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  • Coronation Merchant Bank appoints executive director

    Coronation Merchant Bank has appointed Onome Komolafe as Executive Director following the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

    Prior to her appointment, Onome had worked as the bank’s Chief Operating Officer (COO)/Group Head of Operations and Information Technology Division. In that capacity, she oversaw the implementation of business strategies across the organisation and monitored performance in line with outlined organisational goals.

    She also brought to bear her over 20 years banking experience garnered from Guaranty Trust Bank and Access Bank to integrate various departments in the bank for operational efficiency.

    A resourceful banker, Onome who holds a B.Sc. and an MBA from the Obafemi Awolowo University, has worked in different areas of banking operations. She was Head of Branch Operations, Treasury Operations and Domestic Operations at different times at GT Bank where she started her banking career in 1997.

    At Access Bank which she joined in 2007, Onome was Head of Treasury Operations and subsequently oversaw the bank’s Centralised Operations Group where she created Standardised Procedures for the Domestic Funds Transfer Teams, Credit and Corporate Operations and leading the Treasury Software Implementation project in the Bank.

    Chairman of Coronation Merchant, Tunde Folawiyo, said on the appointment, “We are happy to welcome Onome to the Board of Coronation Merchant Bank. She brings onboard very rich and demonstrable experience that will significantly contribute to the actualisation of our aspiration of becoming Africa’s premier investment bank. This appointment brings diversity to our board and demonstrates our appreciation of employees’ contributions, Onome’s exceptional skills have proven to be an invaluable asset to our organisation”.

    As a thoroughbred banking professional with membership of reputable committees such as the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Financial Services Industry Infrastructure Transformation Programme, the RTGS (Real Time Gross Settlement) Implementation team, and the Payment Systems and Infrastructure Sub- Committee of the Bankers Committee, Onome’s appointment is beyond achieving the boardroom diversity goal, but a strategic decision to strengthen the Bank’s delivery capacity.

  • FCT minister appoints secretaries, political appointees

    The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Bello, has announced the appointment of mandate secretaries and political appointees into positions in Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA).

    He said the appointments followed his commitment to reposition FCTA into a more robust and service-oriented administrative structure and enhance its operational capability.

    The secretaries are: Adamu Abubakar Bappah – Area Council Services, Nzekwe Stanley Ifeanyichukwu – Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Isa Maina – Education, Amanda Pam – Health and Human Services, Muhammad B. Umar – Legal Services, Oladimeji Ali Hassan – Social Development and Kayode Opeifa  – Transportation.

    A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Minister, Cosmas Uzodinma, said the coordinators of Abuja Metropolitan Management Council and Satellite Town Development Department are Umar Shuaibu and Isiyaku Tanko Yamawo.

    The Managing Director, Abuja Broadcasting Services, is Ibrahim Damisa.

    The list of political aides includes: Mohammad Bashir Mai-Bornu – Chief of Staff, Dr. Bala Mohammed Liman – Senior Special Assistant, Finance and Economic Matters, Olafusi Emmanuel Tosin Esq – Senior Special Assistant Legal and Multi-lateral Cooperation and Abubakar Muh’d Abdullahi – Senior Special Assistant, ICT.

    The following advisers on Community Relations have been appointed; they are Chika Alexander Nwatu, Abu Zarr Sulaiman Ribadu and Isa Dara Bwari.

    The minister said the appointments are as provided by sections of the Federal Capital Territory (Establishment of Functionaries and Departments) and Ministry of Federal Capital Territory (Dissolution) Order No. 1, 2004 as modified.

    They are premised on the desire and commitment of the administration to ensure quality service delivery, particularly social services to Federal Capital Territory residents.

    The appointments take immediate effect, while arrangement for swearing-in will be announced later.

     

  • Akeredolu appoints The Nation man Ajiboye as CPS

    Akeredolu appoints The Nation man Ajiboye as CPS

    Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has approved the appointment of Oluwasegun Ajiboye as his chief press secretary (CPS).

    Also appointed were Dapo Aruwajoye (Press Secretary Electronic Media) and Fisayo Falodi (Press Secretary Print Media).

    Ajiboye, an assistant editor with The Nation, studied Language and Linguistics in the University of Lagos.

    An indigene of Irun Akoko in Akoko North West Local Government, he started his journalism career as a reporter with The News in 2000 and moved to The Sun in 2003.

    From 2007 to 2009, he served as press secretary to the late Governor Olusegun Agagu.

