Organised labour has announced a suspension of its planned nationwide strike, earlier scheduled to commence midnight of Tuesday. National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, who announced the decision late Monday at the end of a meeting of the tripartite committee set up to decide on a new minimum wage, said the decision... Read More

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September 14, 2018

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The Late 5: Finance Minister, Adeosun quits Federal cabinet, Buhari faces criticism over appointment of Yusuf Bichi as new DSS chief | More stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: Embattled Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has resigned her appointment. Ekiti Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has signed the 2018 supplementary budget of N9.9bn into law, berating Governor-elect, Dr Kayode Fayemi and his party(APC) for questioning the importance of the budget. Speaking at the event, Fayose stressed that it was laughable... Read More

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September 9, 2014

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Jonathan has given unprecented power to women in his administration – here, we present their scorecard

by Adedayo Ademuwagun When President Goodluck Jonathan introduced ministers for his cabinet in 2011, close to one-third of them were women. No Nigerian head of state had put that many women in the top executive positions before. Civil Society cheered this phenomenon and the media gave it some spotlight. There’s even a book about it,... Read More

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March 9, 2014

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Why Jonathan fired me as Housing Minister – Ama Pepple opens up

by Akan Ido Former Head of Service and Minister of Housing in the President Goodluck Jonathan government, Ms Ama Pepple has finally opened up about her sack last September. According to her, Jonathan removed her from office because she sought to make peace between him and the governor of Rivers, Rotimi Amaechi. Pepple said she... Read More

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November 19, 2013

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Opinion: GEJ should sack officials who only snore at meetings and award contracts to their cronies

by Emma Okocha In the circumstances, the infantile Ministers of Education from the day, they approved the banning of the study of History in our schools, shoved our country away from the road of progress to darkness. The next Minister of Education we strongly recommend should be a History teacher. Until the last cabinet shake... Read More

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September 11, 2013

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BREAKING: Pres. Jonathan sacks education, foreign affairs ministers, and 7 others

President Goodluck Jonathan has reshuffled his cabinet, dropping nine ministers. The ministers affected are Ruqayat Rufai (Education); Zainab Kunchi (Power, [state]); Buka Tijani (Agriculture [state]), Shamsudeen Usman (National Planning; Ita Okon (Science and Technology); Olugbenga Ashiru (Foreign Affairs); Ama Pepple (Lands) and Hadiza Mailafia (Environment). Nigerians had long expected President Jonathan to rejig his lackluster cabinet which... Read More

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March 14, 2013

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It won’t cost gov’t a dime: FG approves development of new FESTAC Town in Lagos

by Emma Okubenji The Federal Executive Council, on Wednesday, approved the development of phase II of FESTAC town in Lagos under a public-private partnership arrangement. Ama Pepple, the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, said that the proposed Phase II FESTAC project, which would yield N25.7 billion to the federal government, would involve the... Read More

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The Late 5: Finance Minister, Adeosun quits Federal cabinet, Buhari faces criticism over appointment of Yusuf Bichi as new DSS chief | More stories

Jonathan has given unprecented power to women in his administration – here, we present their scorecard

Why Jonathan fired me as Housing Minister – Ama Pepple opens up

Opinion: GEJ should sack officials who only snore at meetings and award contracts to their cronies

BREAKING: Pres. Jonathan sacks education, foreign affairs ministers, and 7 others

It won’t cost gov’t a dime: FG approves development of new FESTAC Town in Lagos

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