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The National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism, on Saturday, awarded Alhaji Lai Muhammed, the Minister of Information and Culture and some other prominent Nigerians with Honorary Fellowship of the institute in Abuja. This was at the second combined convocation ceremony of the institute where 3,000 students of the institute graduated. Also awarded with honorary fellowship of the institute were the Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abuakar, Sen. Rochas Okorocha, Dr Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Productivity and Mr Rauf Aregbesola, Minister of Interior, among others. Muhammed, who was represented by Mrs Patricia Narayi, Director of Domestic Tourism, commended NITOHOUR for…
The Nigerian Army, Nigerian Police Force and Nigerian Air Force (NAF) emerged top winners at the Maiden Security and Emergency Management Award (SAEMA) instituted to recognize and appreciate the contributions of the defence, security, intelligence, and emergency agencies to national development. The award event which was well attended by stakeholders in Nigeria’s defence and security sector in Abuja had Nigerian Army and Police winning in three out of 18 categories with Air Force winning on two occasions. Army won in the following categories: Civil-Military Relations, Military Officer (Brig-Gen. Abdulmalik Bulama Biu), and Gallantry (Lance Corporal Illyasu Bala); while the Police…
Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun has appointed Mrs Ajibola Chokor as the new Head of Service in the state. This is contained in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Saturday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Kunle Somorin. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the former Head of Service, Lanre Bisiriyu, alongside 11 Permanent Secretaries bowed out of the public service of the state on Friday. NAN also reports that a valedictory programme was organized to mark their retirement from active service where Abiodun promised to apply merit in the appointment of Bisiriyu’s successor. According to…
The University of Jos on Saturday, graduated 11, 431 students comprising 74 first class, three distinctions (Pharmacy) and 97 Doctors of Philosophy (PhDs).Prof. Sabastian Maimako, Vice- Chancellor (VC) of the University gave the figures at the university’s 31st and 32nd combined convocation in Jos.“The total comprises 3, 385 undergraduate graduands for 2016/2017 session, 3,638 for undergraduates for 2017/2018 session and 2260 graduands from affiliated institutions.“Also 1,703 graduated with postgraduate degrees and diplomas among which 97 earned PhDs”.The VC said that the distinctive feature of the convocation was the conferment of honorary doctorate degrees on some distinguished personalities.He said that two…
Measles infected nearly 10 million people in 2018 and killed 140,000, mostly children, as devastating outbreaks of the viral disease hit every region of the world, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday. WHO’s Director-General, Tedros Ghebreysus, said in London that said the figures were “an outrage”. WHO said most of 2018 measles deaths were in children under five years old, who had not been vaccinated. “The fact that any child dies from a vaccine-preventable disease, like measles, is frankly an outrage and a collective failure to protect the world’s most vulnerable children,’’ said Ghebreysus. The picture for 2019…
Chief Ademola Odunade, the President of a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, on Friday dissolved the 11-year-old marriage between one Kazeem Amzat and wife, Adijat, over sex starvation and adulterous lifestyle. In his judgment, Odunade held that the court had done everything possible to settle the problem between Kazeem and Adijat, all to no avail. He subsequently pronounced the marriage dissolved in the interest of peaceful living. Odunade awarded custody of the two children produced by the union to Adijat and directed Kazeem to pay N10,000 as the children’s monthly feeding allowance in addition to being responsible for their education…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), has begun free medical outreach for Mabera Community in Sokoto Metropolis, targeting 3, 000 persons in the two-day exercise. Launching the programme on Friday in Sokoto, Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto, described the medical outreach as a commendable gesture by NAF. Tambuwal, represented by his Deputy, Alhaji Maniru Dan’iya, urged NAF to extend such gestures to other areas such as education, in view of the availability of diverse expertise in the service. He commended the existing cordial relations between the community, NAF officials and other security agencies, and urged them to redouble efforts at safeguarding…
Mr Alfred Adewumi, the new National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Commander in Kogi, says the agency will collaborate with sister security agencies and the state government to rid the state of illicit drugs. Adewumi gave the assurance in a statement signed by Ibrahim Suleiman, Deputy Superintendent of Narcotics in the state and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Friday. He took over from Alhaji Mohammed Bello who had been redeployed to Adamawa Command. Adewumi promised to consolidate on the achievements of his predecessor whom he said performed excellently well. “We are determined to…
The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company has received various awards of excellence for its social responsibility initiatives. It’s Chief Operating Officer, Mr John Ayodele, said in a statement on Friday that the University of Ibadan Teaching Hospital (UCH) gave one of the awards for efforts of IBEDC in the fight against neonatal and infant mortality in Nigeria. According to Ayodele, IBEDC donated a Draeger incubator, baby Apneas, bedding to the pediatric ward of the college hospital and also renovated the children’s outpatient clinic play area. He said the company also bagged another merit award from Lion Wasiu Shittu Deaf Organisation in…
CEC Africa Investments Limited (CECA), a major shareholder of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has blamed its partner, Xerxes Global Investment Limited for breaching a $41 million funding agreement for acquiring the DisCo in 2013. In a statement by the company, CECA dismissed claims by the Chairman of Xerxes Limited, Amb. Shehu Malami in an interview in some newspapers, saying the investors’ crisis at AEDC is being fuelled by greed. Malami in the interview claimed that CECA ought to pay him for his goodwill and name which facilitated the sale of AEDC to KANN Utility Company Limited, their consortium.…