Statement by WHO Director-General, Dr Margaret Chan 22 September 2015 WHO welcomes the appointment of the Chair-elect of the Board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. She will take up the position of Chair from January 2016. Dr Okonjo-Iweala is a renowned development economist and former Nigerian Finance […]
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Buhari approves N70m for Independence celebrations
Worried by the dwindling revenues of the country, President Muhammadu Buhari approved only N70million for this year’s Independence celebrations. Addressing journalists on Tuesday, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal who was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of […]
Soludo, Fayemi visit Buhari’s CoS ahead of ministerial appointments
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Professor Charles Soludo, and former Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, were yesterday sighted at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, filling visitors’ forms on their way to the office of Alhaji Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. The Vanguard […]
Saraki succumbs, says I am not guilty
The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, has compelled the Senate President, Dr. Olubukola Saraki, to mount the dock to answer to corruption charges preferred against him by the federal government. The Vanguard reported that Saraki who initially refused to enter inside the accused box to enter his plea to the […]
Saraki refuses to be docked
The trial of the Senate President, Dr. Olubukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja,commenced on a dramatic note this morning, with the accused person, refusing to mount the dock. Vanguard reported that the trial tribunal, headed by Justice Danladi Umar, called up Saraki’s case […]
I’m very grateful for the support of Nigerians – Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has built quite a remarkable global reputation over the last three decades, and is unarguably one of the most influential and powerful personalities in the world. The last time I met her was in July, a month after the new administration assumed power. She cheerfully said she […]
Olu Falae kidnapped in Ondo
A former secretary to the government of the federation, Chief Olu Falae, has been kidnapped in his farm in Ondo State. This was reported by Channels Television.
Okonjo-Iweala gets two international appointments
Chuks Udo Okonta *Elected Chair of the Board of Gavi, a $12 Billion Multilateral Public-Private Partnership on Vaccines *Appointed Senior Advisor, Lazard Investment Bank *Ex Minister Thanks Nigerians and International Community for Support Former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has accepted two key […]
Six Nigerian pilgrims dead in crane crash buried, says envoy
Nigeria’s Consul-General to Saudi Arabia Ahmed Umar said on Sunday that the six Nigerian Pilgrims who died in the Sept. 11 crane crash in Mecca had been buried. Briefing newsmen in Jeddah, he said the bodies were buried on Sept. 18, in a “specially designated cemetery’’ in Mecca, where all […]
Buhari is a liar and has deceived you, says Shekau
Shekau Nigeria’s military on Saturday claimed further gains in its counter-offensive against Boko Haram, but the group’s shadowy leader Abubakar Shekau dismissed the talk of success as “lies”. Vanguard reported that the Army spokesman Sani Usman said troops destroyed more rebel enclaves and camps in the restive state of Borno, […]
