ABUJA — CITING mismanagement of funds, the Senate, yesterday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to begin immediate probe of his predecessor, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, in his handling of the Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Programme, SURE-P.
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Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Thursday 5 November 2015
Friday 30 October 2015
My experience in conducting 2015 polls — Jega
For the first time after conducting the 2015 elections adjudged to be one of the country’s best, former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commissioner, Professor Attahiru Jega, yesterday, spoke about what the commission went through.
Tuesday 27 October 2015
Rivers re-run polls split senators over Amaechi
ABUJA—AHEAD of today’s screening and confirmation of the remaining ministerial nominees, senators of All Progressives Congress, APC, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have mapped out strategies on how to achieve their set goals.
Friday 23 October 2015
I served as minister without pay —Falae
AKURE—The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation and former Minister of Finance, Chief Olu Falae, on Wednesday in Akure, the Ondo State capital, said he served as a minister without collecting any salary.
EFCC tenders evidence against Lamido, 2 sons
ABUJA—Determined to establish the money laundering charge it slammed against Sule Lamido, former Governor of Jigawa State and his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, tendered before the Federal High Court in Abuja, details of bank accounts it said were used by the accused persons to siphon public funds.
PDP senators turn dumb during Amaechi’s screening
ABUJA — The controversy over the screening of erstwhile Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi as a minister, ended in an anti-climax yesterday, when seething senators of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP turned dumb to him.
Thursday 22 October 2015
Buhari appoints Mahmood Yakubu as INEC chairman
ABUJA–President Mohammadu Buhari on Wednesday appointed Professor Mahmood Yakubu as the new chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Yakubu who is taking over from the Acting Chairman of the Commission, Mrs. Bala Zakari was the former Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFUND.
Tuesday 20 October 2015
Appeal Court adjourns Saraki’s suit indefinitely
ABUJA—Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, yesterday, granted an indefinite adjournment in the suit filed by the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, to stop the Federal Government from opening its case against him before the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
Prove you’er not a dictator, tribalist; Adebanjo tells Buhari
Ibadan—LEADER of Afenifere and Awoist, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, yesterday, scored the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari low, saying it has no concrete blueprint aimed at improving the lot of the citizenry.
Monday 19 October 2015
Ministerial appointments not compensation for Igbo —Aka-Ikenga
The recent ministerial appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari are not compensation for the Igbo.
Apkpabio: President Buhari is a dictator says PDP
ABUJA—The Presidency and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday engaged in war of words over President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption crusade following the grilling of former Akwa Ibom State Governor and Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Friday 16 October 2015
Ministerial Appointment: Why Senate shifted Amaechi, Shittu’s screening
ABUJA—THE Senate has, for the second time this week, deferred the screening of former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi. Also deffered is that of the nominee from Oyo state, Mr. Adebayo Shittu.
Thursday 15 October 2015
FG to ban rice importation next 2 years
ABUJA – Federal government Wednesday said it has plans to stop the importation of rice in the next two years, however stating that the policy would not be enforced until it has developed local industries to produce maximally for local consumption.
Kachikwu, Fashola, steal show at Senate screening
ABUJA — FORMER Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr Ibe Kachikwu and Mrs Kemi Adeosun were clearly the star attractions at the screening of ministerial nominees, yesterday, as the Senate cleared 18 nominees for ministerial appointment.
Wednesday 14 October 2015
Presidency happy with Saraki’s handling of Ministerial screening
ABUJA —THE Senate, yesterday, screened 10 of President Muhammadu Buhari’s 37 ministerial nominees in an exercise that was both colourful and dramatic.
Tuesday 13 October 2015
Boko Haram: Buhari’s timeline to end insurgency realisable – Obasanjo
ABUJA – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday stated that the December deadline given to the military by President Mohammadu Buhari to rout out insurgency in the country was realisable.
Presidency makes U-turn on Petroleum Minister
There is an indication that the Presidency has reversed itself on the petroleum ministerial position.The portfolio will now have no minister, while a ministerial nominee in the person of Emmanuel Kachikwu, current Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, would be Minister of State for Petroleum Resources.
Why Buhari, Auditor-Gen disagreed on Lake Chad report
ABUJA—THERE was drama yesterday as President Muhammadu Buhari and Auditor-General of the Federation, AGF, Samuel Ukura, disagreed over the environmental audit report on the drying up of Lake Chad.
Ministerial nominees: Odimegwu, Oyinlola, Bello, others on Buhari’s 2nd list
ABUJA— PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday sent the second list of ministerial nominees to Senate President Bukola Saraki.
Monday 12 October 2015
Police nab 6 of Falae’s abductors in Ondo, Ekiti, Niger
Akure—Six of the suspected Fulani herdsmen, who kidnapped the former Secretary to the Federal Government Nigeria and Finance Minister. Chief Olu Falae, have been arrested and an unspecified amount of the ransom recovered from one of them.
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