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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday approved the appointments of 21 new Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service. Their appointment followed the examination conducted for federal directors. The new permanent secretaries include; Umar Mohammed Bello, Akpan Edet Sunday, Adebiyi...

Boko Haram terrorists set to be degraded permanently as some service chiefs have arrived in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital in line with the directive of the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo. The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, was the first to arrive in...

Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has declared that the issue of when President Muhammadu Buhari will return to the country remains unnecessary for now. The governor who spoke yesterday also said God had answered the prayers of Nigerians over the ill health of the President. Udom was...

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has approved the appointment of Prof. Bisala Ekele as the substantive Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH). Mr Frank Omagon, the Assistant Director of Information in the hospital made this known in a statement on Sunday...

Minster of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has claimed that the National Assembly altered some provisions in the 2017 budget. The former Governor of Lagos state, who is not happy with the development, suggested that the judiciary may have to explain how far lawmakers can go in...

Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday surprised Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River as he got off his car to interact with the people Calabar, the state capital. At the Obong's palace, where Governor Ayade expressed pleasure how Prof. Osinbajo interacted with the people. Ayade noted how...

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has admitted that the economy has proven to be the biggest challenge of all under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Osinbajo, in his Democracy Day speech released on Monday morning, said the administration had been extremely mindful of the many...

Kano state’s anti-corruption commission said on Tuesday the evidence against the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sunusi II Emirate Council were “intact”. The commission had last month announced the investigation but pulled the break after the State House of Assembly earlier this month resolved to...

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, has directed the resumption of 24-hour operations at the Apapa port and outrightly banned touting by officials or unofficial persons at any port; be it air, land and sea ports in Nigeria. Mr. Osinbajo had on Thursday signed three Executive Orders dealing with the...

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is meeting behind closed doors with some top security Chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Among those at the meeting included the Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), Gabriel Olonishaki and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno. Others included...

Presidency has promised to give the 2017 budget the urgency it merits by signing it into law immediately it is transmitted by the National Assembly. A source assured that Acting President Yemi Osinbajo would not hesitate to perform the all-important ritual. The Presidency however said that the...

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo and the immediate past vice president, Mohammed Namadi Sambo, are currently meeting at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja. The closed-door meeting is being held at the vice president's wing of the Presidential Villa. The former vice president arrived...

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is currently in meeting with Ministers and cabinet members The weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting used to start at 11:00am but was reversed to 10am. President Muhammadu Buhari had Sunday night departed for London for further medical follow-up and...

Protesters on Monday reportedly broke into the venue of a meeting Acting President Yemi Osinbajo was having with stakeholders in Edo state, disrupting the entire programme, TheCable reports. The meeting is part of an ongoing negotiation interface with the oil producing communities in the...

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has promised that the Federal Government is planning urgent relief to poultry farmers in the country to save the industry from collapse. This intervention is coming as the prices of an egg in markets go for about N50 for N70 from the initial N30 price. Prof...

Days after Acting President Yemi Osinbajo summoned the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris to Aso Rock over the violence in Southern Kaduna area, a total deployment of 15, 285 policemen are now being put in place by the Nigeria Police Force. According to reports, Osinbajo met with...

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is currently meeting behind close-doors with Senate President Bukola Saraki, House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara and other top government officials. DailyTrust said it is an extended meeting of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council...

The National Economic Council (NEC) held Thursday in Abuja unanimously approved the nomination of six Nigerians for the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority. The body also approved the injection of a fresh $250 million capital into the Sovereign Wealth Fund. The meeting which lasted for four...

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo Wednesday told leaders of organised labour who staged a protest to the Aso Rock Villa demanding good governance that “corruption in this country is wealthy, powerful and influential”. Osinbajo spoke with the leaders led by president of the Nigeria Labour Congress...

The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu on Thursday met behind closed doors with Acting President Yemi Osinbajo at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja. Speakign with journalists after the meeting, Akiolu prayed that President Muhammadu Buhari return to Nigeria hale and hearty. He said...