President @MBuhari has asked the Senate to confirm Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa as substantive Chairman of @officialEFCC. In a letter to President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, the President said he was acting in accordance with Paragraph 2(3) of Part1, CAP E1 of EFCC Act 2004. Bawa, 40, is a trained EFCC investigator with vast
Top 20 all Muslim NNPC executives in Nigeria
The Latest rumoured appointment of Ahmed Bashir as DPR boss has stirred a lot of controversy. This rumor Bashir Ahmad had debunked is still getting many people worked up as many still believe something is still brewing. Meanwhile, NNPC and all the top oil jobs are seemingly an exclusive jobs for the Fulani Muslims. Read
EXCLUSIVE: Buhari quietly appoints Bashir Ahmad manager of lucrative petroleum ministry department
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed his junior media aide Bashir Ahmad to supervise a powerful and lucrative division at the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) — a role that supersedes his work experience and area of expertise, officials familiar with the development told Peoples Gazette over the weekend. Mr. Ahmad, 29, has served as personal assistant
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Appointed WTO Director-General
WTO members made history today (15 February) when the General Council agreed by consensus to select Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria as the organization’s seventh Director-General. When she takes office on 1 March, Dr Okonjo-Iweala will become the first woman and the first African to be chosen as Director-General. Her term, renewable, will expire on 31
#Lekkitollgate : Reports from the ongoing protest (video)
Lagos state government has shown her preparedness to stop the proposed Peaceful protest that’s supposed to be held at the Lekki toll gate in furtherance to the Lagos state government’s insistence on the reopening of the toll gate where Some Innocent Nigerians lost their lives during a peaceful protest on the 30th of October 2020. However,
Gtbank and Access bank start blocking accounts of customers
Access Bank and Gtbank have been trending for the wrong reasons today as they have started blocking the account of their customers that have traces of cryptocurrency transactions. You’d recall that CBN had placed a ban on cryptocurrency and asked banks to block accounts with cryptocurrency related. In furtherance to that, Gtbank and Access bank have
Nigerian Soldier and Police in a gun challenge (video)
This funny but interesting video clip of a Nigerian Soldier and Police trying to dismantle and couple back an Ak47 rifle made most people doubt the competence of the Police while handling the gun. Some argued that Police should be stripped of the gun and rather handed catapults instead. From the video, they were both
IPPIS Is A Scam, FG Deceived Us – NASU Chairman
Chairman of the University of Lagos chapter of the Non Academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Institutions, Mr. Kehinde Ajibade, has described the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) used to pay civil servants as fraudulent. He accused the Federal Government of deceiving the Union to sign up for it. NASU and the Senior
Breaking : Lateef Jakande is dead
Alhaji lateet Kayode Jakande, the first civilian governor of lagos state has passed on. The news of his death was announced by the governor of lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on his official twitter account. With gratitude to God for a worthy life well spent in the service of Lagos State, Nigeria and humanity, I announce
Court Orders CBN To Unfreeze #endsars Promoters’ Accounts
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to unfreeze the bank accounts of the 20 #EndSARS promoters. Justice Ahmed Mohammed gave the ruling following the agreement reached by parties in the suit to amicably resolve the matter. Justice Mohammed, who commended counsel to the CBN, Michael Andoaka, SAN,