Former U. S. president Barack Obama, has picked Nigeria’s Kehinde Wiley, to paint his official presidential portrait.
The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery while making the announcement said Wiley is an exciting choice for the presidential portrait.
Prof. AbduGaniyu Ambali, the Vice-Chancellor of University of Ilorin, has said the institution produced 89 first class graduates in 2016/2017 academic session.
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday ordered banks to unfreeze the 24 accounts of the Peace Corps of Nigeria. Justice John Tsoho in a ruling vacated the order upholding the motion filed by the group. The accounts were frozen at the instance of the Police though an ex-parte order it secured on June 23. John Ojogu, on behalf of Peace Corps, filed a motion on notice, dated July 5, praying the court to vacate its post-no-debit order freezing its accounts.
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Kayode Fayemi, has announced the appointment of Abdul-Akaba Sumaila, as the Acting Sole Administrator of the Ajaokuta Steel Complex. Mr. Sumaila replaces Joseph Isah, who retired from the civil service in September, having attained the mandatory 35 years in service. Mr. Sumaila is a fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers.
The Federal Government will soon centralise the payroll for Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) just as it is capturing data for personnel of paramilitary outfits on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS).
Satellite TV service provider, TSTV says its TSTV Africa, will begin commercial operation on Nov. 1. Tstv Managing Director, Mr Bright Echefu, announced this on Saturday while briefing newsmen in Abuja. He added that TSTV would launch its services with about one million decoders nationwide. He said that at least 5,000 decoders TSTV would be released to the public next week for free, adding that it would use the first set of decoders with one-month free subscription to test run its services.
