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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Electrification Agency. Mr Aaron Artimas, the Special Adviser, Media, and Communication to the Minister of Power, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Artimas said that Ahmad, a renewable energy expert, holds two master’s degree in development studies and project planning. According to him, Ahmad has vast knowledge and experience in power sector development. Similarly, the statement said Mr Olaniyi Netufo was also appointed the Executive Director, South West, while Mr Eddi Julius was…
As year 2019 comes to end on Tuesday, 31st December, the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has urged Nigerians, particularly the motoring public to sustain collective vigilance against the menace of road traffic crashes in the country, saying joint effort remains the panacea for dealing with the challenges of road traffic crashes. Oyeyemi stated this in his 2020 new year message in which he applauded the critical road safety stakeholders for sustaining the tempo of campaigns in the outgoing year with a call on them not to relent in the new year. According…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Electrification Agency. Mr Aaron Artimas, the Special Adviser, Media, and Communication to the Minister of Power, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Artimas said that Ahmad, a renewable energy expert, holds two master’s degree in development studies and project planning. According to him, Ahmad has vast knowledge and experience in power sector development. Similarly, the statement said Mr Olaniyi Netufo was also appointed the Executive Director, South West, while Mr Eddi Julius was…
No fewer than five officials and three directors of Zamfara State ministry of finance have been suspended over an alleged appointment racketeering. The shocking discovery of 5,000 ghost workers receiving a salary amounting to N216 million by the state government led to the suspension of the officials. One of the suspended workers who allegedly aided the appointment racketeering was reportedly receiving thrice the salary a medical doctor gets at the end of the month. While reacting to the development, the state’s commissioner for finance, Rabiu Garba confirmed the suspension and added that the culpable officials include Director, Finance Hospital Management…
As part of the charity programme, the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) Alumni, Nigeria Chapter, has donated relief materials to three humanitarian organizations operating in Lagos. The donations, which include personal care, clothing, and food items, were delivered to Tower of Refuge Motherless/Orphanage Home, Surulere; Nigerian Red Cross Society Motherless and Abandoned Babies Home, Yaba and Old Peoples Home, Yaba by a team led by its President, Mr. Sunday Agboola. Besides the gifts, the visiting team also spent some time with the orphans and the elderly people as well as the workers, saying it was a demonstration of the…
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has approved the appointment of five female Special Advisers (SAs). This is contained in a statement by Mr Abba Anwar, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor and made available to newsmen in Kano on Monday. The new appointees are Hajiya Fatima Abdullahi Dala, Child Welfare and Women Mobilization; Dr Fauziyya Buba, Health Services Management; Hajiya Aishatu Jaafaru, School Feeding Programme; Hajiya Hama Ali Aware, Foreign Investment, and Hajiya Yardada Maikano Bichi, Non-Governmental Organisations. The governor enjoined all the appointees to prove their mettle while discharging their assigned responsibilities in the office. “The fact…
Israel Ibeleme Foundation, an NGO, on Monday, honoured eight police traffic wardens serving in Abuja, for their hard work and dedication to duties. Those honoured were, Insp. Sunday Abeh, serving in the MOTOPOL unit; Sgt Selbol Audu in Garki Division, and Insp. Anthonia Unchendu and Emmanuel Kopwul, both in the Wuse Division. Others were Insp. Audu Isah (Mabushi Division), Insp. Usman Yakubu (Maitama), Insp. Jibrin Gada (Central Police Station) and Abdullahi Isah (Asokoro). The foundation honoured them with gifts of hampers at a ceremony hosted by the Metro Office of the Police Area Command in Maitama. It also announced the…
The Joint Task Force (JFT), code-named Operation Delta Safe, and the Nigerian Navy on Monday visited former President Goodluck Jonathan’s residence in Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The visit was to ascertain the level of damage following the attack on the former president’s residence by unknown gunmen on Christmas eve. They said the visit was also to find the necessary solution to prevent the reoccurrence of such attacks. In attendance were the JTF Commander, Rear Admiral Akinjide Akinrinade, the Flag Officer Commanding Central Naval Command, Rear Admiral Saidu Garba, the Commander Nigerian Navy Ship Soroh, Commodore Felix Esekhile…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Plateau Command, has commended residents of Jos-Bukuru metropolis for conducting themselves peacefully during the Christmas festival. Obasa Tanimu, the command’s Public Relations Officer, made the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Jos. Tanimu said the command recorded a peaceful celebration within the metropolis and commended the residents for their cooperation during the festive period. He urged them to sustain the gesture and desist from indulging in nefarious activities capable of jeopardizing the peace being enjoyed in the state. He, however, said that some suspected…
The Nigerian Army, such as other armed forces in Nigeria, has been involved in a series of security operations to counter myriads of existing and emerging security challenges in different parts of the country. Notable among these security challenges is the Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) insurgents’ activities in the North-Eastern states of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe as well as the banditry and kidnapping in the northwestern states of Kaduna, Zamfara, and Katsina. There have also been cases of farmer/herders and communal clashes in Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba states; kidnapping and armed robbery in the…