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• Ex-envoy, Keshi, says non-career envoys weakening diplomatic mission • Profs fault action The Senate, yesterday, confirmed the appointment of the immediate past service chiefs as ambassadors. The appointees are former Chief of Defence Staff, Gabriel Olonisakin; former Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai; former Chief of Air Staff, Ibok Ibas; and former Chief of Naval Staff, Abubakar Sadique. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Adamu Bulkachuwa, while presenting the committee’s report, said the committee screened the nominees carefully and thoroughly and was satisfied w...

By Segun James in Lagos and Udora Orizu in Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari; former Lagos State governor, Senator Bola Tinubu; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; his Imo State counterpart, Senator Hope Uzodinma; and a former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, were among dignitaries who yesterday paid tribute to a former Military Governor of the Lagos State, Rear Admiral Godwin Ndubuisi Kanu (rtd), whose death was announced earlier in the day. Kanu, a former chieftain of National Democratic Coa...

ON THE GO Secession threats not solution to our problems, says PDP chieftain Dan Orbih, national vice-chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), south-south, says secession is not the solution to the problems facing the country. Advertisement Speaking with NAN on Sunday, Orbih... Making the Easter celebration in Nigeria rewarding BY JEROME-MARIO UTOMIAdvertisement On Sunday, April 4, 2021, Christians in Nigeria joined their counterparts across the globe to mark/celebrate the great feast of Easter.  Also called Paschal or Resurrection Sunday,... CCT spokesman apologises...

James Sowole in Akure Governors of the six states in the South-west have endorsed the recommendation of a committee they set up for the establishment of the South-west Development Commission (SWDC). The Technical Committee, set up towards the realisation of the commission, while submitting a memorandum for the establishment of the body to the Ondo State Governor and Chairman of the South-west Governors‘ Forum, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), urged the governors to use their political clout to ensure the passage of a bill to give a legal backing to the reification of the idea. Already, the ...

South West governors push for development commission On By Dayo Johnson— Akure The Chairman of the South West Governors Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu has received the memorandum for the establishment of the South West Development Commission. It was presented to the Ondo state governor by the Chairman of Technical Committee and Chief of Staff to the Osun state governor, Dr. Charles Diji Akinola. The committee has the Attorney-Generals and  Justice Commissioners and one other nominated person each from the six states of the South West. ALSO READ:  The Attorney-Generals include; Charles Titiloye ...