President Bola Tinubu has made significant changes to his cabinet, dismissing five ministers and reassigning 10 others to new portfolios. The ministers who are reassigned to new portfolios are as follows: S/N | Name of Minister | Current Designation of Minister | New Designation of Minister
President Bola Tinubu has replaced Betta Edu, former minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, with Dr Nentawe Yilwatda. In January, Tinubu suspended Edu after she ordered the transfer of N585.2 million into the private bank account of a civil servant, who is the accountant in charge of grants for Vulnerable Nigerians. The president also […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has convicted and sentenced a Canadian lady, Adrienne Munju, 41 to 11 years imprisonment for allegedly importing 35.20 kilogramme of Canadian Loud (Cannabis Sativa) into Nigeria. Trial judge, Justice Deinde Dipeolu on Wednesday also gave the convict an option of paying a fine of ₦50 million for the […]
President Bola Tinubu has appointed seven new ministers to his cabinet. The appointment was announced in a statement issued by the presidency following the federal executive council meeting on Wednesday. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu was appointed as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, while Jumoke Oduwole was named Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment. Five other individuals […]
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday dismissed five ministers from his cabinet, The Punch is reporting. This was contained in a statement by the special adviser to the President on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, on Wednesday. The affected ministers are: Minister of Women Affairs, Barr. Uju-Ken Ohanenye; Minister of Tourism, Lola Ade-John; Minister of Education, Prof. […]
Controversial crossdresser, Okuneye Idris, popularly known as Bobrisky, has reportedly fallen ill while in detention at the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex, Alagbon, Lagos. After spending the night in a police cell, Bobrisky was rushed to Falomo Police Hospital for medical attention. A source confirmed the development, stating that he was transferred from the […]
Police are in the process of dismantling a Nigerian prostitution ring in Limassol, according to a report Wednesday report by CyrusMail. Three women have been arrested in coordination with the anti-trafficking unit. The case first came to the attention of the police last year when a woman filed a complaint, initially claiming to be a […]
The Enugu State Police Command has announced the arrest of a native doctor and father of a 26-year-old man identified as Chikwado Eze, who died during a botched fortification in the state. The tragic incident happened at Ugbaike, Enugu Ezike, Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State last week. According to reports, Chikwado had […]
President Bola Tinubu and the Federal Executive Council have announced the scrapping of the Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of Sports Development. According to a tweet by the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President, Bayo Onanuga, on Wednesday, the decision was reached during the FEC meeting held in Abuja on Tuesday. […]
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Abia state chapter, has rejected a tax policy for church signposts in the state. The Christian body lamented that, as a Christian and God’s own state, it is regrettable that Abia is the only state in Nigeria that is taxing churches on their signposts. In a letter titled ‘Taxation […]
