Tag: DG
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NAPTIP DG orders nationwide crackdown on child trafficking
Dr Fatima Waziri-Azi, Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has urged stakeholders to intensify actions against child trafficking in the country. Waziri-Azi made the call in a statement by by Mrs Stella Nezan, Head, Public Relations unit in Abuja on Monday.
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Alleged certificate fraud: Court remands ex-FIIRO DG
Justice Sherifat Solebo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court yesterday remanded Chima Igwe, a former Director-General of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO)for alleged certificate fraud. She ordered that Igwe should be kept at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre pending perfection of bail she granted him in the sum of N500,000 and two sureties…
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NECA DG, Timothy Olawale is dead
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has announced the death of its Director-General, Dr Timothy Olawale. NECA Secretariat said in a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday that Olawale passed on, on Friday, Oct. 1 in a hospital in Abuja. “It is with deepest sadness that we announce the passing of Dr Timothy Olawale, our…
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Buhari approves take-off of National Senior Citizens Centre, appoints Omokaro as DG
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the take-off of the National Senior Citizens Centre with Dr Emem Omokaro as Director-General and 12 members with immediate effect. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Monday. According to the presidential aide, the approval is in…
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JUST IN: Buhari approves appointment of Fikpo as NDE DG; Issa Aremu as Director, National Institute for Labour Studies
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo as the substantive Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE). TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that before now, Fikpo has been the Acting DG of the agency. According to a statement released by President Buhari’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu, the appointment is for a period…
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Its Official! WTO meets next week to confirm Okonjo-Iweala as DG
Sequel to recent developments in the tight race for the Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), all seems set by the organization to appoint Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as its first female and first African leader next week. The global trade body announced Tuesday that it would hold a special meeting of its General…
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FG announces replacement for sacked NDE DG
The Federal Government has appointed Mallam Abubakar Fikpo as the Acting Director General of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) to replace Dr. Nasiru Argungu who was sacked from the position on Dec.7 Mr Festus Keyamo, Minister of State, Labour and Employment, confirmed the appointment in a letter titled “Appointment as Acting Director General of…
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No palliatives stored in any NYSC camp-DG
Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim has stated that palliatives are not stored in any of their camps across the country. He said this when the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, visited the NYSC camp in Kubwa, Abuja on Friday, to assess the amount of damage after it was…
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APC Governors Forum DG replies Oshiomhole over ‘pig’, ’empty brain’ comments
The Director General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), Dr. Salihu Moh’ Lukmam on Tuesday said he holds the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole in high esteem and will not join issues with him. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Lukman had recently told Oshiomhole to take the back seat…
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Okonjo-Iweala raises alarm: Some influential Nigerians sabotaging my campaign for WTO job
Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance and candidate for the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala has raised the alarm that some highly placed Nigerians are making moves to sabotage her campaign for the position. In a statement on Friday by her Media Adviser, Mr Paul Nwabuikwu, the former minister said…