The House of Representatives Committee on Constitution review is considering a bill to amend the 1999 Constitution to limit the number of ministers appointed by the president to 37. Titled, “A Bill for an Act to Amend the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to Streamline the Number of Ministers to be Appointed to the Federal Executive Council”, …

The Ministers of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, his Science, Technology, and Innovation counterpart, Uche Nnaji, and Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, are some of the high-profile government functionaries expected to appear before the House of Representatives Committee on Renewable Energy on Wednesday. The Committee, chaired by the member representing Ogbaru Federal Constituency, Anambra State, Afam Ogene is …

President Bola Tinubu on Monday assured Nigerians that his administration’s economic recovery plan was on the right path to realizing the nation’s dreams and aspirations. While inaugurating seven new ministers at the State House, Abuja, on Monday after their confirmation by the Senate, President Tinubu noted that his administration had steered the nation away from bankruptcy and stopped scavengers, profiteers and …

President Bola Tinubu has sworn in seven newly-appointed ministers at the Council Chambers, Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja. Those sworn in included Ambassador Bianca Odinaka Odumegwu-Ojukwu (Minister of State for Foreign Affairs), Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda (Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction), Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi (Minister of Labour and Employment). Others were Dr. Jumoke Oduwole (Minister of Industry, Trade …

The Senate will screen the ministerial nominees forwarded to it today for confirmation by President Bola Tinubu. Vanguard gathered that the nominees, who have been cleared by the Department of State Services (DSS), besieged the office of the Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Senator Basheer Lado, yesterday, to submit their curriculum vitae to beat the deadline. Earlier …

The Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga on Sunday disclosed that the affected ministers in the recent cabinet shake-up were politely addressed by President Bola Tinubu at a private meeting before their dismissal. Onanuga disclosed this on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. President Tinubu had on Wednesday discharged five ministers and changed the designations of 10 other ministers. The appointments were announced in …

Ministers of Power, Defence, Education, and Agriculture and Rural Development have been rated poorly by Nigerians in the Citizens’ Delivery Tracker Apps of the Federal Government, according to Saturday PUNCH’s investigation. In January 2024, the Federal Government had drafted no fewer than 140 officials to track and assess the performance of the federal ministries, departments, and agencies ahead of the …

President Bola Tinubu has banned ministers, heads of agencies, and other government officials from embarking on public funded foreign trips. The ban will last for three months in the first instance and will take effect on 1 April 2024. This was contained in a letter dated 12 March 2024, by the Chief of Staff to the president, Femi Gbajabiamila; and …

No fewer than 140 officials will track and assess the performance of federal ministries, departments, and agencies ahead of the first assessment exercise at the end of this month. This is as the officials joined the third technical retreat for delivery desk officers of federal ministries on the implementation of presidential priorities and ministerial deliverables in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State …

With last Thursday’s verdict of the Supreme Court of Nigeria confirming the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as the winner of the Saturday, 25th February 2023 presidential election and subsequently the duly elected President of Nigeria and Commander-in-Chief of its Armed Forces as declared by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), those challenging the outcome …