Federal Executive Council (FEC) has set up a committee to resolve outstanding issues between executive and legislative arms of the government, Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, said. Mr. Mohammed told reporters after the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday in Abuja that the executive is concerned about its deteriorating relationship with the National Assembly. “The executive is also quite worried and quite concerned that the relationship between the two arms of government is not as smooth as it is supposed to be", he said. “In any democracy, it is a continuous struggle for balancing between the executive and the legislature…

Minister of Information Lai Mohammed yesterday explained that releasing how much President Muhammadu Buhari spent on his medical vacation in the United Kingdom (UK) may jeopardise national security. The President, who returned to Nigeria on March 10, spent about 50 days in the UK, where he had treatment for undisclosed ailments. He had also last June embarked on medical trip abroad. The minister, who briefed State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari, was reacting to calls for the President to tell Nigerians amount spent on his medical treatment abroad.…

Workers of Ministry of Information have staged a protest against what they described as the ministry’s negligence of staff welfare and gross misappropriation of public funds. They urged President Muhammadu Buhari to probe activities of the ministry over non-payment of allowances, refusal to train staff, among others. The protesters, who chanted songs of displeasure and blocked the gate of the ministry, told reporters that they were subjected to work under poor conditions, delay of promotion arrears, non-payment of repatriation allowances and selective training of staff. Chairman of the Association of Senior Civil Servants, Information Chapter, Adam Ogwola, recounted many challenges…

Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), says the Senate lacks the power to summon him. He, therefore, lambasted the lawmakers for attempting to flex constitutional muscles which he said they did not possess. The Senate had on Wednesday proposed to invite Sagay for saying that senators were irresponsible and childish in an interview with The PUNCH. However, the senior advocate maintained that he was not misquoted in The PUNCH report and therefore stood by his claim. He said he had not received any letter from the upper legislative chamber. The law professor said the…