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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