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It is certain that the list of ministers is ready, and President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that the prized document should be submitted immediately to the Senate, which resumes from its six-week break, today. The list was said to contain the names of people like former Rivers State Governor, Mr Rothman Chibuike Amaechi; a former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, Rotimi Akeredolu; former Army Chief, Lt-Gen. Abdul rahman Dambazzau, and activist lawyer, Femi Falana, among others. It was gathered, yesterday, that President Buhari handed the list to his Special Adviser on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang, and directed him to forward it to the Senate President. Therefore, Senate President, Bukola Saraki will tomorrow formally present Buhari’s ministerial list to senators. President Buhari, currently attending the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly, was said to have given the list of 36 ministers to Senator Ita Enang in New York. It was gath...

The National Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said the present administration cannot gloss over certain things in its fight against corruption if the nation must make progress. The APC leader was making reference to the ongoing trial of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki by the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. Tinubu in an interview with reporters after observing his two rakat prayer as part of the activities for the Eid-el Kabir celebration at the Dodan Barrack praying ground, Obalende area of Lagos State on Thursday, said that the ongoing anti-corruption war embarked upon by President Muhammadu Buhari will further strengthen the country’s institutions and fast track development. According to him, “It is part of nations development. We cannot overlook a lot of things. And we cannot personalise a lot of things as if it was vendetta. We have to endure and be patient as we look for justice, equity and a balanced society”. Tinubu, who has be...

A group of senators yesterday expressed support for embattled Senate President Bukola Saraki in his ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). In a statement signed by Senator Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba (Sokoto South) on behalf of others, the lawmakers said the trial was mischievous, vindictive and politically motivated. The statement said: “We also want to state here, on behalf of our colleagues, that the Senate remains solidly behind Senator Sasaki and we express our unalloyed support for his leadership. “We are happy that he appeared at the Tribunal after availing himself of the opportunity to defend his Fundamental Human Rights. “We reiterate the fact that he is our choice for the post of Senate President and no politically motivated, mischievous and vindictive trial will change our opinion of him. “By his appearance at the Tribunal, he has demonstrated his firm belief in the rule of law and his respect for our judicial process. We join Dr. Saraki in affirming o...

The Department of State Services has commenced the screening of ministerial nominees sent to the agency by President Muhammadu Buhari. No fewer than 20 nominees had already been vetted by the DSS. The President was said to have sent to the agency a total of 36 names of would-be ministers for checks. The identities of nominees were top secret before now. But some of the expected names made the list. There will be some new names from the North and the South-West. The South East will get known names of the few who supported Buhari from the geo-political zone. Some of the names on the list included those who worked with Buhari when he was in the military and during his stint as the chairman of the defunct Petroleum Trust Fund, as well as in politics. Investigations by Dealerprince Bulletin Crew showed that the screening process by the DSS involved conducting background checks on the careers of the nominees and operatives were also checking for records of the nominees with anti-graf...

Commercial banks in Nigeria have commenced laying off some of their staff, following the federal government directive to ministries and agencies for a Treasury Single Account. Nigerian commercial banks, it was learnt, can no longer afford to keep their staff, as ministries and agencies of government have commenced withdrawal of their deposits in commercial banks, in compliance with federal government directive. A source who is a top management staff of one of the first generation banks told leadership Weekend on condition of anonymity that only two days ago, his bank laid off one thousand staff nationwide adding that the mostly affected in the downsizing exercise are desk officers. The source told our correspondent that, closure of government accounts with commercial banks has left the banks with no other option than to reduce its work force. It would be recalled that the banking sector is the highest employer of Labor in Nigeria. The source expressed concerns, that TSA polic...

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have began moves to avert a defeat in the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in Kogi State. This much was gathered after a high powered meeting chaired by the Board of Trustees Chairman of the Party in Abuja. Also in attendance were Sola Akanmonde, Sen. Ahmadu Ali, Gen. Tunde Ogbeha, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris and some other high ranking members of the party in the state, including the governor of the state, Capt. Idris Wada. At the meeting which was held at the Ondo state governors Lodge in Abuja, a front line gubernatorial aspirant Alhaji Jibrin Isah Echocho was prevailed upon to step down for Capt Idris Wada being that he is an incumbent and in the event that he loses the primaries, it might be untoward. A source who was privy to the details of the meeting stated that ” at a point when Echocho was prevailed upon to step down, Gov. Wada offered to trade in his deputy, Arch. Yomi Awoniyi for Echocho to nominate an...