Full Names in Second Batch of Ministerial List

The Senate on Monday received the second batch of prospective ministers for Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari's first cabinet. Three women are in this list, which takes the total number of women named up to six:

Senate Releases Official Ministerial List

The Nigerian senate president, Bukola Saraki, read the list at the plenary session of the Nigerian senate. The names announced ministerial nominees read out by the Senate President are:

MINISTERIAL LIST: President Buhari Picks Fashola, Amaechi, Fayemi, Lai Mohammed [SEE FULL LIST]

The suspense and drama that trailed the much-anticipated ministerial list of President Muhammadu Buhari seems to have come to a climax, with reports that the sealed ministerial list handed to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday which he safely locked away has leaked. The list contains 21 names and has been described as the first batch. It would be recalled that Buhari has stated that he will only retain 19 ministries but how he intends to deploy his ministers is yet to be ascertained.

Pat Utomi, Falana, Oyinlola, Odimegwu others undergo DSS screening: Ministerial List!

There are strong indications that the Department of State Service, (DSS) has completed a screening process for some of the ministerial nominees to make up the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari. Among the list of those who were said to have been screened by the DSS are, former presidential candidate, Prof. Pat Utomi, Femi Falana (SAN), a former Governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, a former finance commissioner in Lagos State, Mr. Wale Edun and Former Managing Director of Nigerian Breweries Limited, Mr. Festus Odimegwu. Others in the list are, Abubakar Malami (SAN), former Chief of Army, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazu (retd.); an former chief executive of the Federal Inland Revenue, Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui-Okaru;

Vanguard gathered from a source very close to the presidency who pleaded anonymity that the aforementioned nominees had appeared before the DSS for their screening at the weekend. However, the nominees are yet to give any confirmation on the supposed screening which may not be far-fetched from the fact that appointments of this nature are treated cautiously in the official circle. It was gathered that no fewer than 20 nominees had been so far screened by the DSS operatives since the exercise started. Recall that the President had indicated in a chat with journalists in Accra, Ghana, on Monday that he would keep his promise of announcing names of his ministers this month.

Our source revealed that the screening process by the DSS involved conducting background checks on the careers of the nominees and operatives were also checking for records of the nominees with anti-graft and security agencies. Vanguard