archiveAugust 21, 2019

Full list and minister's portfolio President Muhammadu Buhari has retained himself as Minister of Petroleum even as the former Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola who was hitherto in charge of Works, Power and Housing has been stripped of Power now in charge of Works and Housing. He announced Timipre Sylva...

The Market Operator of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Engr. Edmund Ejie, on Wednesday disclosed that the Federal Government has approved N600billion for injection into the nation’s electricity market. He broke the news to reporters at the Market Operator’s Participants/Key Stakeholders 2019 3rd Quarter Interactive Forum in Abuja. He...

  A newly built Post-Graduate Centre of Excellence at the Samaru campus of Ahamdu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State, sponsored by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), will be inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, August 22. The CBN said the ABU Zaria project comes seven months after a...

  The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has concluded plans to extend National Identification Number (NIN) enrolment to Nigerians resident in Austria and Germany. Director-General and Chief Executive Officer if NIMC, Aliyu A. Aziz disclosed this in Abuja yesterday. He explained that the exercise will involve demographic and biometric data...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has started the swearing of ministers Designate at the Council chamber. The ministers-designate are taking the oaths of allegiances in batches of five. The first batch includes Abia – Uchechukwu Samson Ogah Adamawa – Mohammed Musa Bello Akwa Ibom – God’swill Akpabio Anambra – Dr Chris...

The Head of Service, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, who was reported to be on medical leave, on Wednesday was at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to witness the swearing-in of Ministers-designate. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Head of Service, who was also reported to have submitted her resignation letter...

    The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC) on a wide range of issues intended to facilitate the robust implementation of the Deposit Insurance System in their respective jurisdictions. Both institutions are key members of the...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says socio-economic-political situation of Nigeria is bad but expressed optimism that things would be good again. Obasanjo stated this while addressing a gathering at a youth programme organised by the Youth Development Centre, an arm of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, in Abeokuta on Tuesday. The...