Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has forwarded the list of nominees for commissioners and special advisers to Osun house of assembly. Adewale Egbedun, speaker of the Osun assembly, read the governor’s letter containing the names, during plenary on Friday. An ad-hoc committee was established to screen the nominees and send their names for confirmation. […]
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appointed 25 people as commissioners and special advisers for his government, subject to the approval of the state assembly. The commissioners include Tunji Bello, the immediate past Secretary to Government of Lagos State, Gbenga Omotoso, editor at The Nation Newspaper, and 23 others. “We took our time to pick the […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, on Wednesday announced a major shakeup in his cabinet, dropping eight commissioners in the reshuffle. This was contained in a statement issued and signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Barr. Osarodion Ogie. The statement also announced the nomination of six persons for appointment as commissioners and the […]
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The Ekiti state House of Assembly unanimously confirmed 13 commissioner nominees presented by Gov. Kayode Fayemi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the nominees were confirmed by the house during Thursday’s plenary, presided over by the Speaker, Mr Adeniran Alagbada. The nominees include a former member of the House of Representatives-Mr Bamidele Faparusi, […]
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Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has sworn in seven new Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs, bringing the total number of serving RECs in the commission to 33. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chairman, at the swearing in expressed confidence that the new RECs would contribute to the commission’s determination to make 2019 general elections the best in the […]
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Governor Sani Bello of Niger state has sworn in 14 new commissioners. The governor used the occasion of the swearing in too warn them against all forms of corrupt practices. Speaking at the occasion in Minna, on Wednesday, Bello also urged them to work hard to uphold the confidence reposed on them. “It will interest […]
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Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state has sworn in 28 new commissioners, including his sister and 27 Transition Committee Chairmen for the 27 local government councils in the state. One of the commissioners sworn in by the governor is his biological sister, Ogechi Ololo (nee Okorocha). She is now the state’s Commissioner for Happiness and […]
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Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State, has submitted the names of 18 commissioner nominees to the State House of Assembly for screening and confirmation. Bello in a letter read on the floor of the House on Thursday by the Speaker, Alhaji Ahmed Marafa said his action was in line with section 192 (2) of the […]
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Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, on Tuesday named 18 persons as his commissioner-nominees, containing names of former governors’ relatives. Among the list of the commissioner-nominees are the son of the late former governor, Adebayo Adefarati, Gboyega and a brother to the late former Governor Olusegun Agagu, Mr. Femi Agagu. This was contained in a […]
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The Edo State House of Assembly, today, 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 House […]
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