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  • BREAKING: NJC extends Acting CJN’s appointment

    The National Judicial Council said it has extended the appointment of the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad for another three months.

    The NJC, in a statement earlier today, said it took the decision at its 88th Meeting held last Thursday.

    NJC’s spokesman, Soji Oye said, in the statement, that the extension was at the instance of President Muhammadu Buhari, who made a request to that effect.

    The statement reads: “The attention of the National Judicial Council has been drawn to an online newspaper and daily newspaper report stating that the Council would meet next week to deliberate on the extension of the Acting Appointment of Honourable Dr. Justice I. T. Muhammad CFR, as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria.

    “Contrary to the above, the Council actually met on Thursday 18th April, 2019 and at the 88th Meeting considered and approved the request of President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, for the extension of the appointment of Hon. Dr. Justice I. T. Muhammad, CFR, as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria for another three (3) months and council has since forwarded its approval to the President.”

  • Buhari approves appointment of NSITF board

    Buhari approves appointment of NSITF board

    President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of members of the Board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), a parastatal agency of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment.
    Mrs Rhoda Iliya, Assistant Director Press in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, stated this on Wednesday in Abuja.
    According to Iliya, the board will be headed by Mr Austin Enajemo-Isire, a Chartered Accountant, professional Insurance Executive and Banker with Mrs Ijeoma Okoronkwo as Secretary.
    “The names of other board members include Mr Olawale, Osuolale Timothy, Dr Mohammed Yinusa, Mr Waheed Adeyanju, Mr Ibrahim Khaleel, Dr Ifeoma Anyanwutaku, Mrs Dutse Aminu, “she said.
    She also said others members are Mr Jasper Azutalam, Executive Director, Finance, Mr Tijani Suleiman, Executive Admin, Mrs Kemi Nelson, Executive Director, Operations and Mr Ade Bayo Somefun, Managing Director & Chief Executive.
    She said the board would be inaugurated on Thursday April 18, by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, in the Minister’s Conference Room, at 11: 00am.
    She also said that President Buhari has also approved the appointment of Comrade Ovie Kokori as the Chairman of the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Ilorin, Kwara State.
    She added that the appointment is with immediate effect.

  • Fidelity Bank announces appointments of three new Executives

    Fidelity Bank Plc on Monday announced the appointments of three new Executives by the Board of Directors as part of corporate realignment aimed at repositioning for further growth.

    The bank said in Lagos that the board had approved the appointment of Mr Gbolahan Joshua as Executive Director/Chief Operations and Information Officer.

    It also announced Mr Obaro Odeghe, as Executive Director, Corporate Banking, while Hassan Imman, was appointed as the Executive Director, Northern Directorate.

    The bank said that the new appointments were, however, subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

    According to it, Gbolahan will have executive responsibilities for Operations, Technology, Digital Banking, Investor Relations, Strategy and Business Transformation.

    Obaro, on his part, would oversee all the bank’s corporate banking business covering energy, power, manufacturing, telecommunications, fast moving consumer goods, construction and real estate.

    The bank said Hassan would supervise all commercial, SME, consumer and public sector businesses in the Northern Directorate, comprising 18 states and Abuja.

    It stated that the elevation of the three erstwhile General Managers to Executive Director positions, was consistent with its new succession strategy of grooming leaders from within.

    Commenting on the appointments, Mr Nnamdi Okonkwo, the bank’s Chief Executive Officer, said the bank had worked assiduously at proactively preparing people and growing talents and leadership.

    “Over the years, we have worked assiduously at proactively preparing our people and growing the talents and leadership pool in the bank, so that when opportunities arise, we do not always have to look outside.

    “I am most delighted that our three new EDs were all appointed from within,” Okonkwo said.

    Gbolahan, a Chartered Accountant, attended Kings College, Lagos and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting.

    He has 20 years of comprehensive experience across various areas of Assurance and Banking, including Operations, Technology, Digital Banking, Strategy, Business Transformation, Finance, Treasury, Mergers and Acquisitions.

    Also, Obaro attended Edo College, Benin City and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture and an MBA.

    He has gained exposures from top global educational and professional institutions, including Harvard, Wharton and Kelloggs.

    Obaro has 24 years of banking experience across various areas of banking, including Corporate Banking, Commercial Banking, SMEs, Consumer Banking, Institutional Banking, Trade Finance and Operations.

    On his part, Hassan holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and has two Masters’ Degrees and an MBA.

    He has attended programmes in Harvard, Stanford, Wharton and other leading international educational and professional institutions.

    Hassan also has 25 years of comprehensive experience across various areas of banking, including commercial banking, consumer banking, SMEs, institutional banking, trade finance, operations, treasury and risk management.

  • Zenith Bank announces appointment of new GMD/CEO

    Zenith Bank announces appointment of new GMD/CEO

    Zenith Bank Plc. has announced the appointment of Ebenezer Onyeagwu as the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the bank with effect from June 1, 2019.

