7bn loan request
The Senate on Wednesday summoned nine ministers to defend their ministry’s component of the $22.7billion external loan request of the Federal Government. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan said the affected ministers must appear before the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debt on or before Monday next week. Lawan’s directive followed a complaint by…
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JUST IN: Reps summon Power, Labour Ministers over planned strike by electricity workers
The House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of Labour and Employment and the Minister of Power as well as the Director-General of the National Pension Commission to appear before it on Thursday, December 12, 2019 to brief the leadership on the planned strike by electricity workers in the country. The House expressed displeasure that…
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JUST IN: Keyamo removed as Niger Delta Minister
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate redeployment of two Ministers of State Mr Willie Bassey, Director, Information Office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation, made this known in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. According to Basset, Mr Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs is to move to…
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Buhari, govs, ministers, others jet to New York for 74th UNGA Session Sunday
President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Sunday for New York, United States to participate in the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA74) which opened on Tuesday, September 17. The President’s participation at this year’s gathering of world leaders is particularly significant as it coincides with Nigeria’s Presidency of UNGA. On June 4,…