President Muhammadu Buhari has named the Board and Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, in tandem with the power confered on him under Section 59(2) of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021.Recall that President Buhari had last September written the Senate on the administrative structure, amendments to the Petroleum Industry Act, which included appointment of Non-Executive Board Members, removal of the Ministries of Petroleum and Finance from the Board of the two new institutions, and appointment of Executive Directors. Presidential Media Adviser, Femi Adesina, said in a statementindicated that Senator Margret Chuba Okadigbo (South East), isChairman of the Board while Mele…
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The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has lauded the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni over his efforts at revitalizing the education sector in the state.Lawan spoke in Abuja while receiving in audience on Tuesday members of the Yobe State Education Appeal Fund Organising Committee led by former Head of Service of the Federation, Alhaji Bukar Goni Aji. His Special adviser on media Ola Awoniyi in a statement quoted Lawan to have told his guests that since Governor Buni took office in 2019, “the trajectory of educational development has improved tremendously and this is something that we have…
The controversy over who to ascend the Olubadan stool have been resolved as 10 of the 11 members of the Olubadan-in-council have endorsed Dr Lekan Balogun as the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland. The immediate past Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji who ascended the throne in March 2016, died in the early hours of Sunday. The Osi Balogun of Ibadanland, High Chief Tajudeen Ajibola, made the disclosure during a news conference by the kingmakers on Wednesday in Ibadan. Ajibola said the kingmakers have resolved that Dr Balogun should be next in line to occupy the throne of Olubadan…
**”Aides, Former Commissioners Dispel Defection Rumours Thousands of the All Progressives Congress (APC) party supporters converged in Yola, the Adamawa state capital to drum their unwavering support for the former state governor, Senator Muhammad Umar Jibrilla Bindow come 2023. The thousands of party supporters which include Senator Bindow’s former commissioners, former aides, party loyalists as well as APC elders met to discuss the need to bring back Senator Bindow to save the state. Speaking during the meeting, a former commissioner of education during Bindow’s administration, Hon Julius Kadala, said the best candidate for APC in Adamawa for the next gubernatorial…
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi state, Prince Mohammed Audu, has celebrated the performance of Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), urging him not to lose focus.Audu specifically urged governor Buni to continue on the trajectory to reposition the governing party as he has been doing.The former governorship aspirant also praised the Kogi state governor Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello-led administration in the state.Prince Audu made these declarations Tuesday evening when he paid a courtesy visit to the Caretaker Committee Chairman in Abuja.While declaring his support for the APC leadership at center…
Former Governor of Jigawa State Alhaji Sule Lamido has expressed deep sympathy with the family, friends, Kano State and Nigeria at large over the death of Bashir Today.He particularly lamented on the vacuum his death has created in the effort to resolve the seeming division in Northern Nigeria and the emerging cracks threatening the legendary Unity in Diversity with serious security and economic consequences. Lamido in a personal message which was made available to the NationalUpdate said,”When the idea of forming the Abuja Round Table the parent body of AR CHAT ROOM was mooted by a group of nine namely, Dr…
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has expressed sadness over the death of Alhaji Bashir Othman Tofa who died on Monday in a condolence message he sent to the family on Tuesday.His special adviser on media Ola Awoniyi gave the indication in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday. Lawan in the statement commiserated with the Government and people of Kano State on the demise of the late politician. He also condoled with Tofa’s friends and political associates. The Senate President said the death of Tofa, who he describes as an astute politician, is a great loss to the country.”My condolences…
By Tunde Olusunle Isiala Oboro, the, typically sleepy headquarters of Ikwuano local government area (LGA) of Abia State, came alive on the last day of the immediate out-gone year, Friday December 31, 2021. True, ecstatic youths had procured firecrackers in generous quantities to be released at midnight, both in thanksgiving to God, for helping them through a spectacularly difficult year, and to embrace a new one with a measure of optimism. Before that night-time, end-year ritual, however, Ikwuano local government in its entirety, rolled out an assortment of musical instruments, drums, the traditional xylophone, hand percussion devices, metal gongs, udu,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr Doyin Salami as Chief Economic Adviser to the President (CEAP).Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina in a statement on Tuesday said until his appointment he was Chairman of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC).According to him, Doyin Salami is a 1989 doctorate degree graduate in Economics of Queen Mary College, University of London.Adesina explained further that the 59 years old Salami is Managing Director and Head Markets Practice at KAINOS Edge Consulting Limited, and member of the Adjunct Faculty at the Lagos Business School (LBS), Pan-Atlantic University, where he…
Women from the Nineteen Northern States’ on Tuesday drummed support for Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari after his tenure in 2023. The Group under the aegis, Yahaya Bello Network (YBN) gave the indication on Tuesday when they visited Bello at the Kogi State Governor’s Lodge, Abuja. Chairperson of the network Honorable Hadiza Ahmed, indicated that of all those that have expressed their interest to run for President in 2023, Bello is their preferred choice considering all his achievements as governor of Kogi state. Ahmed explained that going by his achievements as Governor they have…