Mr Eno defended the reappointment of all the commissioners who served under his predecessor. The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has sworn in 23 new commissioners and a special adviser to assist in the implementation of his ambitious economic blueprints, “Arise Agenda”. All the new appointees except one served as commissioners and special adviser […]
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In January 2021, the Borno State government began shutting down the IDP camps in the state and resettling the long-suffering occupants. For Lawan Bukar, 50, life is truly a rollercoaster. Each time he sees a ray of hope, something rears its head and extinguishes it. In 2014, months went by without an attack on his […]
The Senate on Monday screened Mr Utsev, despite his inability to defend some discrepancies in his biodata as contained in the resume he submitted to the lawmakers A youth organisation and a group of professionals in Benue State, North-central Nigeria, are currently bickering over the nomination of Joseph Utsev as the ministerial nominee from the […]
World Athletics is trying to Increase the number of female coaches at World Championships “by encouraging member Federations to send more female coaches, and providing the learning pathway in countries where women are underrepresented at the coaching level.” (This is the second and final part of this report. Read the first part here). For the […]
President Bola Tinubu had on 19 June appointed Ms Musawa as his special adviser on culture and entertainment economy before later nominating her to his cabinet on 27 July. All eyes are now on the Nigerian Senate to see if it would contradict itself and confirm a nominee it rejected three years ago for failing […]
The withholding of Mr El-Rufai’s confirmation shocked many Nigerians who perceived him as an A-list ministerial nominee of President Tinubu. Allegations of human rights abuses, unguarded public utterances, and a purported flood of petitions are the issues advanced by the State Security Service (SSS) against the nomination of former Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, […]
“Money is not the end game for a fitness enthusiast, you have got to love it with all of your heart.” The first of five children, 25-year-old Alessandra Ibegbulem is the Fitness Director at ‘The Elysian Body‘ an online fitness and wellness brand. Alessandra not only works out personalised fitness plans for her clients, but […]
The suspended CBN governor, Mr Emefiele, is scheduled to be arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja on 20 charges of conspiracy and procurement fraud. The federal government will on Thursday arraign the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Sources at the Federal Ministry of Justice, Abuja, told PREMIUM […]
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has been in the spotlight lately because of his comments during plenary but the senator is not new to controversial and embarrassing comments. Here are Mr Akpabio’s six most embarrassing public comments as compiled by PREMIUM TIMES. 1. N1 million lunch money for ‘hungry’ PDP chairmen Godswill Akpabio, in March […]