The Board of Inquiry constituted by Defence Headquarters to probe the March 17 killing of 17 soldiers at Okuama, Delta State, is scheduled to commence sitting today in Warri. Chairman of the Board, Air Vice Marshal David Ajayi, told Governor Sheriff Oborevwori in Warri: “We are on a fact-finding mission and to apportion blame. We […]
Following their inauguration by the Vice-President, Senator Kashim Shettima, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday, members of the fifth board of the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) immediately proceeded to the Hajj House headquarters of the commission to assume duty. A statement by NAHCON Assistant Director, Fatima Sanda Usara, sai...
•Urum Kalu-Eke One of the five nominees by President Bola Tinubu for appointment as members of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Urum Kalu-Eke, has declined the appointment. This is even as the Senate confirmed four other nominees for appointment as members of the Board of Directors of the CBN, […]
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu today,Tuesday, February 13, urged the Senate to screen and confirm the nomination of five persons for appointment as directors of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) board. Tinubu’s request was contained in a letter addressed to the president of the Senate, Godswill Akpiabio, and read at plenary today, reports The N...
Frequent changes in the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) have been responsible for the slow pace of development in the oil-rich region, it was learnt yesterday. This was contained in a communique issued at the end of a two-day NDDC Board and Management Retreat with the theme: “Renewed hope: A new era […]
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has approved a new board for the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), the presidency has said. In a statement yesterday, presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said the nine-member board were drawn from the geo-political zones as well as a representative of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). Whi...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, today announced the dissolution of the board of directors of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company over the Disco’s inability to pay N110bn debt owed to the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry. In a regulatory order dated January 1, 2024 and signed by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of NERC, San...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has announced plans to launch a full investigation into the Military Pensions Board after it resumes from recess. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Olamilekan Adeola, made the announcement today during the defence of the budget report by the Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service, ...
The chairman of JIgawa State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Professor Haruna Musa today escaped being lynched by aggrieved teachers popularly know as J-Teach at the Federal University Dutse (FUD), the venue of the proposed aptitude test for recruitment of 3,000 teachers. The prospective teachers, mostly youths, also blocked the entran...
•Akpabio Joint unions in Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA), have kicked against the announcement by Sen. Godswill Akpabio, the President of the Senate, referring to some members of the agency’s board as executive board members. The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) and Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation, Civil ...