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Professor Kabiru Emerges New Vice Chancellor Of ABU, Zaria

The Governing Council of Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, Zaria on Wednesday, announced the appointment of Professor Kabiru Bala as the new Vice Chancellor of the university.

He took over from the incumbent, Professor Ibrahim Garba, whose tenure would come to an end on 30th April, 2020.

Professor Bala is a Professor of Building and a former Deputy Vice Chancellor as well as Dean, School of Postgraduate Studies of the university, among positions he holds.

The Council, under the chairmanship of Malam Adamu Fika, made its position known at the Arewa House, Kaduna where the interview and the Council meeting took

Waziri Bulama Emerges APC National Secretary

The crisis in the All Progressives Congress (APC) took a new dimension on Tuesday following the announcement of Arch. Waziri Bulama as the new National Secretary by the National Working Committee(NWC) of the party.

The meeting of the NWC was stormy as the National Vice Chairman North East, Comrade Salihu Mustapha insisted the announcement should not be made after a motion to name Bulama was reportedly moved by the National Legal Adviser, Barrister Ogala.

The incident created tension, leading to a shouting match during the meeting.

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Mustapha, who stormed out …

Adeoye Emerges Winner Of 2019 Cussons Baby Moments

PZ Cussons Baby’s promotional flagship platform, Cussons Baby Moments, lived up to expectations over the weekend as  Nathaniel Adeoye defeated over 100 other babies that entered for the season 6 of the competition to emerge winner.

Following tough deliberations by the independent panel of judges, comprising veteran Nollywood actress, Ufuoma McDermott; fast-rising Nollywood actor, Deyemi Okanlawon; and food and lifestyle blogger, Yemisi Odusanya, Baby Nathaniel Adeoye was crowned the Cussons Baby of the Year 2019, winning  the grand prize of N1 million and a year’s supply of Cussons Baby products.

He was followed closely by Lewis Grant and Einstein Durosimi …

BPE

Enugu Student Emerges BPE’s Best Essay Writer

A student of Girls’ Secondary School, Abakpa-Nike, Enugu State, Miss Chidiogo Jane Onoh, has emerged the overall winner of the maiden edition of the essay writing competition of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE).

In a letter to the principal of the school, the Director-General of BPE, Alex A. Okoh, stated that Miss Onoh’s entry in the essay writing competition titled: The Reason for Government Reforms and Privatization of Public Enterprises, “was adjudged the best by the Bureau’s team of evaluators”.

Okoh congratulated the student for emerging the overall winner in the country as well as the school for producing …

Senate

2023: Third Term Agenda Re-Emerges In Senate

The Senate has dismissed claims that it has introduced moves to elongate the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari. It said such claims were unfounded and untrue.

It said the hate speech Bill which is being tied to the move, is not meant to cage Nigerians and pave the way for President Buhari to run for another term in office.

The Bill tagged: “National Commission for the Prohibition of Hate Speeches”, scaled first reading on the floor of the Senate last week. The Bill is sponsored by Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, who doubles as Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate.

Acting spokesman, …

Mr Olajide Oduyoye Emerges LASTMA New General Manager

Mr Olajide Oduyoye Emerges LASTMA New General Manager

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has appointed Mr Olajide Oduyoye as the new General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA).

The LASTMA Public Relations Officer, Mr Olumide Filade, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos on Sunday.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oduyoye replaced Mr Olawale Musa, who has since been elevated to the position of Permanent Secretary in the state’s Transportation Ministry.

Filade said that Oduyoye had assumed duty at the LASTMA Headquarters in Oshodi.

Oduyoye, a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (FCILT), …

2Baba emerges NSE ambassador

2Baba emerges NSE ambassador

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday appointed International Award-Winning artist, Innocent Idibia’ popularly known as `Tuface or 2Baba` as its ‘Good Cause Ambassador’.

Mr Oscar Onyema, NSE Chief Executive Officer said this at the unveiling of Tuface organised by the exchange in Lagos.

“Following the appointment, Tuface would lend his voice to raising awareness and mobilising support for the Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability initiatives of NSE geared toward achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in Nigeria.

“We are pleased to welcome Tuface Idibia as the first NSE Good Cause Ambassador.

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Jonathan emerges Chairman of African Union's ISCP

Jonathan emerges Chairman of African Union’s ISCP

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has emerged as the Chairman of the African Union’s International Summit Council for Peace (ISCP).

Jonathan also urged AU to set minimum acceptable standards for appointing the leadership of electoral commissions as a means of building citizen confidence and ensuring credibility of elections on the continent.

The former President spoke on Friday at the International Leadership Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he emerged as the chairperson of the newly inaugurated ISCP, a body made up of mainly African former Presidents and ex-Heads of State.

The two-day conference tagged ‘Africa Summit and Leaders Conference 2019’ has …

No jubilation in Abia as Ikpeazu re-emerges governor-elect

Abia state governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has succeeded in his second term reelection bid. He was announced the winner of the 2015 Abia governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with 261,127 votes representing 59 percent of the 444,376 total votes cast. It was expected to that the battle for Abia government house would be a very tough one but it turned out that the incumbent governor dusted his opponents easily.

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Kate Henshaw emerges governor in new 4th republic

Griot Studios Ltd and Amateur Heads Productions with Bem Pever, Ishaya Bako, Kemi ‘Lala’ Akindoju and Ummi A. Yakubu serving as Producers are set to release a new movie titled 4th Republic in cinemas across Nigeria from April 2019.

The movie, which is written by Emil B. Garuba and Zainab Omaki, follows the story of Mabel King (Kate Henshaw), a gubernatorial candidate who races to become Nigeria’s first female governor but is caught up around a heavily marred election.

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