President Bola Tinubu has rescinded his earlier appointment of Imam Ibrahim Kashim Imam as the chairman of the board of directors of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, FERMA. The withdrawal of Imam’s appointment is with immediate effect, presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale said, via a statement, on Thursday. 24-year-old Imam was on October 13 appointed to head the FERMA board “for a renewable term of four years, in accordance with Section 2(3) of the FERMA Amendment...

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Salihu Abdulhamid Dembos as the director general, DG, of the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA. Dembo’s appointment, which is with immediate effect, was announced by presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale late Thursday. Ngelale said President Tinubu also made an additional seven appointments for other agencies under the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation. The National Orientation Agency, NOA, and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, will be headed by Lanre...

..Says they can’t afford to let Nigerians down Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), has reminded Nigeria Air Force (NAF) personnel of the huge responsibility placed on them by Nigerians in ensuring their safety and wellbeing. The NAF boss also told his men that they cannot afford to let Nigerians down. The disclosure was done in a gathering of NAF commanders comprising branch heads, directors, commandants, commanders as well as...

Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno state says the Government will resist attempts to move any infrastructure meant for the state to other places through legal means. The Governor stated this on Tuesday during a visit to the railway terminus in Maiduguri following an attempt by some people claiming to be staff of Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to move railway infrastructures including coaches and rolling stocks. He described the attempt to relocate railway coaches from...

The Senate has approved the appointment of Ola Olukoyede and Mohammed Hamajoda as the chairman and secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, respectively. Olukayode and Hammajoda were screened on Wednesday alongside Halima Shehu who was appointed to head the National Social Investment Programme Agency, NSIPA. Shehu was confirmed too. Pilot News reported that President Bola Tinubu appointed Olukoyede and Hammajoda as EFCC chairperson and secretary respectively on October 12. Olukoyede, who served...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has sacked Senator Ishaku Elisha Abbo representing Adamawa North Senatorial District of Adamawa state. The Appellate court vacated the tribunal judgment which had earlier affirmed Abbo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Senatorial election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Abbo the winner of the February 25, 2023, parliamentary election. The three-member panel presided over by Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme in its judgment ordered...