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Governor Dapo Abiodun Finally Nominates 18 Commissioners Seven Months After Inauguration
The Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun has forwarded 18 commissioner-nominees to the Ogun State House of Assembly.
Abiodun forwarded the list today 12 December 2019, exactly seven months after he was inaugurated as the Governor of Ogun State.
The Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly read the letter from the Governor at the floor of the assembly today.
Seven months after his swearing-in as the Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun sent a list of 18 commissioner-nominees to the Ogun State House of Assembly for necessary and Confirmations.
The commissioner-nominees include; Femi Ogunbanwo, Tunji Odunlami, Abiodun Abudu-Balogun, Prof Sidi Osho, Dr. Adeola Odedina, Ade Adesanya, Tunji Akinosi, Toyin Taiwo, Jamiu Omoniyi, Kehinde Oluwadare, Funmi Efuape, Ganiyu Hamzat, Oludotun Taiwo, and the immediate past commissioner for sports during the former Governor (Ibikunle Amosun) reign, Afolabi Afuape.
Others are Laolu Olabimtan, Funmi Coker, Gbolahan Adeniran, and Dapo Olubadejo.
The Speaker of the House, Olakunle Oluomo however, read the nominee list today at the floor of the house of the Ogun State House of Assembly.
It was reported by Daily Trust that the appointments are coming barely seven months after Governor Dapo Abiodun assumed office as Governor of the State.
The NBA All-Star game has now to be called The Kobe Bryant MVP Award. NBA commissioner, Adam Silver made this announcement on Saturday 15th February.
The Kobe Bryant MVP Award will be given this Sunday at the closing of this year’s All-Star Game in Chicago. Both teams will be captained by Giannis Antetokounmpo and Lebron James respectively. Team Lebron will put on No 2 and team Giannis will put on No 24. These two numbers were worn by Gianna, Kobe’s daughter and Kobe Bryant.
Recall that Kobe won the All-Star Game MVP in 2002, 2007, 2009, and 2011. Also, he played as the youngest player to feature in the All-Star Game at 19 in 1998.
Modibbo Kawu, the DG of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has been put on suspension by President Buhari. This came following his corruption charges by the Independent Corrupt Practices, ICPC.
This development was confirmed by Armstrong Idachaba, NBC’s Director of Broadcast Monitoring. Further, the most senior director in the commission has been directed to take over from Modibbo Kawu.
Modibbo Kawu is currently facing a 12-count charge bordering on money laundering, abuse of office, and misleading a public officer with the intent of defrauding the government.
So, this contravenes Section 26 (1) (c) of the Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Act 2000 and punishable under Section 19 of the same Act.
Beisdes, Modibbo was first arraigned in May 2019 over the alleged misappropriation of N 2.5 billion for the digital switch-over (DSO) program of the government.
The Health Ministry in Egypt has confirmed the first case of the deadly Coronavirus. The authorities made this disclosure on Friday 14th February in a press release. They said the World Health Organization has been informed and the patient is in isolation for monitoring and treatment.
The patient’s nationality was not given. However, Egypt is the 28th country in the world to record Coronavirus and the first in Africa.
So, over 64,000 cases of the Coronavirus have been diagnosed around the world and 1,363 persons have been confirmed dead since its outbreak in Wuhan, China
