The Minister of state for Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed will now officially oversee the ministry of finance after Mrs Kemi Adeosun resigned from the position last week.

Mrs Ahmed will no longer work as minister of state for budget and national planning, and will now be addressed with a new portfolio.

Her appointment was announced at the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Mrs Ahmed was asked to supervise operations ion the finance ministry shortly after Mrs Kemi Adeosun resigned.

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI issued a directive to the IG of Police, IBRAHIM IDRIS, to stop the invitation to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the governorship election slated for Saturday in Osun State, Senator ADEMOLA ADELEKE.

The police had earlier invited ADELEKE to the Force Headquarters in Abuja for the purpose of arraigning him on charges of examination malpractices, criminal conspiracy, impersonation, breach of duty and aiding and abetting.

A presidential source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not permitted to speak on the matter, told some State House correspondents that the President had directed that ADELEKE should not be invited until after Saturday’s election.

Force Spokesman, JIMOH MOSHOOD, had told newsmen in Abuja that Senator ADELEKE and four others have been summoned to report to the Special Investigation Panel, Force Headquarters, Abuja, immediately for arraignment in court.

Mr. JIMI AGBAJE has officially declared his intention to contest in the 2019 Lagos State gubernatorial election on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party.

JIMI AGBAJE put an end to speculations about his candidacy in a telephone message sent to Inspiration FM on Wednesday.

He expressed confidence that he would win a free and fair primary election to clinch the PDP ticket and then win the governorship race in 2019.

You will recall that JIMI AGBAJE lost to the incumbent Governor AKINWUNMI AMBODE by over 150,000 votes in the 2015 contest.