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Transport Minister’s Aide Rough Handles NIMASA DG

Posted by admin Headlines, Ministries, Raw Politics Friday, July 8th, 2011

A security detail attached to the Minister of Transport, Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman, gave the Director General of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Security Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Patrick Akpobolukeme, the shock of his life on Thursday when he practically bundled the man out of the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja. Sources confirmed that the action of the […]

Farewell to a great minister

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Ministries, Top Stories Friday, July 8th, 2011

DURING the year that Odein Ajumogobia, SAN, was Foreign Minister, many Nigerians and foreigners sang his praises and told me that they regarded him as the best Foreign Minister this country has ever had. And I would bask in the reflected glory whenever I heard the compliments that frequently were lavished on him because he […]

Jonathan Tinkers with Ministerial List Again

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Ministries Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan’s ever-changing ministerial list is far from taking a final shape as he continues to tinker with the nominations, days after swearing in the first batch of 14 ministers who passed Senate screening. The president Tuesday withdrew the nomination of Mr. Tonye Cole, an architect who had been tipped to head the Ministry […]

EFCC Opposes Ex-Minister’s S’Arabia Trip

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Ministries Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Hassan Lawal, former minister of works The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has opposed an application by a former minister of works, Hassan Lawal for the release of his passport to enable him travel to Saudi Arabia for religious purpose. Lawal is standing trial with 13 others for alleged money laundering of several billions […]

EFCC accuses ex-Works Minister of plotting to jump bail

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Ministries Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

ABUJA — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has challenged the release of the travel documents of a former Minister of Works, Hassan Muhammed Lawal, who is being prosecuted alongside 13 others over a N75 billion fraud at a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, stating that the move is a ploy by the […]

Senate screening: Jonathan withdraws ministerial nominee

Posted by admin Legislature, Ministries, Senate Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan has forwarded the nomination of former Minister of Finance Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-iweala as a ministerial nominee to the Senate.Senate President David Mark read out the correspondence to his colleagues yesterday. In a dramatic move, President Jonathan withdrew the nomination of Architect Tonye Cole from Rivers as a ministerial nominee. No replacement was […]

Ministers’ list: Women express shock over nomination

Posted by admin Ministries, Women Politics Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

Nigerian women living abroad have urged President Goodluck Jonathan to consider appointing two women from the Diaspora as Ministers of Women Affairs and Health. When appointed, they believe the women will bring freshness and newness to the country’s democratic life. The Diaspora national coordinator, Women for Change and Development Initiative, Dr. Stella Alhassan, told Sunday […]

Photo #18 – Ministers being sworn in by President Jonathan – July 2, 2011

Posted by admin Ministries, Photos Saturday, July 2nd, 2011

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President Swears in 14 Ministers, Returnees Retain Former Portfolios

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Ministries, Top Stories Saturday, July 2nd, 2011

TWELVE returnee Ministers and two new ministerial appointees, yesterday, took the oath of office and allegiance before President Goodluck Jonathan at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa Abuja, with the President directing the 12 returnees to return back to the Ministries they superintended before the dissolution of the cabinet on May 29. The ministers […]

Jonathan swears in batch ‘A’ ministers today

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Ministries Friday, July 1st, 2011

SET to recover about one month already lost since his swearing-in, President Goodluck Jonathan will today swear-in the first batch of ministers confirmed by the Senate of the Federal Republic on Wednesday and Thursday. The ceremony which holds at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, is schedule for 11a.m.; and it is expected to […]