Immediate-past factional Acting National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Victor Giadom has defended the appointment of Yobe state Governor Mai Mala Buni as the party’s caretaker/extraordinary convention committee chairman. He said there was no breach of APC constitution whatsoever in the appointment as Buni was not elected as APC national chairman. Buni is the chairman of the Read More
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has said the federal government would bring the full wrath of the law to bear on employers who violate the rights of their employees hiding under the guise of the coronavirus pandemic. Ngige handed the threat while speaking at a webinar organised by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Abuja Office, on the impact of Read More
Muhammad Nami, Executive Chairman of the nation’s foremost revenue generation agency, the Federal Internal Revenue Service, FIRS, can surely not be one of the most tranquil and happiest of chief executives in the country today. Not with the gargantuan assignment that he must accomplish, the inclement weather militating against a smooth sail and, the cacophonous decibels of a myriad of fifth Read More
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. (Dr.) Zainab Ahmed, has overruled the power minister, Mr. Saleh Mamman, with the inauguration of the board of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company (NBET) still having the purportedly sacked Dr. Marilyn Amobi as Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer. This shows that the power tussle between the two ministries is nowhere near Read More
Sixteen Elder statesmen and leaders of socio-cultural groups on Monday dragged President Muhammadu Buhari before the Federal High Court in Abuja. In the suit filed by their counsel, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), the group alleged lopsided appointments since the inception of his administration in 2015. According to the allegation, Buhari’s appointments contravened the provisions of the 1999 Constitution and the Federal Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re- appointment of Engr. Abubakar Halilu Muazu as the Managing Director of Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority, Yola. This was announced in a statement by the director, Information,Ministry of Water Resources, Mrs Kenechukwu Offie, on Thursday said this is the final term with effect from 6th Saturday, 2020. “The President and Commander – in Read More
The Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Osun state, Tuesday, described the appointment of one of their members, Olaniyi Ajibola, as the Chief Press Secretary to the deputy governor, Mr Olugboyega Alabi, as “deserving and commendable.” A release by the secretary of the correspondents’ chapel, Lateef Dada, lauded the deputy governor, saying the appointment confirmed the Read More
In the last one week, Nigeria’s power sector has been swimming in controversies over the removal of the immediate past Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Mr. Usman Gur Mohammed. TOPE SUNDAY reports. On May 19, 2020, Minister of Power, Engr. Sale Mamman, sacked the Managing Director of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Mr. Usman Gur Mohammed. Though, no reason Read More
The open letter to Buhari by Col. Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (rtd) is as frivolous as its author.Col. Umar was appointed the military governor of Kaduna state when he was a bachelor and an ordinary major in the Nigerian Army. The immaturity and incompetence with which Dangiwa handled the Kafanchan crisis were a clear testimony for his unsuitability to govern Read More
A lawmaker from Abia state and spokesman of House of Representatives, Honourable Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has applauded President Mohammedu Buhari for the appointment of Professor Godwill Obioma as the registrar of the National Examination Council (NECO), describing the appointment as a square peg in a square hole. Kalu stated this Monday in a congratulatory letter to Professor Obioma as the Read More
A former Kaduna state Military Governor Col. Abubakar Dangiwa Umar, Sunday wrote an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, advising him not to dump the acting president, Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban Mensem for the next in line on account of religious or ethnic reasons. He also expressed some reservations over some appointments so far made by the president, Read More
With the demise of Chief Richard Osuolale Abimbola Akinjide (1931-2020) all ministers, except Alhaji Ganiyu Folorunsho Abdul Razak (93) and Chief Jacob Cheogbu Obande (98) who served in the first Republic under Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912-1966) have answered the final call. For better or for worse we have missed them. Notable ministers that we have missed included Dr Moses Read More
Former Super Eagles striker, John Utaka, has been handed a coaching job by his former club French Ligue side Montpellier, the club announced via their Facebook page. Utaka was instrumental to their first French league title scoring a brace in the final day of 2011/2012 season to power them top a 2-1 victory over Auxerre beating PSG to the second Read More
He was called to bar on February 7, 1956 and enrolled on March 12, 1956. He became a SAN (Senior Advocate of Nigeria) in 1978 and his number is 8. In the Nigeria’s legal Practitioner’s list, he is lawyer number 509. I met Chief Richard Osuolale Abimbola Akinjide (4 November, 1931-21 April, 2020) in 1973 after his tenure as President Read More
Nigeria’s apex capital market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), is set to witness a new dawn, exiting a two-year cul-de-sac and uncertainties surrounding its leadership after the former Director General of the Commission, Mr Munir Gwarzo, was suspended by former Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun. However, a new lease of life is being injected into the commission, Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Kashim Ibrahim-Imam as chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, broke the news Monday about Ibrahim-Imam’s appointment, which was effective from May 14, 2020. Adamu also said the appointment would run for four years consequent upon which it would be reviewed based on Read More
The Council of Ulama (Islamic scholars) in Ilorin Emirate, Kwara state, has expressed gratitude to President Muhammad Buhari for appointing Prof Ibrahim Gambari as his chief of staff. The council thanked President Buhari for putting a square peg in a square hole, describing Gambari’s appointment as well- deserved. In a statement signed by its chairman and the chief Imam of Read More
Taiye Odewale The former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, hailed the appointment of Professor Ibrahim Gambari as the new Chief of Staff to President Muhamnadu Buhari .Ekweremadu on his tweeter handle Wednesday, said Gambari , going by his pedigree and antecedents in public service, would make the best from the appointment. He said ” I congratulate the Chief Read More
Owner-states of ODUA Investment Company Limited have appointed Dr Lawrence Segun Aina as the new chairman for the conglomerate. According to a statement made available to newsmen in Ibadan by the ODUA Investment Company Limited Head, Corporate Affairs, Mr Victor Ayetoro, the owner state governors also approved the appointment of five board members into the board of the investment company. Read More
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