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Breaking: President Buhari Sacks Ministers of Agriculture, Power
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked two members of his cabinet. The sacked members are the Ministers of Agriculture, Alhaji Sabo Nanono and his Power counterpart, Saleh Mamman. This development is confirmed by the Special Adviser to the President (Media &
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Relocation of Abuja airport to cost N1.1bn
Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika has said that the relocation of operations of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport to Kaduna would cost over N1.1 billion. Sirika while briefing the senate on the logistics implication of the relocation
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Solomon Dalung: A misfit in Nigeria sports ministry – Gbenga Odunsi
By Gbenga Odunsi (Assistant Editor) Minister of Sport and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung over the weekend stunned all when he told the Voice of America that he was against Nigeria’s participation at the World Cup. His reasons: “That competition stinks
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Former minister abducted in Kaduna
A former minister of foreign affairs, Ambassador Bagudu Hirse has been abducted in Kaduna. According to Daily Trust, Hirse was whisked away by three unidentified gunmen in front of the residence of Alhaji Mamman Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew, on Inuwa
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Former Abuja Minister may have “squandered over a trillion naira” — Officials
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is investigating a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Bala Mohammed, for alleged financial crimes in excess of N1.6 trillion, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. Sources within the agency told this newspaper that Mr.
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What Nigerian govt is doing to restart economy — Kemi Adeosun
The federal government on Friday said it was pursuing an aggressive spending stimulus plan to reflate the economy and set it on recovery path. Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, told reporters that since the 2016 was signed into law in
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Sweden’s youngest ever minister resigns
Sweden’s youngest ever cabinet minister, who came to the country as a refugee from Bosnia, announced her resignation on Saturday after being caught driving under the influence of alcohol. Aida Hadzialic, 29, minister for secondary and adult education, revealed that
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PMB’s minister gets PhD from UK School
Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator (Dr.) Heineken Lokpobiri, yesterday, graduated from Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom, with a PhD. His research thesis was titled: “The Practice of Environmental Rights: The Case of the Nigerian Niger-Delta.”
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President Buhari and His Potty Trained Minister, By Reno Omokri
Psychologists say that when you spend time with a person who has a strong and dominant personality, you must consciously watch out against the possibility of being overwhelmed by that personality to the extent that you find yourself taking on
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