Politician
12/11/2023
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the November 11, 2023 governorship election in the state.
The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Prof Abayomi Fashina, who was the state Returning Officer declared Uzodimma re-elected on Sunday morning at about 10 am after over eight hours of collation of local government results.
21/08/2023
JUST IN: Tinubu Swears In Ministers
President Bola Tinubu has sworn in members of his cabinet after screening and confirmation by the senate. The event, which kicked off at 10am, is…
Tinubu had earlier assigned portfolios to the ministers.
The swearing in was done in batches of five.
The first five ministers sworn in were:
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice
Lateef Fagbemi
Minister of State, Gas Resources
Ekperipe Ekpo
Minister of State, Labour and Employment
Nkiruka Onyejeocha
Minister of Women Affairs
Uju Kennedy
Minister of Education
Tahir Maman
Second batch:
Minster of Agriculture and Food Security
Abubakar Kyari
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Yusuf M. Tuggar
Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare
All Pate
Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation
Joseph Utsev
Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri is the Hon. Minister of State (Oil), Petroleum Resources
Third batch of ministers:
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development
Festus Keyamo
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation
Betta Edu
Minister of Sports Development
John Enoh
Minister of Works
David Umahi
Minister of Niger Delta Development
Abubakar Momoh
20/08/2023
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Engr. Abubakar Momoh as the Minister of Niger Delta Development.
The president announced this in a statement which Ajuri Ngelale, his spokesman, issued on his behalf on Sunday night.
Momoh was formerly deployed to the Ministry of Youth.
In the statement, the president announced that a new Youth Minister would be appointed soon
The president also changed some portfolios as listed below.
“(A) H.E. Adegboyega Oyetola is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Marine & Blue Economy
“(B) Hon. Bunmi Tunji-Ojo is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Interior
“(C) Hon. Sa’idu Alkali is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Transportation
“Furthermore, both Ministers of State in the Oil & Gas sector are now domiciled in the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources with the following designations:
“(i) Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri is the Hon. Minister of State (Oil), Petroleum Resources
“(ii) Hon. Ekperipe Ekpo is the Hon. Minister of State (Gas), Petroleum Resources”
The President also approved the renaming of the Federal Ministry of Environment and Ecological Management as the Federal Ministry of Environment.
“All aforementioned changes take immediate effect by these directives of the President,”