Tag: DG
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Probe committee lists nine firms for invitation over suspended SEC-DG, Gwarzo
The panel, set up to probe the suspended Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mr. Mounir Gwarzo, is set to invite nine firms alleged to have been used by him to siphon funds from the commission. The report of the panel is expected to be sent to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other…
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N2.6bn NIMASA fraud: “You have case to answer” court tells ex-DG, Akpobolokemi, others
A Federal High Court Lagos, on Monday, overruled a no case submission by former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Akpobolokemi, charged with N2.6 billion fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on Dec. 4, 2015, arraigned Akpobolokemi alongside five others, for allegedly diverting N2.6 billion from…
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FG appoints Magbojuri as acting DG of NAFDAC
The spokesperson of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Dr. Abubakar Jimoh, on Saturday said the Federal Government has approved the approval of Mr. Ademola Magbojuri as the new Acting Director General of the Agency. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Magbojuri takes over from Mrs Yetunde Oni. He explained that the immediate…
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Former NYSC DG, Yusuf Bomoi is dead
A former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brig. Gen. Yusuf Bomoi is dead. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Bomoi died in Abuja on Monday. The TheNewsGuru.com reports that the incumbent DG of the Scheme, Brig.-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure condoled with the late DG’s family on Tuesday. Kazaure, who paid a condolence visit to the family…
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Policing: An integral element of a virile Maritime sector – NIMASA DG
…Assures Nigerian Police Force of continuous collaboration The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has stated that effective policing is an essential component of the development and growth process of the Nigerian Maritime sector. The DG stated this while receiving a delegation of the Police Force, Maritime…
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Maritime sector strategic for investors – Amaechi
…as Dakuku assures of conducive environment The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has stated that the Nigerian maritime sector is a haven of opportunities for the world maritime industry to tap into. The Minister who made this known while speaking at the “Africa@Nor” session of the recently concluded Nor-Shipping 2017 which held at Lillstrome, Norway,…
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Apostle Suleman: Court slams N250,000 damages against DSS DG
A Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State, has asked the Department of State Services, DSS, to tender an unreserved apology to the son of the South-South Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Mr Tareri Avwomakpa, over his illegal arrest by DSS operatives in February. Justice T.B. Adegoke gave the ruling on Tuesday…
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NIMASA DG, Dakuku Peterside elected new AMAA chair
The Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside, has emerged Chairman and President of the Association of African Maritime Administration (AMAA), in a new election held on Friday. This was made known to newsmen in Abuja by Alhaji Bashir Jamoh, the Executive Director, Finance of NIMASA and Chairman AAMA Conference Local…
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JUST IN: DSS raids PenCom office, summons ex-DG over refusal to quit office
Following her refusal to quit office despite a formal release from the presidency stating her sack as the Director General, the operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS on Saturday raided the office of National Pension Commission (PenCom) in Abuja, in obvious search for the sacked DG, Mrs Chinelo Anohu- Amazu. TheNewsGuru.com gathers that…
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Suspended NIA DG did not shed tears – Presidency
The Presidency has condemned media reports that the suspended Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Amb. Ayo Oke, cried during his visit to the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Wednesday. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, who spoke on the incident in Abuja on Thursday, described…