    Ajiboye worked as the group news editor of the defunct National Life until 2012 when he moved to The Nation as assistant editor of the Saturday title.

    Aruwajoye, who hails from Owo, is a reporter-presenter with Television Continental (TVC), Lagos.

    A graduate of English from Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife, Aruwajoye holds a Master’s degree in Media and Globalisation from Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom.

    He started his career as a reporter with Channels Television, Lagos, before moving to TVC.

    Falodi, a graduate of Philosophy from University of Ado Ekiti, served as a sub editor in The Nation from December 2006 to November 2010.

    He moved to National Mirror as a senior sub editor where he held sway for four years before joining Saturday Punch in 2014 as a senior correspondent.

    He is an indigene of Ijare in Ifedore Local Government Area.

  • ZAMBIA VS NIGERIA: FIFA appoints Grisha

    ZAMBIA VS NIGERIA: FIFA appoints Grisha

    • Egyptian referees to handle World Cup game
    • Bassey on duty in Brazzaville

    Football’s world ruling body, FIFA, has appointed Egyptian Ghead Grisha as referee for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match between Zambia’s Chipolopolo and Nigeria’s Super Eagles in Ndola on Sunday, October 9, 2016.

    Grisha, 40, has been a FIFA referee since 2008. He will be assisted by fellow Egyptians Tahssen Abo El Sadat Bedyer (assistant referee 1), Ahmed Hossameldin Taha (assistant referee 2) and Ibrahim Noureldin (Fourth Official).

    Also appointed is renown former FIFA referee Zeli Sinko (from Cote d’Ivoire), who will serve as referee assessor, while former Ghana FA president Mahamadu Nuru Deen Jawula will be match commissioner.

    The match has been scheduled to kick off at the Levy Nwanawasa Stadium in Ndola at 2.30pm Zambia time (1.30pm Nigeria time) on Sunday, 9th October.

    Grisha, incidentally, was in charge of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) group phase clash between the Super Eagles and the Chipolopolo, at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, which ended 1-1.

    The Super Eagles went ahead to eventually win that Cup of Nations tournament.

    FIFA has also appointed respected Nigerian official Paul Bassey to serve as security officer for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Group E qualifier between Congo and Egypt, scheduled for the Stade de Kintele in Brazzaville on the same day.

    Beninoise official Bruno Arthur Didavi will be match commissioner for that game, with the referees from Cote d’Ivoire led by Denis Dembele.

    Jason Joseph Damoo from Seychelles will serve as referee assessor.

  • FRSC appoints Ojeme as first female deputy corps marshal

    In line with its consolidation process, the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Boboye Oyeyemi has approved the redeployment of 32 senior officers, comprising two Deputy Corps Marshals, seven Assistant Corps Marshals, 13 Corps Commanders and 10 Deputy Corps Commanders.

    Among the Deputy Corps Marshals was Ojeme Ewhudjakpor, who was formerly at the Technical Services and Special Duties Department. She now takes over the Operations Department as a result of the retirement of Deputy Corps Marshal Abu Adei, from public service.

    The new Deputy Corps Marshal Operations, according to Bisi Kazeem, Head, Media Relations and Strategy, hails from Delta State and becomes the first woman in the history of the FRSC to hold such position.

    Before her appointment, she had served the Corps in various capacities as Sector Commander in several states of the federation, Zonal Commander, as well as Head of several departments at the headquarters.

    A graduate of the University of Lagos, with a Master’s Degree from the University of Ibadan, DCM Ewhrudjakpor is the first woman to rise to the position of Assistant Corps Marshal and Deputy Corps Marshal in the history of the FRSC. She is also an Alumni of the National War College.

    In a similar vein, the former Deputy Corps Marshal, Special Marshals and Partnership, Ahmed Hassan has been moved to the Special Duties and Partnership Department, while Olu Mike Olagunju, Zonal Commanding Officer in charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara state commands, is now the Assistant Corps Marshal, Command Administration and Strategy in Headquarters.

    Out of the seven Assistant Corps Marshals who were redeployed, former Assistant Corps Marshal, Command Administration and Strategy, Victor Nwokolo has been appointed as Head, Special Marshals Section, while former Assistant Corps Marshal, Technical Services and Special Duties, Gumi Aliyu is now Head of Section, Federal Operations.

