Feelers from the meeting of the Executive Council of the Federation meeting held in Aso Rock Nigeria's Presidential indicate that Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has taken full charge of affairs.In fact, he was said to have fired on all cylinders in  manner none of the ministers had seen before.

Insiders told newsdiaryonline that Jonathan, whose authority has been hitherto undermined by the pro-YarAdua cabal, seized the initiative by giving  strong instructions and firm orders to the ministers today.He expects all of them to conduct themselves appropriately or  face the consequences  of their action henceforth, Jonathan reportedly said.

The acting president specifically ordered all the ministers to keep quiet and avoid making any public comment on the state of the nation.This may be a direct reference to the criticism which has trailed the comments of Professor Dora Akunyili ,the Minister of Information who has repeatedly told the truth by insisting that the pro -YarAdua cabal has been fuelling the crisis. Jonathan appears to have taken sides with the Governors Forum and some law makers who have been urging Akunyili to take things easy.No details are are available yet about  what Akunyili's defence was.

Even more,Newsdiaryonline gathered that Jonathan was actually not referring to Akunyili alone and that his order to the minister to keep quiet was meant to be obeyed by all the ministers.The ministers at the meeting  were shocked when Jonathan according to sources threatened to deal with everyone by dissolving the cabinet if the they  failed to behave themselves and show more discipline and seriousness henceforth.

A source who spoke with Newsdiaryonline revealed that ''all the ministers were cowed, and surprised by the boldness of Jonathan''.Nonetheless,  insiders insist  a major  cabinet shakeup is inevitable any time from now.

And in  what appears to be a fallout of today's hard hitting cabinet meeting ,rumour began to make the rounds in Abuja that Akunyili has resigned  from the cabinet. But Newsdiaryonline gathered that the rumour of her resignation was  not true. It was learnt this evening that Akunyili would be proceeding on an official assignment to the United States of America where she will be representing the acting president at a conference of the United Nations.