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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, on Monday, questioned the credibility of those criticising the 43 ministerial list submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari to the Senate for screening.…

The Senate on Wednesday commenced the screening of the 43 ministerial nominees appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari.News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the list of the nominees was sent to the Senate on Wednesday in accordance…

Senate President Ahmed Lawan says President Muhammadu Buhari will submit the much-anticipated ministerial list to the Upper Chamber this week.He stated this at plenary on Wednesday, saying that the list would be submitted for…

Nigerians can expect the release of the much-anticipated ministerial list from President Muhammadu Buhari anytime from now.According to Independent, the president forwarded the list to the National Assembly in June and should be made…

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday formally presented the list of 36 ministerial nominees screened and confirmed by the Senate to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.Saraki arrived the seat of power…

President Muhammadu Buhari’s long-awaited cabinet is now complete. As in any political endeavour, there are winners and losers.Socially, similar to the Yorubas in 2011, the Igbos appear to be on the losing end thus far in 2015,…

Information just filtering in confirms that President Muhammadu Buhari has withdrawn the name of former Deputy Governor of Niger State, Ahmed Musa Ibeto from the ministerial list sent to the Senate for screening.It will be recalled that…

Largely, the criticism of the first ministerial list released by President Muhammadu Buhari, containing 21 nominees, reflects a lack of sobriety on the part of the critics. In other words, the critics have hardly been dispassionate in their…

The Osun State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress has debunked claims of a purported rift between Governor Rauf Aregbesola and National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu over the names of ministerial nominees submitted…

Like in T.S. Eliot’s “Journey of the Magi” where spiritual birth felt like death, even though one is being born into something new; one still witnesses the death of one’s way of life and usual old way of doing things.The found of the…

President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki has confirmed the receipt of the second batch of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial list.Dr. Saraki disclosed this on his verified Twitter on Monday.

The ministerial nomination of Chief Audu Ogbeh by President Muhammadu Buhari has received the backing of former Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, who said that Ogbeh deserved the honour.Tsav made the…

For four months, President Muhammadu Buhari was busy in his one-man conclave spinning an elaborate mystery about the character and quality of people he would nominate into his cabinet.He stoked expectations, and speculations ran riot in…

Former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi is one President Muhammadu Buhari's ministerial nominees. Recently he was accused of looting state funds after a commission of inquiry submitted its report.Despite all these allegations,…

The decision by the Senate to screen only ministerial nominees that can provide evidence of assets declaration has been condemned by an anti-corruption group, the Coalition against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) who said the Senate should led by…

On Saturday, the 10th of October, 2015, the 8th Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria announced that the screening and confirmation process of the first batch of ministerial nominees by President Muhammadu Buhari to serve in his cabinet…

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the spokesperson of the ruling All Progressives Congress and ministerial nominee from Kwara state, has said that he deserved the ministerial nomination he was given.Mohammed was reacting to protests by youths in…

There  are two issues agitating my mind and both would be the subject of this article this week. The first is the issue of the rampaging Fulani herdsmen in the south while the second is strictly on the just unveiled ‘wisemen’ who have been…

Kwara Youths under the aegis of Coalition Groups of All Progressives Congress have protested the nomination of Alhaji Lai Mohammed as minister because he ‘didn’t contribute to the electioneering process in the state.’Group ‎Spokesman,…

Ministerial Nominee and former Governor of Anambra State, Chris Ngige has said that President Muhammadu Buhari selected ministerial nominees that have been tried, tested and trusted by various people and this shows that they will help the…

The Senate has set conditions that President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominees must fulfil before they are confirmed ministers during plenary on Tuesday and Wednesday next week.The conditions at an executive session that lasted about two…

Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, has called on the senate to ensure that all ministerial nominees publicly declare their assets before their confirmation as minister.In a statement by its President, Bobboi Bala Kaigama and…

Obviously, the announcement by President Muhammadu Buhari that he will be overseeing the petroleum ministry did not sit well with some elements in the country that have criticised him for it.Many critics are of the opinion that the…

The National Secretary of the Labour Party, Barrister Kayode Ajulo has said that by not including any young Nigerian in the ministerial list, President Muhammadu Buhari has shown that he has nothing to offer Nigerian youths who made his…