•Tinubu Months after growing calls for President Bola Tinubu to rejig his cabinet, the former Lagos State governor on Wednesday sacked five of his ministers. He also re-assigned 10 ministers to new ministerial portfolios and appointed seven new ministers for Senate confirmation. The President sacked Uju-Ken Ohanenye as Minister of Women Affair...
Electricity consumers have decried the repeated collapse of the national grid, which happened again yesterday. They described it as an embarrassment to the nation. The national grid collapsed around 8.16am yesterday, the third time in one week, with its attendant blackout across the nation, reports Sunday PUNCH. Checks by our correspondent con...
•Tinubu’s minister Strong indications have emerged that President Bola Tinubu has completed the list containing the names and designations of those who will serve in his reshuffled cabinet. Multiple sources in the Presidency, who confided in our correspondent, said Tinubu had concluded the list of ministers to drop and those to retain an...
•Tinunu’s ministers Following the announcement made a few days ago that President Bola Tinubu may drop some ministers in the next couple of days, a pall of apprehension has descended on members of the Federal Executive Council. “Some of the appointees will go for non-performance while others will be dropped because of certain actions the...
•Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman The phone line of the Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, has been hacked. According to a disclaimer issued on his official X account yesterday, Mamman warned the public to avoid communicating through the affected number. “My phone line has been compromised. Please refrain from calling the number...
•Ministers The presidency yesterday confirmed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will soon carry out a cabinet reshuffle. It stated that the exercise will be evidence-based as President Tinubu will be aided in his decision by public opinions that have been empirically extracted, reports The Nation. The Special Adviser to the President on Informa...
•Tinubu Ahead of the planned cabinet shake-up by President Bola Tinubu, several ministers and their political godfathers have intensified lobbying to retain their positions. The presidency yesterday stated that President Tinubu would soon rejig his cabinet, reports The PUNCH. This happened as presidential aides told our correspondent that some...
•Students during examination session Critical stakeholders in the education sector have condemned the decision of the federal government to peg the age at which students can write the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations, SSCE, at 18, saying it will simply draw the education sector back. The groups reacted to the comment by the Min...
•Iran’s Vice-President Mohammed Javad Zarif Iran’s Vice-President Mohammed Javad Zarif has resigned from President Massud Pezeshkian’s cabinet just 11 days after taking office. Zarif announced his resignation on X, stating, “I am not satisfied with my work and regret that I have not been able to fulfil expectations.” The resignation is attribu...
•Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume; and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu; today, met with ministers over a planned nationwide protest against economic hardship by youths. The meeting was convened behind closed doors and has all...

