•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...
•Ruth Ogunleye Authorities of the Nigerian Army, today announced that it has discharged a female soldier, Private Ruth Ogunleye, who accused a senior officer, Colonel I.B Abdulkareem, of sexual harassment. Army specifically said the female soldier was eased out of the service on medical ground after the conclusion of its probe, adding that by ...
•CBN Governor, Yemi Cardoso The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has terminated the appointments of all executive directors at the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agriculture Lending (NIRSAL). The decision, approved by CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso on Friday, marks the latest in a series of layoffs at the apex bank since his assump...
•Rwandan President Paul Kagame The Rwandan Army said several military generals, including a former chief of staff, have retired in a major reshuffle that saw more than 1,000 personnel sacked or pushed into retirement. President and Army Commander-in-Chief Paul Kagame “approved the retirement” of General Jean Bosco Kazura as well as 1,162 milit...
President Bola Tinubu has fired Jalal Arabi, as Executive Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON). Ajuri Ngelale, Presidential spokesman, disclosed this in a statement in which he announced Professor Abdullahi Saleh Usman as the new chairman of the agency. “Professor Usman is a renowned scholar with qualifications from two...
•Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia Benue State governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, has directed the Chairman, Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC), Dr John Chen, to vacate office and handover to the Administrative Secretary of the Commission. In the statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Governor, Sir Kula Tersoo and made av...
•Sacked Umar Yusuf Yabo The National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal for Sokoto/Zamfara states sitting in Sokoto yesterday sacked a member of the National Assembly representing Yabo/Shagari Federal Constituency, Umar Yusuf Yabo, popularly called Danmaje. The three-judge Tribunal, in a unanimous ruling, further ordered t...
•Kenya’s President William Ruto Kenyan President William Ruto announced today the dismissal of almost his entire cabinet and consultations to form a “broad-based government”, as he scrambled to contain the fallout of deadly protests against his administration. The East African nation was left reeling after peaceful rallies last month over stee...
•Fubara and Wike Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers Stat has terminated the appointment of the chairman of the Rivers state traditional rulers council, RSTRC and paramount ruler of Emohua loval government area, Eze Ohna Sergeant Chidi Awuse. In his stead, the governor appointed the Paramount Ruler of Apara Kingdom, Eze Chike Worlu Wodo, as t...
•Sanusi and Ado-Bayero A Federal High Court in Kano, today, nullified the reinstatement of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 16th Emir of Kano. The court also nullified all the actions taken after the controversial reinstatement, reports The PUNCH The presiding judge, Justice Abdullahi Liman, said, “I hereby order that every step taken by the governm...
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