President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday named Brig. Gen Jones Arogbofa (retd.) as his new Chief of Staff. Presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati, disclosed this on his Twitter handle. Abati said the appointment takes immediate effect. Arogbofa replaces Chief Mike Oghiadomhe who was asked to resign last week. He is currently inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja where the President’s Principal Secretary, Hassan ... Read More »
The Nigerian Senate has confirmed the names of 11 out of 12 nominees for ministerial positions as forwarded by President Goodluck Jonathan. The confirmed nominees include Senator Musiliu Obanikoro from Lagos state, former House leader Mohammed Wakil from Borno, Ambassdor Aminu Wali from Kano, Akon Etim Eyakenyi from Akwa Ibom, Lawrencia Labaran Mallam from Kaduna, General Mohammed Aliyu Gusau (rtd) ... Read More »
A group of sons and daughters of Ikot-Ekpene Senatorial District, Ikot-Ekpene Patriots in the United Kingdom, has endorsed the Akwa Ibom State governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, to vie for the senatorial seat of the zone after the expiration of his tenure in 2015 so as to bring his wealth of experience to bear for the benefit of Nigerians. The group, ... Read More »
It is like the biblical story of Rachael crying for her dead children and refusing to be comforted. The family members of Mr. John Ndubuaku, who died on Saturday from a gunshot from a policeman attached to the son of Abia State governor, Mr. Chinedu Orji, are still weeping. At the one-storey family house of the Ndubuakus on St Finbar’s, ... Read More »
The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) on Monday called on the ministers, who were dropped on Wednesday by President Goodluck Jonathan from the federal cabinet, to declare their assets. A statement by Mrs Iyabo Akinwale, Head, Press and Protocol Unit of CCB in Abuja, said the directive was in accordance with “Paragraph 11 of the 5th Schedule, Part One of ... Read More »
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he has no regrets declaring that Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi, was unfit to be governor in 2007. He said he accepts full responsibility for his decision but added that with Amaechi’s victory at the Supreme Court, his (Amaechi’s) K-leg had been straightened. Obasanjo spoke yesterday at the Ambassador Nne Kurubo Model Secondary School, ... Read More »
The scale of the tragedy that happened at Saturday’s reception for Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State, South-East Nigeria, is becoming clearer following the revelation that the wife of the murdered Mr. John Ndukuba is carrying a seven month pregnancy. The poor woman just completed her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme last Thursday, February 13. Now her joy has ... Read More »
…Says law will help government discharge responsibility to citizenry more efficiently Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Monday signed into law two bills establishing the State Emergency Command and Control Centre and the Regulation of Smoking in Public Places, stating that the two bills would help to strengthen the administration to more efficiently discharge her ... Read More »
“It is to deepen our commitment to healthcare”, he says Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Monday swore in Dr. Ahmed Balogun as the new Permanent Secretary in the State’s Health Service Commission saying the appointment was aimed at deepening the commitment of his administration to healthcare in the State. Dr. Balogun, who was until his appointment the Medical ... Read More »
Traders at Iponri Market in Lagos mainland, South-West Nigeria, are counting their losses, which runs into many millions of naira. The market was reopened around noon today after being closed down for nine days on the orders of Mrs. Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, daughter of National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The traders’ ordeal started on Saturday, ... Read More »
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