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President Bola Tinubu has assigned portfolios to some of his ministers who have been cleared by the senate. Ajuri Ngelale, Presidential spokesman, confirmed the portfolios at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday. Below are the ministers and portfolios: Northwest Minister of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy – Hannatu Musawa Minister of Defence – Muhammad Badaru Minister of State Defence – ...

At least five oil workers including a Briton have reportedly lost their lives in a tragic accident at an oil facility operated by Seplat Energy Limited at Ovhor in Sapele, Delta State. The tragic accident occurred on Tuesday when ‘Majestic rig’ recently acquired by Seplat was being installed at the Ovhor oilfield in a riverine community of Sapele. It was ...

The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) has suspended two top officials for approving the ‘All Eyes on Judiciary’ billboard advert in Abuja. The Federal Government on Tuesday dissolved the Secretariat of the Advertising Standard Panel (ASP) over its approval of billboards termed as blackmailing the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal with the title: ‘All Eyes on The Judiciary.’ A statement ...

Leading financial institution, Fidelity Plc, has distributed over 1,200 food packs to the internally Displaced Persons in Makurdi, Benue State in its ongoing commitment to eliminate hunger among vulnerable persons in the society. The event, which took place on Thursday, 10 August 2023 at the IDP Camp, Federal Housing Estate in North Bank, Benue State was executed in partnership with ...

Resident doctors under the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have suspended the nationwide strike they embarked upon to press for their demands from the federal government. Emeka Orji, NARD president, told journalists that the strike was suspended on Friday evening, adding that the resident doctors would resume work at 8 am on Saturday. “We just suspended the strike. Work ...

Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State has reportedly bowed to pressure to withdraw his nomination as a minister in the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, according to reports. This Online news further learnt that the former Kaduna governor has also recommended a replacement to President Tinubu. El-Rufai, a staunch supporter of Tinubu’s presidential ambition before the election, and ...

“Order the deployment of the ECOWAS stand-by force to restore constitutional order in the Republic of Niger. ECOWAS has declared war action against Niger. The Economic Community of West African States has ordered its standby force to restore constitutional order in the Niger Republic. The President of ECOWAS, Omar Alieu Touray, made the declaration while reading the resolution of ECOWAS ...

A 400-level student of Economics at the University of Ibandan, Orire Agbaje, appointed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a member of the presidential committee on fiscal policy and tax reforms. Newsmaxngr reports that Orire Agbaje is the president of The Tax Club, University of Ibadan, as well as the president of the Nigerian Universities Tax Club. In a readthrough ...

Taiwo Odukoya, the senior pastor and founder of The Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju, Lagos, is dead. A statement posted on the Church’s official Facebook page on Tuesday, said that the popular clergy died on Monday, August 7, 2023 in the United States of America.   More to come.

Godswill Akpabio, Nigeria’s Senate President, on Wednesday, unveiled 19 more ministerial nominees submitted by President Bola Tinubu. In the new list are former Governors Gboyega Oyetola (Osun), Simon Lalong (Plateau), Bello Matawalle (Zamfara) and Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi). Earlier, the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, submitted the supplementary ministerial list to the Senate. The immediate past Speaker of ...