    The recent exercise also shows that 8 new Sector Commanders were redeployed by the Corps: Corps Commander Ayabomi Omiyale (Kogi State), Corps Commander David Mendie (Gombe State), Corps Commander Edward Zamber (Enugu State), Corps Commander Peter Osadebamwen (Ondo State), Corps Commander Angus Ibezim (Jigawa State), Corps Commander Oladele Clement (Ogun State) among others.

    Accordingly, all the new appointments will take immediate effect.

  • Lexcel Group appoints Odesile as Managing Director of Grand Oak

    Lexcel Group appoints Odesile as Managing Director of Grand Oak

    The Chairman and board of directors of Lexcel Management/Nigeria Distilleries has appointed  Aare Fatai Odesile as Acting Managing Director, Grand Oak  Limited, effective March 28.

    Odesile was the Commercial Director before his elevation to the position of Acting Managing Director of Grand Oak Limited (GOL), following the exit of the former occupant.

    He started his working career with 7up Bottling Company Plc in 1991 and moved to NDL as a Research and Development Officer the following year. He rose rapidly to become the R&D Manager before crossing over to Sales and Marketing, where he rose to become the pioneer Marketing Director of GOL in 2010

    A Second Class Upper division graduate of Industrial Chemistry from the prestigious University of Ibadan (UI) and MBA from the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Aare Odesile comes with over 25 years cognate experience and has attended several courses at home and abroad at respected institutions, such as Cranfield School of Management, UK; Witz Business School, South Africa; MCE, Brussels, Belgium and Lagos Business School.

    Odesile has held various positions in the Nigerian Marketing Communications industry, including headship of Advertisers Association of Nigeria (ADVAN), past Council Member  Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria(APCON), Advertising Sectoral Group (HASG).

    He is a fellow of the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (FNIMN); Chairman, Board of Trustees of ADVAN and a member of the prestigious Ikeja Golf Club and Lagos Country Club

    He is happily married with Children.

    Similarly, the board has announced the appointment of Mr. Adekunle Rosiji as the Group Executive Director & Head, Drinks Business (with responsibility for Nigeria Distilleries Ltd, Grand Oak Ltd., Supreme Distilleries Ltd. & Grand Oak International Brands), effective 28 March 2016.

    Since 2005, Adekunle Rosiji has had a successful international career in Finance and Marketing. He began his career as an Investment Banker in Corporate Finance (M&A and Restructuring) on Wall Street and in the City of London. He has worked at Goldman Sachs, KBC and Houlihan Lokey.

    After founding and selling two online, financial retail businesses, Adekunle established Grainger West’s Debt Finance practice and built their HR Consultancy and Executive Search desk franchises in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai. Adekunle joined Lexcel Group in 2013 and previously oversaw the Business Development function for the Drinks Business. He holds a BA Honours degree in Law, Economics and Accounting from Newcastle University, an MSc. Finance from the European Business School, London and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Hult International Business School where he graduated as a Dean’s Scholar.

    He is happily married

  • S/Sudan appoints Nigerian debt management advisor

    S/Sudan appoints Nigerian debt management advisor

    A staff of Nigeria’s Debt Management Office (DMO) has been appointed as the Debt Management Advisor to the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning of the Republic of South Sudan.

    Alhaji Ibrahim Natagwandu was recently engaged by the South Sudanese government to help drive and develop the country’s debt management office.

    Speaking when a delegation of South Sudan’s debt managers visited the DMO in Abuja, the Director General of the DMO Dr Abraham Nwankwo noted that the DMO had resolved to focus on Africa when the agency decided to export its debt management skills and share ideas.

    Nigeria’s DMO Nwankwo promised will help South Sudan to develop its debt management office.

    Before his employment in South Sudan, Natagwandu was the team leader strategy at the DMO and he was picked from an international array of applicants from Africa and Europe in a recruitment exercise conducted by the World Bank.

    Nwankwo said there was greater need for South-South cooperation in Africa “so that we mutually reinforce ourselves economically. Nigeria Nwankwo said will always be its brother’s keeper.

    Also speaking during the visit, the Director General, Directorate of Macroeconomic Planning of South Sudan Mr Philip Boldit, urged Nigeria to walk its talk of being the leader in Africa.

    Boldit, said he was a “little bit disappointed. Nigeria is a very large country. Nobody is going to invite Nigeria to take leadership position. You have to impose yourself. You have the population. You have the knowledge. You have education. This is leadership. We (other African countries) cannot leave Africa to be run by other people when Nigeria is here. Senegal will come to struggle with you for leadership because they have the francophone behind them. South Africa will come up but don’t leave your position.”

