Tag: SGF
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We will resist attempts by presidency to reinstate Lawal as SGF, Senate vows
The Nigerian Senate has stated that it was under pressure to compromise the report of the Adhoc Committee investigating the awards of contracts under the Presidential Initiatives on North East (PINE) in favour of the suspended Secretary General to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Engr. Babachir Lawal. The Senate however stated at plenary on…
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SGF/NIA Probe: Osinbajo panel to submit report to Buhari on Monday
The Presidency on Wednesday said the presidential committee investigating the suspended Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayo Oke; and the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, will submit its report to President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday. The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice-President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu…
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SGF, NIA Probe: Osinbajo panel to submit report Wednesday
Barring any last minute change of plans, the Presidential committee investigating suspended Secretary General of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, Ayo Oke, would submit its finding tomorrow (Wednesday). The Minister of Justice and Attorny-General of the Federation, AGF, Abubkar Malami who is a member of the…
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Suspended SGF, Lawal to appear before Senate today
…as Osinbajo committee demands Senate’s interim report The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo-led committee investigating allegations of due process violation in award of contracts under Presidential Initiatives on North East (PINE) has requested the Senate to furnish it with relevant documents on the matter. Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee on Mounting Humanitarian Crisis in the North-East, Sen.…
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Meet Buhari’s newly appointed Acting SGF, NIA DG
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday approved the appointments of Dr. Habiba Lawal and Ambassador Arab Yadam as Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA respectively, albeit in acting capacities. TheNewsGuru.com reports that their appointments are pending the outcomes of the investigation panel probing the allegations of fraud…
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I’m not aware of any suspension, suspended SGF, Babachir Lawal declares
Vice-President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday met with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Babachir Lawal, barely an hour after the announcement of his suspension by President Muhammadu Buhari. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the closed-door meeting is connected with the work of the Presidential Committee set up to investigate allegations of misconduct…
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Buhari will rule Nigeria till 2023 – SGF
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has said the President Muhammadu Buhari will rule the country for eight years. Lawal noted that the plethora of challenges facing the country now was temporary and that things will improve within the next “one year”. The SGF said this while addressing a pro-Buhari crowd…
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Senate’s report on SGF lacks ‘principle of fair hearing’ – Presidency
Sequel to its indictment of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF Engr. Babachir Lawal, the Presidency on Tuesday said that the report of the Senate Ad hoc Committee on Mounting Humanitarian Crisis in the North-East “lacked the principle of fair hearing”. This was contained in a letter from the presidency to the…
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Undue Process: VP, SGF forces female top shot out of office
The seeming absence of due process in the current administration has again come to the fore as the Office of Vice President and Secretary to the Government of the Federation have been fingered in wrongful disengagement of Mrs Maryam Danna, a top shot at the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), Economic Confidential has learnt.…
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My replacement with Osinbajo on the boards committee not an indictment – SGF
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF Engr. Babachir Lawal has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to have him replaced by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as the chairman of the presidential committee on the reconstitution of federal government boards is not an indictment of his person on the ongoing corruption probe as…