President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of new chief executive officers for the National Universities Commission (NUC), the National Examination Council (NECO) and other education parastatals and agencies.

“You need a miracle worker to be able to do what he is doing, that is why I say that he is very creative. He does not chastise you for nothing; he tells you what to do and once you are getting the result, he does not bother. I want to say that God actually blessed us with a governor, who is capable of tackling the issues affecting the state the way they are, who is putting his hands to the plough, not playing to the gallery, somebody who is ready to sacrifice,” he said.

A private investors firm, Global Holding Infrastructure Company, GHIC, has officially taken over the running of National Iron Oil Mining Company, NIOMCO, in Itakpe, Kogi State.
Governor Yahaya Bello, who revealed this in Lokoja after a meeting with the management of the company, also appealed to the communities hosting the project to support and cooperate with the investor to enable them bring life back to the company.

ABUJA- ISOKO people of Delta state, resident in Abuja have raised alarm, accusing the Delta governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa of marginalization.

ASABA—GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, yesterday, decried the continued attack on oil and gas installations by militants, regretting that the revenue accruing to the state had dropped to below 20 percent of what it used to be two years ago.