Former Zamfara State governor, Senator Abdul’aziz Yari has said that President Bola Tinubu carried out a thorough and deep investigation on each of his ministerial nominees. Yari stressed that the Senate was carrying out a thorough screening of the ministerial nominees. Fielding questions from reporters after visiting Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday in Abuja, Yari …

Eleven states await their ministerial nominees as President Bola Tinubu’s first batch of ministers-designate were announced by Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Thursday. The states include the President’s home state Lagos, Adamawa, Bayelsa, Gombe, Kano, Kebbi and Kogi. Others are Nasarawa, Osun, Yobe and Zamfara States. Section 147(3) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) stipulates that the “President shall appoint …