President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate to confirm seven new ministerial nominees, according to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, who read the letter on the floor of the Red chamber on Thursday. Akpabio did not announce a fixed date for confirmation hearing, but said it would be held soon. The President fired five ministers and appointed these new ones in …

President Bola Tinubu has nominated Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim as the Minister of Youth. According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the President also named Mr. Ayodele Olawande as Minister of State-designate for Youth, Both appointments are subject to screening and confirmation by the Senate. President Tinubu had earlier …

If President Bola Ahmed Tinubu hit the ground running, it was because problems chased him into office. Yet, it wasn’t long before he tripped on a matter in which his genius has been acknowledged: forming his cabinet. One of his credentials for eight years as governor of Lagos, and even outside public office for 16 years, has been his gift …

The Senate will today confirm the ministerial nominees forwarded to it for screening and subsequent confirmation by President Bola Tinubu. Before the confirmation, the Senate will first screen the remaining two nominees sent to it by the President on Friday. They are former Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, Barrister Festus Keyamo, (Delta State) and former Commissioner for Higher …

Co-founder/CEO of Nigeria’s biggest technology hub, Co-Creation Hub, Bosun Tijani has been included in the second batch of the ministerial nominees by President Bola Tinubu. Tijani is a Nigeria-British entrepreneur born on 20th July 1977. He has a Diploma in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Jos, which he earned between 1996 and …

President Bola Tinubu has sent the second list of ministerial nominees to the Senate for screening. In the list of 19 are former governors Gboyega Oyetola (Osun), Simon Lalong (Plateau), Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi) and Bello Matawalle (Zamfara). This is a follow-up to the first batch of nominees, which Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced at plenary six days ago having received …

The much awaited list of cabinet nominees of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration came out finally on 27th July 2023, 60 days after he was sworn in. Tinubu’s first set of nominations was overshadowed by politicians including ex-governors, serving and former members of the Senate and House of Representatives. Twenty-five per cent of the nominees are women. The women …

The Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele has assured that the Senate will thoroughly scrutinise the ministerial nominees presented to it by President Bola Tinubu to ascertain their competencies and capabilities to serve Nigeria diligently and in a way that will bring dividends of democracy to the populace. The All Progressives Congress senator representing Ekiti Central district said that the upper …

Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s spokesman, Mr. Ikechukwu Eze has roundly dismissed allegations by the a group known as the “Bayelsa APC Elders Council” that the former president nominated, or was trying to nominate the Bayelsa State ministerial appointee to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The state is among 11 others with a nominee in the list of 28 sent to …

Former governors Nyesom Wike, Nasir El-Rufai and David Umahi as well as presidential spokesman, Mr. Dele Alake are among the list of ministerial nominees read on the floor of the Senate by Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Thursday. The long-awaited list from President Bola Tinubu was presented to Akpabio by Chief of Staff to the President, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila …