Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, the newly nominated Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, has visited former Plateau State Governor, Senator Simon Bako Lalong. This visit comes after Lalong resigned from President Tinubu’s cabinet, where he served as Minister of Labour, Employment, and Productivity, to take up his new role as a Senator in the … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has refuted a media report that he opposed the recommended replacement of his predecessor, Nasir El-Rufai, as a minister-designate. El-Rufai is among the 48 ministerial nominees sent to the Senate by President Bola Tinubu, but he is yet to be cleared by the Senate … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that more facts have emerged on how President Bola Tinubu offer for a former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, for the latter to become a minister in the yet-to-be-formed Federal Executive Council crumbled. Saturday PUNCH investigation revealed that El-Rufai had been promised to man the proposed Ministry of Power and … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that Festus Keyamo, immediate past minister of state for labour and employment, tweeted the lyrics of a popular gospel tune in celebration, after news broke that he is well on his way to becoming a federal minister for the second time of asking. On Friday, President Bola Tinubu sent a letter … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the nomination of former Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike as minister by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. According to The Nation, the PDP Acting National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum, said the party will take a definite decision on the nomination of Wike. Damagum … Read more
EkoHotBlog reports that a group of youths from the Taraba Central senatorial District of Taraba State yesterday called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to choose the ministerial nominee from the state from Taraba Central. Addressing journalists after a stakeholders’ meeting in Gombe, Gombe State, a member of the APC 2023 Presidential Campaign Committee, Malam Bayero … Read more