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Abacha This week it was revealed that money laundered by the former head of state of Nigeria, Sani Abacha, had been seized by from a bank in New Jersey by a British court. The money was reported to be worth £211,000,000 and will be held by the government until authorities in Jersey, the US, and […]
Saraki Praises Falcons For Remarkable WAFU Cup Win
Bukola Saraki has lauded the Super Falcons for emerging champions of the 2019 WAFU Women’s Cup in Abidjan. The Nigeria senior women’s football team put up a riveting display of skill and willpower against continental contenders, Cote d’ Ivoire, in the final of the WAFU Cup at the Stade Robert Champroux on Saturday. The team […]
Hordes of Rejected Bills and the Need for Parliamentary Veto
On the 21st of March, it became known to the public that President Muhammadu Buhari refused to assent to another set of five bills sent to the presidency. The rejected legislation include the Nigeria Film Corporation Bill, Immigration (Amendment) Bill, Climate Change Bill, Chartered Institute of Pension Practitioners Bill and the Digital Rights and Freedom […]
A Caricature of Governance
President Muhammadu Buhari departed Abuja on Thursday, 4th April, for Amman to honour an invitation by King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of Jordan and to participate in the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa holding at the Dead Sea, Jordan. Reports through the President’s Media Office states that the meeting seeks […]
2019 Elections: Saraki Declares
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, declared on 30th August, at a #NotTooYoungToRun conference, that he will be running for the office of the president in the 2019 general elections, under the umbrella of the People’s Democratic Party. This news, coming at an interesting political time, was welcomed by many youth. I have decided to answer the […]
Nigeria will Recover with Buhari’s Return – Prof Yemi Osinbajo and Dr Bukola Saraki
The Vice president, Yemi Osinbanjo, on Saturday expressed the conviction that with the recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria would recover. “The recovery and recuperation of the president is in some sense symbolic of the recovery of Nigeria. Nigeria is going to recover. “We are on the path of strong economic recovery and this is […]
The #MadeInNigeria Challenge: Here’s How to Participate
The Office of the Senate President has launched the Made In Nigeria Challenge. The contest aims to promote locally made products as viable alternatives to imported goods and encourage the use of domestically sourced inputs by manufacturers within the country. Senate President Bukola Saraki says that the Made In Nigeria Challenge should help to identify quality […]
Meet Your New Ministers Part 1
The Senate has confirmed the nomination of the following ministerial nominees: Udoma Udo Udoma, John Kayode Fayemi, Audu Ogbeh, Ogbonnaya Onu, Abdulrahman Dambazzau, Osagie Ehanire, Lai Mohammed, Amina Ibrahim, Mohammed Suleima, Hussaini Adamu, Usman Jubril, Babatunde Fashola, Ibe Kachikwu, Abubakar Malami, Chris Ngige, Aisha Al Hassan, Solomon Dalong, Kemi Adeosun and Hadi Sirika. This took […]
Buhari Submits Second Ministerial List to Senate
President Muhammadu Buhari has submitted another list of ministerial nominees to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, for screening and confirmation. According to The Nation Newspaper, the second batch of nominees was submitted to the Senate President by the Chief of Staff to the President, Alhaji Abba Kari, accompanied by the Senior Special Assistant to the […]
Meet Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan Again
She is not a stranger to most of us; she is the lioness who contested for governor of Taraba State earlier this year. Well, we haven’t seen the last of this formidable woman as she was also on the ministerial list read by Senate President, Bukola Saraki. Meet Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan: Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan is […]
What You Should Know About Kemi Adeosun
Also on the ministerial list is another vibrant, beautiful and smart woman from Ogun State named Kemi Adeosun. Here is what you should know about her: Kemi Adeosun Kemi Adeosun was born in 1967 in London to a civil engineer father as the third of four children. A finance professional with over 23 years’ experience […]
What You Should Know About Amina J. Mohammed
Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Tuesday announced the 21 ministerial nominees. The list includes three women, namely Amina Mohammed from Kaduna State, Kemi Adeosun from Ogun State and Aisha Alhassan from Taraba State. Amina J. Mohammed Amina J. Mohammed was born in 1961 in Kaduna State. She is the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Special […]
Ministerial List to be Made Public on October 6th
According to media reports, the ministerial list which was received by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki yesterday, 30th September, 2015, will be made public at the next senate sitting which is on Tuesday, October 6th. Sources said 21 names were contained in the list. The Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, in company […]