BREAKING: Buhari sends ministerial list to National Assembly

President Muhammadu Buhari has released the long-awaited ministerial list.

The list has now been forwarded to the National Assembly for approval, Daily Independent is reporting.

It quoted presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, who has promised that the list will be uploaded online for everybody to read before the end of Tuesday, July 2.

UPDATE: Presidency denies breaking news on ministerial list

Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has denied breaking any news on the much-anticipated ministerial list.

This morning, reports were rife on social media that Shehu had released the ministerial list.

However, in a swift reaction, Shehu via his Twitter handle, denied the report. According to him, he has not even been briefed about the ministerial list. His tweet reads

“My Twitter account is a verified one. Whoever wants to know what I have said should go to it, not to a fake one. I have no breaking news on the appointment of ministers because I have not been briefed about it. Ignore the report they are attributing to me, please,”