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Buhari Unveils, Submits First Ministerial List to Senate, to Retain Petroleum Portfolio   President Muhammadu Buhari today sent the first ministerial list containing the names of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Ibe Kachikwu; former Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola (SAN); former Rivers Governor, Chibuike Amaechi; former Ekiti Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi; and a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazzau (rtd.), as the first batch of ministerial nominees to the Senate. Kachikwu’s name on the list, confirmed information at disposal that he may hold the double portfolio of Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and GMD of NNPC, while Buhari will retain the post of Minister of Petroleum Resources. Buhari said: “I intend to remain the minister of petroleum resources,” Buhari said in an interview on the sidelines of the annual meeting of world leaders at the UN General Assembly in New York on Tues

The Clash of the Political Titans: Who is the Winner as Metuh and Lai Mohammed Spar on Sundry Issues?

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  The Clash of the Political Titans: Who is the Winner as Metuh and Lai Mohammed Spar on Sundry Issues? The altercations between the Spokespersons of the  ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, continued unabated today with both men throwing tantrums at each other. While Metuh said he has no apologies to offer to the APC, especially its spokesman, Mohammed, for exposing his penchant for barefaced lies, insults and distortion of facts to deceive unsuspecting Nigerians, Mohammed admonished the PDP spokesman to show some decorum in his public statements. Metuh, in a statement rday, described as “a mockery of self opinion, Mohammed’s early morning tirade wherein he attempted to pontificate on decorum, a field where he has no credentials, being the originator of hate campaign, with which he fouled Nigeria’s political arena and influenced hundreds of young people, who now engage in abusing one ano

World Peace Day: Obasanjo Launches Story Book on Peace for Children

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  World Peace Day: Obasanjo Launches Story Book on Peace for Children As the world celebrate World Peace Day, former President Olusegun Obasanjo today launched a children story book on peace for the 2015 International Peace Day. The story book which was written by the ex-president, is titled: 'Peace Story for Children' ‎ and was presented to the public at the Olusegun Oba sanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State. While launching the 14-paged booklet, Obasanjo illustrated various cartoons displayed in the book. The book launch was attended by pupils from different secondary schools in the state. The former said it had become imperative to sow the seeds of peace in the minds of children whose minds were more receptive to ideas. He added that doing this would ensure the entrenchment of sustainable peace in the country. Obasanjo who is currently outside the country on peace missions to some other parts of the world was represented by the Dire