By Emmanuel Aziken:
* As Senate sets tough hurdles
ABUJA— EIGHT additional ministerial nominees including erstwhile Minister of Information and Communication, Prof. Dora Akunyili and her National Planning counterpart, Dr. Shamsudeen Usman were presented to the Senate yesterday.
The process of Senate screening for the eight and the earlier 25 presented on Tuesday would begin next Monday, Vanguard [...]
March 25, 2010 | Posted in
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By Adeleke Adeseri, Emmanuel Aziken & Inalegwu Shaibu:
LAGOS— The ministerial team which left for Saudi Arabia, 12.15 a.m. yesterday, was billed to return to the country this morning, but they failed to meet President Umaru Yar’Adua just as the other delegations before them.
Information from Riyadh, capaital of Saudi Arabia as at press time, indicated that [...]
February 24, 2010 | Posted in
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By Madu Onuorah:
THERE were strong pointers in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia yesterday that members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) delegation sent to meet President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua will not see the Nigerian leader.
The Guardian learnt that doctors in Saudi had even written a letter to the Federal Government on new developments in the [...]
February 23, 2010 | Posted in
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Indications emerged on Monday that the six-man delegation raised by the Federal Executive Council to visit ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua in Saudi Arabia might only be on an appreciation visit and may not necessarily see the President.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, told journalists in Abuja that the delegation’s mission was to thank the [...]
February 22, 2010 | Posted in
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By Ben Agande & Daniel Idonor:
RIYADH—NIGERIA’S Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Alhaji Abdullah Aminchi said, yesterday, that it was doctors attending to ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua who had denied Nigerians access to their President in his Jeddah hospital and not Saudi authorities. He said he visited the President last Saturday and that “he is really feeling [...]
February 22, 2010 | Posted in
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By Semiu Okanlawon:
Indications emerged on Sunday that members of the Federal Executive Council who were delegated to visit President Umaru Yar’Adua in Saudi Arabia had been denied landing clearance by that country’s security.
Reliable sources told our correspondent on Sunday night that while members of the team were set for take-off at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International [...]
February 22, 2010 | Posted in
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