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Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says it is fair to say corruption has “been driven under the table.” Speaking at a town hall meeting in Abuja on Thursday, the minister said although the war against corruption has been fought before, this is the first time that it is being backed by a...

Jalal Arabi, permanent secretary, state house, says some of the vehicles used for daily operations in the presidential villa, Abuja were purchased in 1999. Arabi disclosed this when he led his management team to the national assembly for the defence of the 2020 budget proposals of the state...

President Muhammadu Buhari has constituted his cabinet of 44 portfolios – but there is a certain “familiarity” about the composition. Hinging on zonal distribution, some regions have more junior ministerial positions than others, just as another region takes a large slice of the senior...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday swore in ministers and assigned portfolios to them. The ceremony took place at the presidential villa in Abuja. With 43 ministers, Buhari now has the largest cabinet in Nigeria’s democratic history. Below is a table of the ministers and their...

Babatunde Fashola has been removed as minister of power and replaced with Saleh Mamman. Saleh Mamman, from Taraba, who was nominated, now occupies the position Read more:

President Muhammadu Buhari has assigned portfolios to the 43 newly inaugurated ministers. The president retained himself as petroleum minister while former Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva is to serve as minister of state. Also appointed is Godswill Akpabio as Niger Delta Minister...

Former Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, now a ministerial nominee, on Monday, declared that federal projects were currently ongoing in every state of the country. Fashola, who was the immediate past Minister of Work, Housing and Power, stated this during his ministerial...

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the nominees of appointment for Ministers to the Nigerian Senate for screening. The names were read to the floor by Ahmad Lawan, President of the Senate after a closed door session. The list contained names of some old ministers and new people. Some … Read...

Industrialists urge Buhari to engage technocrats ….President requests approval for 15 special advisers Deji Elumoye, Omololu Ogunmade, James Emejo in Abuja The Senate is to postpone its long vacation by one week to enable it consider President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial list that was sent to...

At the ministerial level, there are indications that the duo of Hadi Sirika, outgone minister of Aviation and Rotimi Amaechi, Minister for Transport, will make it back for different reasons. Sirika, initially had eyed the governorship in Katsina, his state and that of the president. … Read...