By Donald Ugwu The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday inaugurated 15 permanent secretaries and also assigned portfolios to the two ministers sworn-in two weeks ago. The ceremony preceded the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting. Prof. Stephen Ochei was assigned the minister of State for Labour and employment while Mr Suleiman Hassan
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Quit notice: October 1 threat imminent, victim of Abuja market attack warns
Says Southerners no longer safe *Bemoans govt silence, insensitivity to threat Babatunde Opalana Consequent upon Tuesday’s clash between groups seems to be loyal to and against President Muhammadu Buhari at the popular Wuse Market in Abuja, one of the victims whose business entity was vandalized, Mr. Debi Ofoye warned the leadership
Suicide bombers kill 27, wound 83 in northeast Nigeria
Boko Haran: Group demands probe of French involvement in Lake Chad Basin
Seeks abolition of economic interests Ibrahim Uba Yusuf An international civil rights organisation, Save Humanity Advocacy Centre (SHAC), Nigeria, has asked President Emmanuel Macron of France to order an immediate investigation into the alleged involvement of his country in the increasing wave of Boko Haram terrorists in the Lake Chad Basin. The organisation premised its
Anti-graft war: ‘Vengeful agenda won’t go unchallenged’-Diezani (full statement)
By Diezani Allison-Madueke Editor's note: After several media reports linking her to questionable properties and investments, Nigeria's former Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, has broken her silence in this detailed response to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Her statement in full: I have up till now chosen to maintain my
Sultan wants devolution of economy, not restructuring of Nigeria
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, on Monday called on Nigerians to focus on devolution of economy rather than restructuring the country. Abubakar made the call at the Niger State Investment Submit in Minna. The summit which attracted economic experts, industrialists and manufacturers as well as some state governors across the
100 DAYS AFTER: President Buhari Must Resume or Resign, No Going Back
1. Wednesday August 16th, 2017 will mark 100 days since President Muhammadu Buhari travelled to an undisclosed hospital in the United Kingdom to treat a yet to be disclosed illness. During this period President Buhari has rarely been seen in public and has not communicated with the Nigerian people in
Economic security: Osinbajo, Obj , Abdusalami for Niger state investment summit
Babatunde Opalana The Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo will today, Monday pay a one-day official visit to Niger State during which he will flag off Niger State Investment Summit holding in Minna, the Niger state capital. Osinbajo will be joined by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, immediate past military head of state, General Abdulsalami Alhaji
CAC Delists 44,000 Nigerian Firms from Database, Registers 1.5mn
About Forty-four thousand (44,000) companies have so far been delisted from the database of the Corporate Affairs Commission(CAC) while 1.5 million companies have been registered, the Economic Confidential has learnt on good authority. The Registrar General of the CAC, Barrister Bello Mahmud disclosed this in an interview with the Economic Confidential
Nigeria playing politics with ‘far from defeated’ Boko Haram-HURIWA
Blames corruption, propaganda Jude Johnson The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has accused Nigerian government of playing politics with the counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations against Boko Haram terrorists. The National Coordinator, HURIWA, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement on Saturday, lamented that the terrorists far from being defeated are actually on