    The bank, in a notice sent to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday, said the appointment is subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

    Onyeagwu replaces Peter Amangbo, whose tenure expires on May 31, 2019 following a very successful career spanning over 27 years, with the last five years as GMD/CEO.

    His replacement, Onyeagwu, is a vastly experienced banker and financial expert, trained in reputable institutions of learning in Nigeria, the United Kingdom and United States of America.

    He is an alumnus of the prestigious University of Oxford, England, from where he obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Strategy, and certificate in Macroeconomics.

    He also undertook extensive executive level business education in Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia Business School of Columbia University, the Harvard Business School of Harvard University (all in the United States) and Lagos Business School of the Pan African University, Nigeria.

    Onyeagwu is a Chartered Accountant and was named a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA), in 2003.

    Onyeagwu, who is a graduate of accounting from Auchi Polytechnic, began his career at the defunct Financial Merchant Bank in 1991 and later held several management positions in the erstwhile Citizens International Bank Limited until 2002.

    He joined Zenith Bank Plc in 2002 as a Senior Manager, in the Internal Control and Audit Group of the bank.

    His professionalism, competence, integrity and commitment to the set objectives of the bank saw him rise swiftly between 2003 and 2005, first, as Assistant General Manager, then Deputy General Manager, and eventually as General Manager of the bank.

    He was named Executive Director of the bank in 2013, and put in charge of Lagos and South-South Zones as well as strategic groups/business units of the bank including Financial Control & Strategic Planning, Treasury and Correspondent Groups, Human Resources Group, Oil and Gas Group, and Credit Risk Management Group, etc.

    He was named Deputy Managing Director of the bank in 2016 and is on the board of Zenith Bank Ghana, Zenith Pensions Custodian Limited, Zenith Nominees Limited and African Finance Corporation.

    As Deputy Managing Director, he had oversight over the bank’s Financial Control and Strategic Planning, Risk Management, Retail Banking, Institutional and Corporate banking business portfolios, IT Group, Credit Administration, Treasury and Foreign Exchange Trading, as well as general administration of the bank, among others.

  • Buhari gives criteria for appointment into his next cabinet

    President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to give Nigerian women and youths more appointments in the next four years of his administration.

    TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the President, however, promised that only those with integrity and interest of Nigeria would be considered for appointments in the next cabinet.

    Buhari acknowledged the significant role played by women and youths toward his re-election.

    The president said his administration would not disappoint them in the next four years of his administration.

    He gave the assurance on Sunday night while speaking at the All Progressives Congress (APC) Women and Youths Presidential Campaign team dinner to celebrate his the re-election in Abuja.

    “I appreciate your coming here tonight, but we have to congratulate ourselves for succeeding,we indeed thank God for this success,“ he said.

    He said more fertilizers were being made available to Nigerian farmers at a lower rate.

    According to him, that resulted in the increase in agricultural production and reduction in food importation.

    Buhari also called on Nigerian youths to embrace agriculture to ensure more food sufficiency and food export.

    The President faulted the sixteen-year rule of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) which he said, wasted the nation’s resources.

    According to him, the country witnessed rampant infrastructure decay in spite of the huge resources earned during the period.

     

  • Stay off appointment of IGPs – Police IG tells Senate

    The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has asked the senate to endeavour to face other businesses and stay off the appointment of police chiefs in the country.

    Idris demanded that the lawmakers create provisions of a new bill that requires senate confirmation of an IGP’s appointments.

    This, Idris said today, during a public hearing by the senate committee on police affairs on the police reform bill.

    The constitution currently requires the president to appoint an IGP subject to the senate’s approval.

    But the reform bill is seeking to open the window for other police officers interested in the position to apply.

    Its section 3 states: “Interested persons (for the office of the IGP) shall make an open and formal application to the police council; the Nigerian police council shall nominate three applicants from among the pool of applicants using the stipulated criteria for competences and qualification; the president shall appoint the inspector-general of police from the recommended applicants subject to the confirmation of the Senate.”

    But addressing the lawmakers, the IGP said such confirmation will “make the police less proficient.”

    “The appointment of the inspector-general of police by the president on the advice of the police council without the senate confirmation is the desire of the police and should be made to be in the bill,” he added.

  • 2019: Senate bows to pressure, lifts embargo on Buhari’s appointments

    Indications emerged on Tuesday that the Senate has lifted its embargo on the confirmation of executive appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari.

    According to a report by The Punch, the embargo, which lasted over one year, was lifted at a closed-door session held by the lawmakers on October 10, 2018.

    The embargo was placed in protest against the retention of Ibrahim Magu as acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission despite his non-confirmation by the Senate.

    The senators were also angered by a statement credited to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo who was quoted as saying that he agreed with the activist lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), that Section 171 of the Constitution empowered President Muhammadu Buhari to make certain appointments without recourse to the legislature for approval.

    A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senator from the South-East geopolitical zone who spoke on condition of anonymity confirmed that the lawmakers resumed from their annual recess to lift the embargo.

