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23/10/24 President Bola Tinubu has approved the re-assignment of 10 Ministers to new portfolios. Accordingly, Dr. Yusuf Sununu, Minister of State, Education, moves to Ministry of Humanitarian and Poverty Alleviation as Minister of State, while Dr. Morufu Alausa, Minister of State, Health, becomes Minister of Health. Alhaji Bello Gwaranyo, Minister…
The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law has urged the court to sack the Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, from office for allegedly violating the National Youth Service Corps Act. The organisation also asked the court to compel the NYSC to nullify…
The Minister of Steel Development, Shuaibu Audu, has urged Governor Ahmed Ododo of Kogi State to improve security and promote infrastructural development in the state. Audu made the call in a congratulatory message to Ododo in Abuja on Sunday for his inauguration as the fifth governor of the state, along…
The House of Representatives Committee on Small and Medium Enterprises on Friday met with the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of Economy, Wale Edun, on key aspects of implementation of the presidential palliatives grants and loans. The committee’s Chairman, Mansur Soro, who led the team to ascertain the extent…
French Energy Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher said Saturday she was “stunned” after the oil cartel OPEC urged its members to thwart any deal targeting fossil fuels at the COP28 conference. “I am stunned by these statements from OPEC. And I am angry,” she said from the climate conference in Dubai, adding…
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate, has urged radiologists in the country to guard against the leakages of patients’ information to prevent litigation. Pate said this on Monday at the sixth Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Association of Radiologists in Nigeria and…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has stated that Nigeria will continue to engage with the government of the Niger Republic to ensure the release of the country’s deposed President, Mohamed Bazoum. The PUNCH reports that former Nigeria’s Military Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), said in August…
