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President Bola Tinubu has sent the name of Abbas Balarabe, secretary to the Kaduna state government (SSG) as a ministerial nominee from Kaduna to the senate for confirmation. Abbas was nominated to replace Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, whose confirmation was withheld by the senate over security report.El-Rufai was initially nominated as minister but…

The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has said that the recently-introduced cash withdrawal policy is not intended to make life difficult for Nigerians but to strengthen the economy. Speaking with journalists after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina state, Emefiele said many nations were adopting digitisation and…

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Plateau state has asked Christians to get their permanent voter cards (PVCs) to participate in the 2023 elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the State Chairman of association, Rev. Fr. Polycarp Lubo, gave the advice at the 2022 lenten campaign launch of the Catholic Diocese…

President Bola Tinubu has nominated former Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, as the new minister of defence, following the resignation of Mohammed Badaru Abubakar on Monday. In a letter transmitted to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, the President formally presented Musa as his choice to lead the defence ministry. The letter was read on…

A former Ogun state, Gbenga Daniel, has directed that his pension and allowances as a former governor should be suspended. In a letter dated June 14, 2023, address to Dapo Dapo, governor of Ogun state, Daniel who was elected Senator in the 2023 general elections, said his decision for the immediate suspension of the monthly…