Those whose confirmation was declined were the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, Stella Okotete from Delta State and Abubakar Danladi from Taraba State. Following the furore that greeted his non-confirmation, Mr El-Rufai said he no longer wanted to be a minister.
Politics appears to have been the dominant consideration in the mind of President Tinubu in picking his ministers as he finally constitutes this week Nigeria's largest federal cabinet in the Fourth Republic. Read More
Niger Coup: Junta hints at transition after meeting with ECOWAS delegation
In a televised broadcast on Saturday, he said the junta had no ambition to confiscate power, adding that the transition of power would not go beyond three years.
"From the ICU outside, you could see the heavy fumes, while most of us who wanted to check our patients couldn't enter immediately, some people entered using wet blankets covering their heads and faces and others were masked," the source said.
PREMIUM TIMES reliably gathered that the fighting broke out between the Bakoura Buduma -led faction of Boko Haram and ISWAP over the control of turf around the Lake Chad Basin.
According to the market data collated by PREMIUM TIMES, the naira closed at N739.52 to a dollar as against N740.67 it was exchanged for in the previous session on Thursday.
The actor, who became famous after featuring in the 2002 Nollywood movie Aki na Ukwa, said that he was on the verge of killing himself when he was nine after a doctor informed his mother that he had stunted growth.
Her caption, "I don't involve myself in bullshit, especially other people's bullshit. This, I must say, is the biggest embarrassment from any government agency or drug law enforcement agency."
Another aspect of the earth which God has given to our dominion is the word under the earth. We should never think of becoming afraid of anything on the earth or under the earth. They are under our authority. We are the lords and ruler of everything on the earth and under the earth. Our attitude must be that of God and His creation, for we represent God to manage the earth for Him
The wind of coups blowing across West Africa can be neutralised with good governance. First we have to come to terms with the fact that unconstitutional tenure elongation by incumbent presidents is itself a coup. When leaders refuse to vacate their seats at the end of their agreed term but opt to bend the constitution to their will, ECOWAS ought to rise up against them. That is how to prevent coups.
An educational consultant of high repute with over 25 years of cognate experience consulting for private schools in and outside Nigeria, Mr Nelson Ayodele, the first Vice President Business School of Netherlands Alumni Association, is a motivational speaker, life coach and counsellor.
The collaboration amongst the three institutions would see the utilization of existing classified skin lesion datasets, first from the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) and the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), in validating and training an A.I model.
Speaking as the preeminent local content advocate in Africa, the NCDMB boss gave an overview of key parameters that are critical to in-country value addition and growth of the sector on a sustainable basis.
VERDICT: FALSE. The Guinness World Record (GWR) currently recognises a Malian woman, Halima Cisse, who delivered nonuplets in 2021 in Casablanca, Morocco. Multiple media reports highlight controversies surrounding the birth of decuplets by Ms Sithole, dismissing every iota of truth.
Radio Democracy has been at the centre of controversy in recent weeks. Mass resignations have left the station shaken to the core, with a new administration taking over. These days they feature in the news as much as they report it.
