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By Modupe Gbadeyanka The appointment of Mr Bashir Gwandu as the executive vice chairman and chief executive of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has been terminated. This action was taken by President Bola Tinubu, a statement from the president’s spokesman, Mr Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed on Friday. It was disclosed that Mr Gwandu would now be replaced by a 32-year-old innovator and technology expert, Mr Khalil Suleiman. He is expected to serve for an initial term of five years as stipulated in the NASENI Act, a part of the disclosure this evening stated. “President Bola Tinubu on

By Adedapo Adesanya President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mr Zaccheus Adedeji, his Special Adviser on Revenue, as the acting Chairman of the country’s tax collection agency, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The announcement means he will take over from Mr Mohammed Nami, who headed the position until recently and marks a new chapter in the leadership of one of the country’s most critical revenue agencies. Mr Adedeji, who hails from Oyo State, brings a wealth of experience to his new role and will be seeking to use his knowledge in driving revenue generation and financial management as Nigeria moves

By Modupe Gbadeyanka A seasoned media, entertainment, and technology leader, Mr Alex Okosi, has been appointed as the Managing Director for Google in Africa. The appointment of Mr Okosi was announced on Tuesday, September 5, 2023, in a statement issued by the renowned search engine platform. He would be expected to lead the operations of Google on the continent, which boasts nearly two billion people. Google has been operating in Africa for over a decade and has offices in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. The company’s products and services are used by millions of people in Africa every day.

By Dipo Olowookere United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary, Mr Boris Johnson, will meet with President Barrow and President Akufo-Addo on a two-day trip to West Africa. The Foreign Secretary will visit The Gambia and Ghana this week on 14-15 February 2017. This is the first recorded visit to The Gambia by a Foreign Secretary. He will meet President Barrow of The Gambia and President Akufo-Addo of Ghana to discuss the key opportunities and challenges facing each country. The Foreign Secretary will say Global Britain and its partnerships are growing, not shrinking, around the world as demonstrated by the Commonwealth’s strength. In

By Dipo Olowookere The board of BUA Cement Plc has announced a slight change to the dividend payment information it recommended for the 2020 accounting year. Earlier, the cement maker proposed to pay N2.067 per share to shareholders on Friday, July 23, 2021, but the board has revised this by shifting the payment date backwards. In a notice, the board also changed the qualification date, the closure of register date and the Annual General Meeting (AGM) date but left the recommended dividend and the AGM venue intact. BUA Cement said the qualification date, which was earlier fixed for Friday, July

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Principals of public secondary schools in Oyo State have been charged to be alive to their responsibilities of moulding Nigeria’s future by building improved educational standards in the state. The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Rahman Abiodun Abdu-Raheem, stressed that the heads of secondary schools must ensure proper training of every child that passes through them. Speaking when he hosted the executive council of the All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS) on Thursday, in Ibadan, the Commissioner also advised teachers to place a premium on holistic education to build academic and moral

Minister of Transportation, Mr Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has been applauded over the award investiture on him as THISDAY Editor’s Choice Minister of the Decade. A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, in a press statement, described the award as a recognition of his unprecedented and unbeatable performance and achievements in the rail and general transportation sector wherein he holds sway. Mr Amaechi was chosen from amongst the 43 Ministers serving under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, alongside other distinguished awardees who have made remarkable inputs in different areas of life. In the statement,

By Dipo Olowookere Nigerian businessman, Mr Aliko Dangote, has emerged the only African to make it to the 2017 list of 50 Most Influential People in the world compiled by Bloomberg. Dangote’s contribution to the world this year revolves around his dynamic attention to lessen food imports into his own country and Africa’s largest nation, Nigeria, by focusing on domestic production of sugar and dairy, with 500 million litres of Nigerian milk to be produced by 2019. Earlier this year, he announced a $50 billion plan to invest in renewable energy. For these and other achievements this year, Mr Dangote

By Dipo Olowookere The Presidency has debunked reports on social media that the repatriated money by the Swiss Government, otherwise referred to as the Abacha Loot, would be used to fund the TraderMoni Micro-Credit Loan Scheme later this year. In a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Social Investment, Mrs Maryam Uwais, it was emphasised that the Abacha Loot is slated to be paid as grants to only beneficiaries of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Programme hosted on the National Social Register and has nothing to do with the TraderMoni scheme of the federal government. Mrs

By Modupe Gbadeyanka All is now set for the 2018 edition of the annual conference of Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN). A statement issued by the leadership of FICAN disclosed that the conference, which holds will hold on September 15 and 16, will bring together experts from global multilateral financial institutions, public and private sector players, to highlight and examine the various options available for bringing the unbanked into the financial system using technology. It is also a learning conference designed to enhance awareness, deepen understanding of financial journalists on the role of financial technology in rendering banking services

By Dipo Olowookere A delegation of the Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria (IPAN) recently paid a courtesy visit to the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON). The IPAN team was led by the Vice President, Mr Femi Oyediran, who commended the long existing collaboration between the institute and SON in areas of standards elaboration and capacity development. He advocated for improvement in the relationship and pledged the institute’s commitment to assisting SON achieve its mandate. Responding, the SON DG, Mr Osita Aboloma, welcomed the IPAN delegation and acknowledged the critical role of its members particularly in quality assurance of products.