Immediate past Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi,reportedly turned down an offer to serve in President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term cabinet. President Buhari recently submitted a list of ministerial nominees to lawmakers for screening, vetting and confirmation, and the screening commenced on Wednesday. Each state of the federation is constitutionally required to have a representative in the federal cabinet. Nigeria’s ...

A Kogi State governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Mustapha Mona Audu, has cast a slur on Governor Yahaya Bello. According to Audu, the youthful Governor has failed to provide democrat dividends to the people because he was not voted for. Audu also said Bello was not representing youths because he has misused the ...

The Senate has commenced the screening of the ministerial nominees as the exercise gets to third day. As at the time of filing this report, immediate past Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami was being screened by the upper house. The screening exercise started on Wednesday a day after President Muhammadu Buhari sent in his ministerial nominee list. ...

Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has restated his commitment to include coalition of political parties which supported his election in his government. A statement issued on Thursday evening by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Taiwo Adisa, said Makinde was reacting to insinuations that his government was shutting out some of the coalition parties from his government. ...

The Federal Government has reportedly begun secret negotiations with the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, over their demand for the release of their detained leader. Recall that Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky was held in security custody in 2015, after a bloody clash with the military, and has been there since then. This development was confirmed on Thursday by a source within ...

Hajiya Ramatu Tijani, ministerial nominee from Kogi, says contrary to the belief of some peope, President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is not anti-women with many of them occupying key positions in the country. Tijani said this in an exclusive interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after she had been screened by the senate in the National Assembly, Abuja, on ...

The National Assembly Elections Tribunal in Kaduna State has reserved ruling indefinitely in the petition filed by Sen. Shehu Sani against the election of Sen. Uba Sani for Kaduna Central Senatorial District. Chairman of the tribunal, Justice A. H Ibrahim gave the order after the petitioners and respondents presented their written addresses on Thursday. The judge said a date for ...

Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, on Thursday left his seat for a seven-year-old Daniel Olutope to become one-day governor of the state. Daniel, a student of St. Michael’s African Primary School, Ado-Ekiti, got the opportunity to become the state’s governor after Fayemi visited his school, Guardian reports. Fayemi paid a courtesy visit to Daniel’s school on May 7, 2019. Daniel ...

The screening exercise of ministerial nominees submitted by President Mohammadu Buhari has entered its second day in the Senate. It was gathered that on Thursday, four nominations were confirmed by noon. The Senate adjourned the exercise by 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday after screening 10 nominees. Those screened as at 12:35 a.m. on Thursday are: Sen. Tayo Alasoadura (Ondo), who is ...

The Anambra Elections Petitions Tribunal sitting in Awka dismissed 16 petitions out of the 42 filed. Mrs Falilat Orire, the Secretary of the tribunal, made this known in an interview with newsmen in Awka on Thursday. Orire said four petitions including one for Senate, one for House of Representatives and two for the state House of Assembly were dismissed for ...