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Most of the 40 ministerial nominees already screened by the Senate who failed to attach photocopies of the asset declaration certificates to their Curriculum Vitae (CV) have perfected plans to turn in those vital documents by Tuesday, www.www.aso.rocks search engine has learnt.   Senator Lawrence Ewrudjiakpo (Bayelsa East) at last Friday’s screening of some of […]

As the Senate sets to conclude the screening of the ministerial nominees tomorrow, www.www.aso.rocks search engine gathered that governors of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the Southeast felt disappointed over the non-inclusion of their ministerial nominees submitted to the president on the list sent to the Senate last week.   As part […]

  The Senate will complete the screening of the remaining ministerial nominees on Tuesday with Sabo Nanono, former Information Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed (Kwara) and Saleh Mamman ( Taraba) appearing before it.    The exercise resumed Monday with nine nominees, including former Power, Works and Housing Minister, Babatunde Fashola (Lagos); Muhammad Mahmoud (Kaduna); former Sen. […]

Leaders under the aegis of the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF), who boycotted the two-day national security summit organized by former Head of State Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), which opened Monday, in Minna, Niger State disclosed that they had bought air tickets and concluded travel arrangements to Minna. But they said that they […]

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, on Monday, questioned the credibility of those criticizing the 43 ministerial list submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari to the Senate for screening.    Addressing State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Buhari at the State House, Abuja, the APC national chairman, […]

Dozens of Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) members held a solidarity demonstration against the continued incarceration of the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, in London yesterday. The protest, which came ahead of today’s court ruling on El-Zakzaky’s bail application, took place outside the Nigerian High Commission by Trafalgar Square. […]

Nearly all the old ministers who are on the list of the ministerial nominees President Muhammadu Buhari forwarded to the Senate for confirmation may return to their former ministries, www.www.aso.rocks search engine has learnt. The screening of the nominees, which began on Wednesday, is expected to end on Monday when the last batch of eight […]

The Senate swore-in Sen. Benjamin Uwajumogu representing Imo North Senatorial District. The brief ceremony was conducted by Senate President, Ahmad Lawan at the plenary on Friday. Uwajumogu was finally presented with a Certificate of Return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja on Thursday, after weeks of legal tussles.    Justice Taiwo Taiwo […]

A towering babel of condemnation has trailed the automatic confirmation policy adopted by the Senate as it screens the cabinet nominees submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari.  The obnoxious policy known as “bow and go” which shields ministerial nominees from rigorous questioning was defended by Senate President Ahmed Lawan yesterday, after civil society groups intensified their […]

Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, yesterday constituted 105 standing committees in a bid to ensure that the lower legislative chamber discharges its duties effectively.   Highlights of the lawmakers that made the list as chairmen and deputy chairmen indicate that Gbajabiamila settled for his key allies to oversee key committees of the House.   […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has come under criticism from some women groups who yesterday condemned what they described as low representation of their gender on the list of cabinet nominees submitted to the Senate.   Oduduwa Women Advocacy Group (OWAG), a pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation frowned on the inclusion of only seven women (16.2%) on the list […]