President Muhammadu Buhari has unbundled the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, which was one until Wednesday when he separated Power from the trio, leaving the Works and Housing Ministry as an entity. Fashola has been appointed as Works and Housing Minister; while Saleh Mamman,an Engineer, is Minister of Power. Buhari also merged the ministries […]

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal has reserved judgment in the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate in the February 23 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari. A five-man panel of the tribunal headed by Justice Mohammed Garba reserved its judgment to a date to […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday assigned portfolios to the newly sworn-in ministers. Following is the full list: 1.Dr. Ikechukwu Ogah (Abia State) -Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development 2. Mohammed Musa Bello (Adamawa State) -Minister of the Federal Capital Territory 3. Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom State)- Minister of Niger Delta 4. Chris Ngige  (Anambra […]

There was confusion yesterday over an alleged raid on the residence of former Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). News had earlier filtered in that the EFCC was searching the Epe home of the former governor, with many online news platforms claiming the acting public relations […]

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr Ibrahim Magu has denied that the commission raided the residence of immediate past Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode. According to him, the ex-governor’s Chief of Staff (CoS), Mr Olukunle Ojo was the target. He spoke with State House correspondents during the presidential retreat […]

The two-day Presidential Retreat hosted by President Muhammadu Buhari came to an end on Tuesday, with a charge from the president to the Ministers-designate to rise to the challenging responsibilities of ministerial office. A statement from the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina in Abuja, said that the second […]

Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, has said the Federal Government and Northern Governors must address the Almajiri system of education in order to tackle the menace of children roaming the streets and begging. According to him, there are over two million Almajiri children in Kano State with an influx of them from neighbouring countries […]