Day: February 21, 2024

North Central Development Commission establishment bill passes 2nd reading in Senate

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The bill seeking the establishment of North Central Development Commission (NCDC), being sponsored by the Senator representing Benue South Senatorial District and Senate Minority Leader, Comrade Abba Moro and co-sponsored by all the senators from North Central, on Wednesday, passed Second Reading on the floor of the senate.   The bill, which passed First Reading on the 5th of October, 2023, was first sponsored in the 9th Senate by Senator Moro where it passed First and Second Readings but could not get presidential assent before the expiration of the 9th…

Tinubu appoints DCG Kemi Nanna Nandap as Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service

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President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of DCG Kemi Nanna Nandap to serve as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), effective from March 1, 2024.   DCG Nandap will take over from Mrs. Caroline Wura-Ola Adepoju, whose term in office expire on February 29, 2024.   Before her appointment as Comptroller-General, Nandap was the Deputy Comptroller-General in charge of the Migration Directorate of the Service.   The President anticipated that the new Comptroller-General will deepen the ongoing reforms in the service and create a robust mechanism for…

I Am a proudly Nigerian-US Boxer – Igbokwe ….. Says happy to be in Nigeria after 12 Years

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Raphael Igbokwe, aka “Trouble”, a Nigerian Diaspora Boxer has expressed his excitement to be back home after 12 years in the United States, saying that being a Nigerian makes him happy. This expression was made during a courtesy visit to Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), at her office, in Abuja.   “This is the best time I have had in my life, I am super excited to be back home in Nigeria. I love Nigeria” Igbokwe added.   The boxer who was very elated described…

Tinubu Appoints Hafsat Bakari as NFIU Boss

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President Bola Tinubu has appointed Ms. Hafsat Abubakar Bakari to serve as the Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU). This was disclosed in a statement on Tuesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, saying the appointment is pending her confirmation by the Senate. “Ms. Bakari is a lawyer and financial intelligence expert with years of experience in anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, and counter-proliferation financing (AML/CFT/CPF),” the statement read. “Before she was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the NFIU,…

DSS urges NLC,TUC to shun protest, embrace dialogue

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The Department of State Services (DSS) has appealed to organized labour to shun proposed protests scheduled to hold between 27th and 28th February, 2024 in parts of the country over sundry economic.   DSS made this call in a release signed by Peter Afunanya,Director, PR & Strategic Communications Department of State Services on Wednesday.21st February,2024.     Afunanya said “While the Service recognises such action as the legitimate right of the labour movement, it, however, urges the body to shelve the plan in the interest of peace and public order”.…

University of Abuja, NIDCOM partner to enhance migration management

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Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, the Vice Chancellor, University of Abuja said, the University, through the newly established Centre for Migration Studies is willing to partner the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) for better migration management. Na’Allah stated this during a visit to the Chairman/CEO,Nigerians in Diaspora Commission,(NiDCOM), Hon.Abike Dabiri-Erewa, at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. The Vice Chancellor emphasized that the visit was to foster partnership for better migration management. Na’Allah described the University as an institution with large impact, noted that it is the first to introduce Distance Learning the…