     

  • Lalong appoints Permanent Secretary

    The Governor of Plateau State, Rt. Hon. Simon Bakpo Lalong yesterday in Jos, approved the appointment of Mrs. Naomi Garba as Permanent Secretary with Plateau State Civil Service

    A release by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Samuel Emmanuel Nanle reads: “Governor of Plateau State Governor, Rt. Hon Simon Bako Lalong, has approved the appointment of Mrs Naomi Garba as a Permanent Secretary with the Plateau State Civil Service.

    “Mrs. Naomi Garba is a Law graduate of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and she joined the service of the Plateau State Government in 1990. Until her appointment, she was the Director of Civil Litigation in the State Ministry of Justice.

    “The newly appointed Permanent Secretary would be sworn in at a date to be announced later”.

  • Al-Makura appoints chief of staff, special adviser

    Al-Makura appoints chief of staff, special adviser

    Nasarawa State Governor Tanko Al-makura has approved the appointment of Muhammed Musa-Danazumi as the chief of staff to the Government House.

    He was the commissioner in the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.

    This was contained in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Suleiman Umaru-Azores, in Lafia yesterday.

    The statement said the governor also approved the appointment of Alhaji Hamza Elayo-Mohammed as the special adviser, Command and Information Centre.

    He was a commissioner in the Ministry of Information and Ethical Re-orientation.

    Also appointed was Ishaku Usman as a permanent secretary.

    He was a director, Legal Drafting, Ministry of Justice.

    Al-makura was quoted as saying: “This is the time for us to work because the elections are over. We need to get the right people in the right places.”

    He said his administration would engage “most qualified people” to assist in running the affairs of the state.

    The governor described the performance of government officials in the last administration as impressive.

     

  • Fayose appoints 72-yr-old illiterate carpenter as council chair

    Fayose appoints 72-yr-old illiterate carpenter as council chair

    Ekiti State governor Mr Ayo Fayose, yesterday, sent tongues wagging with the swearing-in of a 72-year-old illiterate carpenter, Pa Olatunde Afolayan, as the caretaker chairman of Moba Local Government.

    The governor, immediately after the  inauguration held at  Abiodun Adetiloye Hall, Trade Fair Complex, Ado Ekiti, also appointed a graduate to serve as the Personal Assistant of the septuagenarian.

    He also swore in two other caretaker chairmen during the ceremony. The appointees,  Mrs. Omolara Bayode Ayeni (Ikole) and Owolabi Ajewole (Ijero)  were appointed to replace their predecessors who recently resigned their appointments.

    Fayose also swore in the new chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC), Justice Kayode Bamisile a former Chief Judge of the state and other members of the commission to set the stage for the conduct of the local government polls before the end of the year.

    Elated by his appointment, Pa Afolayan, commended the governor for the kind gesture, saying: “What I expected was for the governor to make me a ward chairman. I have never gone to school for a day, but that does not diminish my intelligence. I may not be educated or certificated, but I have the e__xperience  to pilot the affairs of the council. I promise to surpass the records left behind by my predecessors to justify Governor Fayose’s assertion that local people are intelligent and visionary.”

    Justifying Pa Afolyan’s appointment, Fayose said many elected political office holders rode on the votes of illiterates and insignificant people only to forget them after assuming office. He maintained that the appointment of an illiterate as a council chairman is a way to appreciate such segment of the population.

    The governor said: “In my government, whether you are educated or not, you will get something. The vote of a professor and an illiterate is the same. So, under my administration, those who are not educated can rise to any level they want.”

    He reiterated his call to_ President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Acting Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), M_rs. Amina Zakari, urging the President to appoint credible and trustworthy Nigerians as national commissioners of the commission.

    Fayose challenged the people to expose any of the the newly appointed _SIEC chiefs with questionable characters  promising to remove such individual.

    “Members of this honourable commission must be men of impeccable characters. So, whoever has anything against any of the members must come forward to prove it and if you do I will remove such person immediately.

    “It baffles me when leaders make their in-laws or friend or relations members of electoral body. This is immoral. I have criticized President Buhari for making Mrs Amina Zakari the head of INEC in the country based on certain reasons and I cannot

    afford to toe the same line. So, the people I have here are those that can do us proud. I urge you to discharge your duty without fear or favour,” he said._