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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 […]

Hope rises as Senate gets ministers’ list tomorrow

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Legislature, Ministries, Senate Monday, June 27th, 2011

THE long wait for the ministers’ list may end tomorrow as President Goodluck Jonathan is set to present to the Senate. With that, an end would have come to the vacillation by the President over his choice of who should be ministers and Nigerians would heave a sigh of a relief that real governance can, […]

More Protests Trail Ministerial Lists

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Ministries Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Confusion has continued to trail the bid by President Goodluck Jonathan to constitute a new cabinet amid consistent protests against some of the ministerial nominees which the presidency had shortlisted for appointment. Protests against the nominees had spread across the federation even as group of PDP members in the south-west are set to hold a […]

Senate drops demand for ministerial list with portfolios

Posted by admin Legislature, Ministries, Senate Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

NOW, President Goodluck Jonathan is at liberty to attach portfolios or refrain when he sends the ministerial list to the Senate, hopefully next week. This follows the Senate decision to shift ground on earlier insistence that the President’s attachment of portfolios to the list was mandatory. Senate President David Mark confirmed the new position yesterday […]

Na’Abba, Iyabo Obasanjo may make ministerial list

Posted by admin General Politics, Latest Politics, Ministries, National Politics, Women Politics Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

THE name of former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Ghali Umar Na’Abba, tops the list of ministerial nominees, whose screening is being finalised at the headquarters of the State Security Service (SSS). Sources confirmed to the Nigerian Tribune that while Na’Abba’s name did not emanate from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano […]

Jonathan needs more than 36 ministers to succeed- Graham-Douglas

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Ministries, Presidency Monday, June 13th, 2011

ALABO Tonye Graham-Douglas has served in various capacities in Nigeria; a one time Minister of Youths, Sports and Culture, Aviation as well as Labour and Productivity. In 2000, he became the Minister of Tourism before leaving office in January 2001. In this interview, he bares his mind on the state of the nation especially how […]

N75bn fraud: Lawal, ex-minister, re-arraigned, sent back to prison

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Ministries Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

Travails of the former Minister of Works and Housing, Dr. Hassan Lawal, continued, yesterday, as he was again re-arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over a fresh 29-count criminal charge bordering on conspiracy, money laundering and fraud. The ex-minister, who was brought to court from his detention cell at the Kuje prisons, […]

Ministerial, Board Appointments : Syndicates, lobby groups flood Abuja

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Ministries Friday, June 3rd, 2011

THESE are interesting times in Abuja, Nigeria’s seat of power. Leading politicians, their godfathers or lobbyists are in a rat race to get one appointment or the other from President Goodluck Jonathan. A host of them are exploiting all avenues to claw their way into President Jonathan’s cabinet. Indeed, Vanguard gathered that jostle for appointments […]

Ex-ministers lobby Jonathan for reappointment

Posted by admin Education, Ministries, Top Stories, Women Politics Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

There were indications on Tuesday that President Goodluck Jonathan was under pressure from many members of the cabinet, which he dissolved on Monday. THE PUNCH learnt of this just as Jonathan held a closed door meeting with the former ministers and senior aides at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Investigations showed that many of the ex-ministers […]

N19bn scam: Former Works Minister, Lawal, begs for bail

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Ministries Monday, May 30th, 2011

Former Minister of Works, Dr Hassan Lawal, who is standing trial before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has prayed the court to admit him to bail. Lawal is standing trial on laundering charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The court will on June 6 and 7 hear […]