Tag: Nominees
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Senate begins confirmation of CBN’s MPC nominees
The Senate on Wednesday mandated its Committee on Banking and Finance to begin the process of confirming four presidential nominees as members of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This followed the adoption of the communication from President Muhammadu Buhari, requesting the Senate to confirm the nomination of the four…
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2019: Senate clears seven REC nominees
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed seven of the nine Resident Electoral Commissioner nominees sent for approval by President Muhammadu Buhari. President Buhari on December 20, 2017 sent names of the nine candidates to be considered as RECs. Out of the nine, seven of the nominees were confirmed, one failed to show up for screening, while…
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Osun Assembly confirms Aregbesola’s nominees
The Osun House of Assembly on Monday, confirmed the four nominees of Gov. Rauf Aregbesola as members of the state Judicial Service Commission (JSC). The motion for the confirmation of the nominees was moved by the leader of House, Mr Timothy Owoeye after the screening of the nominees. Owoeye’s motion’s was seconded by the House…
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Senate confirms 8 REC nominees, steps down Lagos, Kebbi, candidates
The Senate on Thursday confirmed the appointment of Mrs Asmanu Maikudi from Katsina State and seven others as Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC). Other nominees, who were equally confirmed are, Mr Sam Olumekun from Ondo State, Prof. Riskuwa Shehu from Sokoto State, Mr Kassim Geidam from Yobe and Jibrin Zarewa from Kano State. Prof. Samuel Egwu…
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JUST IN: Edo Assembly confirms Obaseki’s commissioner nominees
The Edo State House of Assembly on Wednesday confirmed 18 nominees sent to it by Governor Godwin Obaseki as commissioners. The nominees were cleared eight days after the list was read during plenary on June 20, 2017. Obaseki had in a letter dated June 19 and addressed to the Speaker, Dr. Justin Okonoboh, urged the…
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12 commissioner-nominees screened by Edo House of Assembly
The screening process for twelve out of the 18 commissioner-nominees submitted by Gov. Godwin Obaseki to the Edo House of Assembly began on Thursday. Governor Obaseki had on Tuesday submitted the list of 18 commissioner nominees to the Assembly for screening and confirmation. The 12 nominees were screened by members of the House Standing Committee…
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Obaseki receives list of nominees for appointment
The committee constituted to screen persons for political appointments in Edo on Friday presented nominations for Special Advisers (SA) and Senior Special Assistants (SSA) to Governor Mr Godwin Obaseki. Presenting the report at Government House, Benin, Chairman of the Committee, Professor Dennis Agbonlahor, described the process as innovative and democratically-driven. He recalled that the committee…
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Beyonce dominates Grammy 2017 nominees list
Sensational singer, Beyonce has clinched nine Grammy nominations for her album Lemonade. The vocalist who has won 20 Grammys, has been nominated in categories like record of the year, song of the year and album of the year. She is followed by Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West, who all have also been nominated. Check the…