Former militant leader, Asari Dokubo has lamented over President Bola Tinubu’s recent appointments. Asari said this while reacting to controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Gumi’s call for Nyesom Wike to be removed as FCT Minister. Addressing this in a video which has gone viral, the former militant leader stated that Abuja was built with oil money from non-northern regions. He also said that it was built on the premise of “no man’s land”. He went on to lament …
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Everton have confirmed the appointment of Duncan Ferguson as the club’s caretaker manager following the sacking of Rafa Benitez. Ferguson oversaw training on Tuesday morning, and will take temporary charge of Everton while the club continues to look for a long-term successor to Benitez. The Spanish manager was sacked on Sunday morning following the Toffees’ embarrasing 2-1 defeat to Norwich City on Saturday afternoon. The Toffees confirmed in a statement that Ferguson would be in charge ‘for the club’s upcoming games’, starting with …
Governor Mohammed Bala has defended the appointment of a special assistant on unmarried women affairs after it triggered a controversy. In a statement released by his senior special assistant on media Mukhtar Gidado on Saturday August 8, Governor Bala said he appointed a special assistant on unmarried women affairs to address the needs of widows and divorcees in the state. The Bauchi state Governor who noted that the widows and divorcees constitute a significant segment of the state’s population, said the unending petitions by representatives …
The appointment of a former director of the central bank of Nigeria, Lamido Yuguda as the director-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been confirmed by the Nigerian senate. Appointments of Reginald Karausa, Ibrahim Boyi, and Obi Joseph as full-time commissioners of the agency were also confirmed by the lawmakers following a report presented by the chairman of Senate capital market committee, Ibikunle Amosun (APC, Ogun). Before Yuguda’s confirmation, senators from Akwa Ibom state had filed a petition requestiing that Mary Uduk who had …
Hours after APC members took to Twitter to protest, writer, Toni Kan has now declined his appointment as the spokesperson of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq. APC members took to Twitter yesterday to vehemently reject his reported appointment. They argued that he is not a member of the party and that he cannot be appointed into a government he has openly criticized in the past. This afternoon, Kan announced he has declined …
Professor Ibrahim Gambari, the newly appointed Chief of Staff to the President who assumed office today, May 13, has pointed that he will only be reporting to the President and not to the nation. Gambari gave this clarification when he spoke to state house correspondents after attending the Federal Executive Council meeting in the statehouse Abuja. The 75-year-old diplomat thanked President Buhari for his appointment. “I thank the President of the Federal Republic for giving me the opportunity …