•Olu Agunloye The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday declared a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, wanted over alleged fraud to the tune of $6bn. Agunloye, who served under the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo as a minister between 1999 and 2003, had earlier been invited and quizzed by the ...
The Minister of State for Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, has promised a partnership between the federal government and the sporting community in Agege to make the Obasa Cup football tournament a state-wide event. The Frontier reports that Olawande made the promise at the weekend at the Anwaru-Islam School venue of the final sporting even...
An elder statesman and a former Minister of Finance, Chief Olu Falae, says Nigeria’s president does not have to be the minister of petroleum, adding that it is important to appoint a minister to oversee the ministry. His position is in support of former central bank governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, who earlier said that the […]
•Alao Abiodun The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, is set to return to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Recall Adelabu was the gubernatorial candidate for the Accord party in the Oyo 2023 election. He left APC during the build-up to the Oyo 2023 elections after losing to Senator Teslim Folarin at the party’s primary. In […]
•Sanusi Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has called for a proper audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), noting that this call was what cost him his job at the apex bank. Sanusi made this known while delivering his remarks at The Bank Directors Summit holding […]
•Robert Jenrick Britain’s ruling Conservative party was in disarray Wednesday after its immigration minister quit over legislation regarding sending migrants to Rwanda as hardliners turned the screw on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The UK leader’s position looked increasingly vulnerable after Robert Jenrick said he had resigned due to “strong di...
Dear Hon Minister, First, a disclosure. You may not know me but we have met on two occasions in the house of our mutual respected Oga, first as a Minister of State and second as a Governor, but l doubt if you can recognize me now. I’m one of your admirers and critic. As a […]
•Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga A South African minister said today she had a gun pointed at her head before being robbed and her bodyguards’ weapons stolen in what police called an “unprecedented incident.” Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga said she was unhurt but traumatised by the ordeal in the early hours of yesterday, reports AFP “I am [...
•Matawalle and Lawal Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, says sponsoring people to “lie and say despicable things” about him won’t get him removed as a minister. Matawalle, the immediate former governor of the Zamfara State, said this while reacting to corruption allegations leveled against him by the state government, reports Dail...
•Adebayo Adelabu The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has escaped death following a plane crash in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. It was gathered that the private jet operated by Flint Aero crash-landed last night at the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport. Having departed the Abuja airport yesterday evening, the aircraft crash-landed into the b...

