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Lifestyle Of Nigerians Caused Economic Crisis—Minister

Minister of State for Education, Prof Anthony Anwukah says the lavish lifestyle of Nigerians is an added factor to the present economic crisis in the country. He has advised them to acclimatize to the current unfavourable condition. The Minister blamed Nigerians for their “inability to swiftly adjust to the present economic recession” in the country…

Ambassadorial List: Senate Summons SGF, Minister Over Omission

The Secretary to Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal; and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, have been asked to appear before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs over omissions and irregularities in ambassadorial nomination. The Senate gave this directive on Wednesday following a Point of Order raised by Joshua Dariye at plenary…

Jonathan Sends Ministerial List To Senate

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has submitted, to the Senate, the names of seven people he hopes to make ministers if given the go ahead by the lawmaker as stipulated by the Nigerian Constitution. A controversial former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, who lost the Lagos State governorship slot of the Peoples Democratic Party,…

**Bans Use Of Phones Henceforth, prison officials and inmates would not be allowed to make use of mobile phones, the Federal Government has directed. This directive was given by the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, when some top shots in the Nigeria Prison Service, NPS, visited him in Abuja on Saturday. Moro also frowned at…

**Bans Use Of Phones Henceforth, prison officials and inmates would not be allowed to make use of mobile phones, the Federal Government has directed. This directive was given by the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, when some top shots in the Nigeria Prison Service, NPS, visited him in Abuja on Saturday. Moro also frowned at…

Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nasir El-Rufai, has obtained his nomination form of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Kaduna State governorship election in 2015. He will be hoping to emerge the candidate of APC at the poll. El-Rufai, a Deputy National Secretary of APC, picked his form on Friday at…