    He said, “We have lifted that (the embargo). We did it (placed the embargo) based on certain premises and after a while, those issues were resolved. You can see that we are clearing the backlogs and all the outstanding screenings and confirmations. We are doing them. So, it has been lifted.”

    When asked why there was no resolution vacating the earlier resolution placing the embargo, the lawmaker said it was done behind closed doors.

    “It must not necessarily be a resolution as per coming on the floor. It was a resolution we took at a closed session,” the senator said.

    Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Aliyu Sabi-Abdullahi, could not be reached on the telephone on Monday to speak on the development. Calls made to his telephone did not connect.

    Several calls made to the Majority Leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan, who had on several occasions asked the Senate leadership to lift the embargo, were not picked.

    Since the National Assembly resumed from its annual two-month recess on October 9, 2018, the Senate has confirmed series of appointments, some of which were under embargo for over one year.

    On October 10, the Senate confirmed a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former National Legal Adviser of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Dr Muiz Banire as Chairman of the Governing Board of the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria.

    Same day, the chamber confirmed Mr Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

    On October 24, the Senate confirmed the appointments of the Chairman and 12 Commissioners of the Federal Civil Service Commission.

     

  • Delta Assembly approves appointment of 2 nominees

    The Delta House of Assembly on Wednesday screened and approved nominees for appointment of chairman and secretary of the State Bureau of Local Government Pensions.

    The screening and approval of the nominees followed a motion moved by the Majority Leader of the Assembly, Mr Tim Owhefere, and was seconded by Mr Daniel Yingi, representing Burutu I Constituency in the Assembly, during plenary in Asaba.

    The motion for the approval of the nominees for the appointments was unanimously adopted by the Assembly, when it was put to voice vote by the Speaker, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori.

    Mr Benjamin Igo, a retired Permanent Secretary is to be chairman, while Dr Frank Atube, former Director of Personnel Management, got the nod as secretary.

    Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta had earlier sent the names of the nominees to the House of Assembly for screening and approval.

    The Assembly also adjourned plenary until Sept. 25.

     

  • Guinness Nigeria announces appointment of new MD/CEO

    Guinness Nigeria announces appointment of new MD/CEO

    The board of Guinness Nigeria Plc has announced the appointment of Mr Baker Magunda as its new Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer.

    In a statement signed by the Legal Director/Company Secretary of Guinness Nigeria, Rotimi Odusola, it was disclosed that the new MD/CEO is now a member of the board of the brewery giant.

    The appointment of Mr Magunda followed the resignation of Mr Peter Ndegwa, who was said to have given notice of his resignation as the chief executive of the company via his letter dated June 30, 2018 and was accepted by the board on the same day.

    The board of Guinness Nigeria Plc approved the appointment of Mr Magunda on August 1, 2018 with effect from July 1, 2018.

    Mr Magunda holds a Bachelor of Economics [Honours] from the Makerere University Uganda. He has nearly 20 years’ experience in the consumer goods and alcohol industry and has worked across Africa in Uganda and Kenya as well as Ethiopia and the Sudan.

    He joined Diageo in 1999 as Marketing Manager, Uganda Breweries Limited and has held several increased leadership roles, including Managing Director Uganda Breweries Limited, Managing Director Kenya Breweries Limited, and Managing Director Diageo Guinness Cameroon SA.

    Mr Magunda joins Guinness Nigeria from Diageo owned Meta Abo Breweries in Ethiopia where he was the Managing Director.

  • Court dethrones traditional ruler in Adamawa, orders fresh appointment

    A Yola High Court presided by Justice Hafsat Abdulrahman on Friday voided the appointment of the District Head of Jalingo-Maiha, Yarima Wakili, by the State Government.

    The court ordered Gov. Muhammadu Bindow to approve Mahmud Abubakar, whose name was earlier forwarded to him for approval by Mubi Emirate Council as the selected traditional ruler.

    Recall that Mahmud Abubakar (Plaintiff) had earlier dragged the governor, Mubi Emirate Council, Yarima Wakili and Attorney General of the state as 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th defendants, respectively, over the appointment of Wakili as the district head of Jalingo-Maiha in Maiha Local Government Area.

    In her Judgment, Justice Abdulrahman said the plaintiff has proven that he was eligible and was duly selected among other applicants for the district head stool by village heads in Maiha, who conducted the selection exercise under the supervision of representatives from Mubi Emirate Council.

    “That the approval of the 3rd defendant by the governor of Adamawa State as the district head of Jalingo-Maiha district, Maiha Local Government Area who was not the person recommended by the 2nd defendant is wrongful, illegal, null and void.

    “That the plaintiff whose name was forwarded to the Governor of Adamawa State for approval by the 2nd defendant, is the proper person to be approved for appointment as the district head of Jalingo-Maiha District.

    “It is hereby ordered that the Governor of Adamawa State (1st defendant) should approve the plaintiff as the proper person for appointment as District Head of Jalingo-Maiha District.

    “An order of perpetual injunction is hereby given, restraining the 3rd defendant from parading himself as district head of Jalingo-Maiha District, Maiha Local Government Area of Adamawa State,” the court ruled.