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Cabinet Reshuffle: Why Tinubu Was Silent Over Sack Of Betta Edu – Presidency
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
The presidency has dismissed the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, from its cabinet.
The Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, confirmed the development in an interview with SaharaReporters on Thursday.
Recall that Edu was suspended in January 2024 over the alleged diversion of more than N585 million in public funds into a personal bank account.
Tinubu also asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to thoroughly investigate all the ministry’s financial transactions.
The investigation extended to the entire framework of Nigeria’s social investment programmes.
However, Edu has denied any wrongdoing.
Tinubu, in the list of new ministers released on Wednesday, replaced Betta Edu with a former gubernatorial candidate on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Nentawe Yilwatda.
However, Tinubu was silent about the replacement as Edu’s name was not among the list of sacked ministers.
Speaking on why Betta Edu was not listed along with the names of other ministers dismissed by President Tinubu, as announced by the Presidency on Wednesday, Ajayi said, “Since the President did not bring her back, it is as clear as it is.
“If she’s not coming back to the cabinet, it means she’s not part of it, especially if you didn’t see her name in the reshuffled cabinet yesterday.
The President has the power to hire and fire, to appoint and reappoint whoever he wants to reappoint. If her name is not there, that means she’s not there. I don’t think there is anything to argue about.”
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Finally, Four Astronauts Return To Earth After Two-Month Delay By Boeing Capsule Trouble
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
SpaceX’s capsule carrying NASA’s Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps, and Russia’s Alexander Grebenkin splashed down off Florida’s coast after a mid-week departure from the space station, AP reports.
After an extended stay aboard the International Space Station, four astronauts safely returned to Earth early Friday morning, landing in the Gulf of Mexico before dawn.
SpaceX’s capsule carrying NASA’s Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps, and Russia’s Alexander Grebenkin splashed down off Florida’s coast after a mid-week departure from the space station, AP reports.
Originally set to return two months ago, the crew’s homecoming was delayed due to issues with Boeing’s new Starliner capsule, which returned empty in September over safety concerns.
Hurricane Milton further pushed back their return, followed by high winds and rough seas.
Barratt, the only mission veteran, praised the ground team’s efforts, stating they had “to replan, retool and kind of redo everything right along with us … and helped us to roll with all those punches.”
The four astronauts launched in March and are now replaced by two Starliner test pilots, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, and two other astronauts launched by SpaceX four weeks ago. This new crew will remain on board until February
With the astronauts’ return, the station now holds its usual crew size of seven, comprising four Americans and three Russians, following months of overflow.
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