Written by Abdul-Rahman Abubakar & Turaki A. Hassan:
Akunyili: ‘No, I didn’t’
The first day of the Senate screening of ministerial nominees in Abuja recorded high drama and much excitement yesterday when Senate Chief Whip Senator Mahmud Kanti Bello (PDP, Katsina North), accused former Information and Communications Minister Professor Dora Akunyili of being part of the cabal [...]
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From Kunle Akogun and Sufuyan Ojeifo:
• Jonathan sends 5 more nominees to Senate
There was a blend of agitation and drama yesterday when the role of former Information and Communication Minister, Prof. Dora Akunyili, in the dissolved cabinet of ailing President Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua came under focus in the Senate.
It all happened during her screening [...]
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By John Alechenu and James Azania:
There was an uproar in the Senate on Monday during the screening of ministerial nominees by members of the upper arm of the National Assembly.
The screening had began smoothly with Mrs. Fidelia Njeze and Chief Adetokunbo Kayode (SAN) but when it got to the turn of Prof. Dora Akunyili, the [...]
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From Martins Oloja, and Marcel Mbamalu:
IT was a mixed grill of panic and excitement in the public finance sector during the week, as hints that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) may have resolved to effect implementation of 2006 Bankers Committee Code of Conduct filtered in.
The Corporate Governance policy document, when fully enforced, could send [...]
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By Adetutu Folasade-Koyi:
• Sends Five More Names To Senate
• Fireworks, Uproar In Senate Over Akunyili
FIVE additional Ministerial nominees scaled the twin hurdles of security agencies and intrigues from their homesteads on Monday, and their names were forwarded to the Senate, which on the same day began the screening of all the 38 job applicants.
Acting President [...]
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• Senate receives list of 5 more nominated ministers
• FG creates special courts to try corrupt public officers
THE Senate went up in a rowdy session on Monday following the appearance of the former Minister of Information and Communications, Professor Dora Akunyili, for the day’s screening of ministers.
She was the third person to be screened on [...]
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• As Boko Haram regroup
• Troops take over Borno
Tension and suspense brewed yesterday in some parts of the north, particularly Maiduguri, Borno State, as the Nigerian police and immigration services were kept on red alert, as they received text messages threatening new religious violence by a radical Islamic sect.
Agency reports said the text messages which [...]
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From FRANCIS AWOWOLE-BROWN, TESSY IGOMU and NDUBUISI ORJI:
…As Senator hits ex-information minister
Drama and intrigues pervaded the floor of the Senate on Monday as members of the upper chamber of the National Assembly commenced screening of ministerial nominees. Former minister of information and communications, Professor Dora Akunyili was literally on the firing line at the screening, [...]
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By Gbade Ogunwale:
• Senator accuses nominee of betrayal
• Babalola, Odey, Abbah, Bio nominated
It was a mixed grill – of fun and fury – yesterday at the Senate’s screening of ministerial nominees.
The hitherto smooth session turned rowdy as senators disagreed over former Information and Communication Minister Dora Akunyili.
Mrs Akunyili, who was the third of the 33 [...]
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Written by Uchenna Awom and Andrew Oota:
The issue of ‘cabal in government’ took centre stage as the Senate began screening ministerial nominees amid a raucous session yesterday when former Minister of Information and Communication, Prof. Dora Akunyili, pointedly told the senators that she was never a member of the cabal in the presidency that surrounds ailing President Umaru [...]
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