Tag: Commissioner
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Matawalle’s commissioner resigns two weeks after inauguration, gives reasons
Zamfara Commissioner of Education, Alhaji Jamilu Zannah has resigned, posting a sharp rebuke of Governor Bello Matawalle as a bad team player. Zannah resigned barely two weeks after his inauguration as a member of the state executive council. He hinged his resignation on the “high-handedness” and lack of consultation on the part of Matawalle. The…
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JUST IN: AbulRazak appoints 26-year-old serving corps member Commissioner
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has appointed a serving 26-year-old female Youth Corps member, Miss Joana Nnazua Kolo as a commissioner. She was among the four female commissioner-nominees whose names were forwarded to the Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday. Kolo, the youngest commissioner-nominee in the state’s history, is a 2018 graduate of Library…
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Fayemi sends list of commissioner-nominees to Ekiti Assembly
Ekiti State Governor Dr Kayode Fayemi on Tuesday forwarded a list of 14 Commissioners- nominees to the House of Assembly for screening and confirmation. Fayemi transmitted a letter to the Assembly, requesting for legislative approval to constitute the state executive council. The Speaker, Adeniran Alagbada, who read the Governor’s letter to his colleagues at plenary,…
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Supplementary poll: Police Arrest Kano Commissioner
Police officers on election duty on Saturday arrested Kano State Commissioner for Special Duties, Muktar Yakasai. The commissioner allegedly led some thugs to disrupt ongoing election at Yelwa Secondary School in Dala Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson of the Police in the state, Abdullahi Haruna could not be reached but witnesses said Yakasai…
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Kano guber: Police ‘arrest’ Ganduje’s deputy, Commissioner
The Kano State Police Command have taken the state deputy Governor, Nasiru Gawuna and the State Commissioner for Local Government, Alhaji Sule Garo into custody over alleged threat to public peace. The two were arrested for alleged disruption of the Collation of results of the Governorship Elections at the Nasarawa Local Government area Collation Centre.…
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Army quizzes video showing soldiers invading Rivers commissioner’s home
The Nigerian Army says it has begun a forensic investigation of a CCTV footage showing soldiers invading the home of the Rivers State Commissioner of Education, Dr Tamunosisi Gogo-Jaja. The army said in a statement by its Acting Director, Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, that the military would remain neutral before, during and after the…
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Why Ambode’s commissioner resigned, dumped our party – APC
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress says it had always known that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s commissioner, Olawale Olowo, who defected to the Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday, was a mole for the opposition party. The Publicity Secretary of Lagos APC, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, said Oluwo, who has since resigned from his position…
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Police arraign Okorocha’s former commissioner for fraud, stealing
The Imo State Police Command on Monday arraigned a former Commissioner of Commerce and Industry to Governor Rochas Okorocha, Best Mbanaso, in a magistrate’s court. The 11 counts bordered on fraud, stealing and destruction of fuel stations in the state. Mbanaso was also an ex-Special Adviser on Mayoral Affairs (Orlu zone) to Okorocha before he…
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Gunmen abduct commissioner’s wife, six children
The wife of a commissioner in Zamfara and six children have been abducted by gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday at Gurbin Bore village in the state. The abductors reportedly attacked the home of the Commissioner of Youths, Sports and Skills Acquisition, Abdullahi Gurbin Bore, in the village located in Zurmi Local Government at…