The Nigerian Navy (NN) Board has approved the promotion of 55 senior officers to various ranks in the service. A statement by the Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan on Friday, said 25 captains were elevated to Commodore while 30 Commodores were promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral. The board had earlier promoted 72 Commanders to the rank of Captain. The newly promoted Rear Admirals are: Garba Abubakar, Adewale Olanrewaju, Fatah Sanusi, Domnan Dangwel, Hamisu Sadiq, Olusanya Bankole, Noel Madugu, Daupreye Matthew and Emmanuel Nmoyem. Others are Clement Atebi, OluwoleFadeyi, Julius Nwagu, Abdul-Rasheed Haruna, John Okeke, Olatunde…
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The Nigerian Air Force Council (AFC) has approved the promotion of 57 senior officers, including 31 Air Commodores (Air Cdres) and 26 Group Captains (Gp Capts) to the next higher ranks in the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). This is contained in a statement by Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, Director of Public Relations & Information, Nigerian Air Force and posted on NAF social media handles. The senior officers promoted to the rank of Air Vice Marshal (AVM) include Air Cdres Esen Efanga, Michael Ekwueme, John Laoye, Bgmibgmitawuza Solomon, Hassan Alhaji, Idi Sani, Patrick Obeya, Ahmed Dari, Gabriel Kehinde, Ebimbowei Yinkere, Anthony…
Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai has been sued by a former kingmaker, Ibrahim Muhammad Aminu over the appointment of Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli as the 19th Emir of Zazzau. Bamalli, a former Nigeria Ambassador to Thailand, was appointed the 19th Emir of Zazzau on October 7, 2020 by El-Rufai. Aminu, who also sued the Zazzau Emirate and 12 others, including the late Limamin Kona, Sani Aliyu at the Kaduna State High Court, asked for the nullification of the selection and appointment of Bamalli, while faulting the selection process. Aminu was the Wazirin Zazzau, which qualified him as one of the kingmakers…
By Justina Auta Stakeholders have urged media practitioners to desist from publishing fake news, that could discredit the electoral process in the upcoming 2023 general elections. They made the call at the sideline of a three- day capacity building workshop and best practice presentation on misinformation and disinformation on Friday in Abuja. The workshop was organised by the Institute for Media and Society (IMS) under the component four (media support) of the EU-Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU-SDGN4). Mrs Ladi Bala, President, National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), urged Journalists to enhance their skills to enable them add value…
…Enugu governor urges Pilgrims to pray for Nigeria, peaceful election in 2023 …Executive Secretary warns against abscondment, praises President Buhari, SGF Boss for constant support The Nigeria Christians Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) on Friday started airlift of 300 intending pilgrims sponsored by the Enugu state government to Israel. The exercise which was flagged off by officials in Enugu, Friday was full of praises to the Governor, Mr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Gburus) for allowing many of them to travel for great spiritual awakening. Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi addressed the intending Pilgrims at De Dome event Centre, New Heaven in Enugu, Friday and urged them…
“It is equally absurd that the CBN Governor would so insist on the enforcement of this policy despite an order of the National Assembly to the contrary, in addition to mounting anger in the land” – Wamakko Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko (APC-Sokoto) has joined Nigerians in criticizing the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN), Godwin Emefiele over the redesign of the Naira notes and the new controversial cash withdrawal limit set by the CBN. Wamakko, a former Sokoto state governor in Abuja on Friday described the twin policies as unnecessarily diversionary, controversial, unthoughtful, and designed to plunge Northerners into…
ASHENEWS reports that Senator Ararume had challenged President Muhammadu Buhari in court for removing him as the board chairman of the NNPCL after using his name to incorporate the entity. He also asked for N100 billion as damages caused him in the alleged unlawful and unconstitutional way and manner he was removed. But Buhari has filed a notice of preliminary objection challenging the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court to entertain the suit by Senator Ifeanyi Ararume on his alleged illegal removal as non-executive chairman of the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). The notice of objection…
The Cambridge Dictionary recently updated its entries for “man” and “woman” to include transgender people. The updates went into effect in October but appear to have gained some attention in December when the dictionary’s expanded definition of “woman” garnered backlash from conservative commentators on social media, a spokesperson for the Cambridge Dictionary told CNN. While the Cambridge Dictionary’s primary definition for “woman” remains “an adult female human being,” a second definition refers to “an adult who lives and identifies as female though they may have been said to have a different sex at birth.” Example sentences provided by the dictionary…
Reporters for the New York Times, CNN and the Washington Post were among those locked out of their accounts The EU has threatened Twitter owner Elon Musk with sanctions after several journalists covering the company had their accounts abruptly suspended. EU commissioner Vera Jourova warned that the EU’s Digital Services Act requires respect of media freedom. “Elon Musk should be aware of that. There are red lines. And sanctions, soon,” she tweeted. She said: “News about arbitrary suspension of journalists on Twitter is worrying. “[The] EU’s Digital Services Act requires respect of media freedom and fundamental rights. This is reinforced…
Details have emerged about how popular Nigerian music singer, Mr Oladipo Oyebanjo (aka D’Banj), dragged two Nigerian commercial banks into the alleged fraud in the implementation of the N-Power programme, The Quest Times has exclusively reported. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in a statement last Wednesday confirmed the detention of the popular artiste over allegations of fraud associated with the N-Power programme, noting that investigation in the matter was ongoing. According to The Quest Times findings, payments of monies to ghost accounts, now linked to D’banj, through the two commercial banks, Wema and Sterling banks,…