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World Trade Organization looks set to appoint Nigeria’s former minister of finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as its first female and first African leader on Monday, after nearly six months without a leader. WTO has called for a special…

Dr. Sam Adeyemi, the Senior Pastor of one of the largest churches in Lagos State, Daystar Christian Centre, has been named as a member of Forbes Coaches Council. Forbes Coaches Council is an invitation-only organization for senior-level…

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)has named Ahmed Mu’azu, a retired air vice marshal, as its acting chairman. The outgoing INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, made the announcement on Monday at the INEC headquarters in…

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has appointed Alhaji Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli as the 19th Emir of Zazzau. Ja’afaru Ibrahim Sani, Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, confirmed Bamalli’s appointment in a statement. Bamalli …

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed former Super Eagles striker, Daniel Amokachi, as Special Assistant on Sports. This was announced in a press statement by the Media Office of the Minister of Youth and Sports Development on…

Members of 2019’s presidential election petition court have been recommended to President Muhammadu Buhari for appointment as Justices of the Supreme Court. The two are Justices Abdu Aboki and Mohammed Garba, who headed the five-man…

A Nigerian Professor, Charles Egbu, has been appointed Vice-Chancellor of Leeds Trinity University. According to a statement on the UK Varsity website, the Anambra-born professor will take over from Margaret House, the outgoing VC…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Reverend Yakubu Pam as the Executive Secretary of Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC). Until his appointment, Rev. Pam was the Chairman of the Plateau State…

Chairman of the Lagos State branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Musliu Akinsanya better known as MC Oluomo has been appointed as member of a 20-man Federal Government committee. The committee is set…

In-house unions of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) have on Wednesday, protested the sack of Usman Gur Mohammed as the Managing Director of the company. Members of the unions, comprising the Senior Staff Association of…

President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mustapha Maihaja. This was announced in a statement issued by Willie Bassey, the Director of Information, Office of the…