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JUST IN: Tinubu Appoints Six Executive Directors For NPA, NIMASA

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5 months ago

January 4, 2024

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, appointed six new executive directors in the Nigerian Ports Authority and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency.

Both agencies are under the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday titled, ‘President Tinubu appoints new executive directors in agencies under the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy.’

At the NPA, Tinubu appointed Vivian Edet as Executive Director, Finance and Administration; Olalekan Badmus as Executive Director, Marine and Operations and Ibrahim Umar as Executive Director, Engineering and Technical Services.

At NIMASA, he named Jibril Abba Executive Director, Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services; Mr. Chudi Offodile Executive Director, Finance and Administration and Fatai Adeyemi Executive Director, Operations.

According to Ngelale, the President approved the appointments with the firm belief that “the new appointees will expeditiously and efficiently execute on their collective mandate to create the conditions required to significantly raise the contribution of the Marine and Blue Economy sector to the nation’s GDP.”

Tinubu also expects the new appointees to transform “the Nigerian economy into a labour-intensive and inclusive one that creates new opportunity for all Nigerians in accordance with the Renewed Hope Agenda, under the guidance of the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola.”

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Adhere To Tenets Of Journalism In Your Reportage, Edo Deputy Gov Tasks Women Journalists

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3 hours ago

May 22, 2024

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The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Engr. Marvellous Omobayo, has tasked female journalists in the state under the auspices of Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, to adhere strictly to the tenets of the profession in their reportage.

Omobayo gave the advice when he received a delegation of the women journalists at his office in Benin.

The used the opportunity of the visit to reiterate his maximum support for the state Governor, Godwin Obaseki to finish strong on his Make Edo Great Again, MEGA project.

Earlier, the Chairperson of the Edo NAWOJ, Comrade Adesuwa Ehimuan said the visit was to congratulate the deputy governor on his elevation as the number two citizen of the state.

Ehimuan further said the visit was also to strengthen the synergy and exploring areas of collaboration to promote the development of journalism and women empowerment in the state.

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‘I’ve Become An Evangelist’ – Doyin Okupe

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4 hours ago

May 21, 2024

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The former campaign director for the Labour Party during the 2023 presidential election, Doyin Okupe, has announced his new vocation as an evangelist of Jesus Christ following his recovery from cancer.

Detailing the challenges he faced with cancer, which initially appeared 16 years ago as prostate cancer and recently in the soft tissues of his right shoulder, Okupe highlighted the role of his medical treatment and divine intervention in his recovery.

“The first problem was cancer I had and the chemotherapy makes you lose appetite, you have nausea, and even as you sustain for several months, you lose weight,” he told Channels TV.

Okupe recounted how his weight dropped from 127kg to 97kg during chemotherapy and settled at 103kg after the treatment ended.

“In all these, I bear witness to God and Jesus Christ, I’m a testimony to the fact that there is nothing the Lord God Jehovah can’t do,” Okupe affirmed.

“From now on, I have become an evangelist and a witness for Christ.”

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Court Dethrones Ondo Monarch After 29 Years Of Legal Tussle

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4 hours ago

May 21, 2024

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Oba Micheal Adetunji Oluwole, the traditional ruler of Ute in the Ose local government area of Ondo state has been dethroned by a state High Court sitting in Owo, Owo local government area of the state after a legal tussle that lasted for 29 years.

Olule Omolaja Ruling House had challenged the retired Army Major’s right to ascend the throne.

Justice Ademola Enikuomehin who nullified the selection process that brought Oba Oluwole to the throne and ordered a fresh selection process into the stool, ordered Oluwole to stop parading himself as the traditional ruler of the town. The fresh selection process will be from the Olule Omoloja ruling house lineage.

According to Justice Enikuomehin, the dethroned monarch had no right to the throne as he’s not a member of the ruling house designated to fill the vacant throne of the town.