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Buhari Fires DG Of NTDC, Sally Mbanefo

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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the removal of the Director General of the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Mrs. Sally Mbanefo.

It was gathered  that the Director General has been asked to handover the affairs of NTDC to the next most senior officer.

The removal of the Chief Executive was contained in a November 27, 2016 letter which was signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Engr. Babachir David Lawal.

The letter was titled “Notification of de-secondment from the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC).

The letter reads: “I refer to the attached letter, Ref. No. SGF.6/S.23/1/568 of 8th October, 2013 in respect of your secondment from the Keystone Bank Limited to serve as Executive Director/ Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) for a period of two years with effect from 6th May 2013.

You may note from the foregoing that the period of your secondment at the corporation had since lapsed on 5th May 2016.

Consequently, you are to handover the affairs of the corporation to the most senior officer on or before Wednesday, 30th November, 2016.”

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Fires Rage Across Calais Refugee Camp Amid Evacuation

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Massive fires have been raging overnight through the refugee camp in the French port city of Calais that has been at the center of much controversy recently. This as authorities have been trying to evacuate thousands of refugees to other reception centers across the nation.

It is not exactly known who started the fires, with initial reports pointing the finger of blame at refugees opposed to the destruction of the camp.

But French authorities said later that they were investigating claims that ‘No Borders’ activists were indeed responsible for the arson attacks. The British group campaigns against borders and immigration controls.

The French government finally decided to completely demolish the infamous shantytown after a few earlier attempts to partially dismantle it. The operation got underway on Monday amid much opposition from the camp’s residents.

Fires billowing black columns of smoke into the air left some of the protesting refugees with major injuries, while others were treated for smoke inhalation at the scene.

According to local officials emergency services workers were attacked with stones and other projectiles as they tried to put out the flames, and riot police had to intervene to deal with the chaos.

Residents told officials that activists had come into the settlement in the middle of the night and set off canisters, hence starting the fires.

Demolition workers on Tuesday started tearing down the tents where up to 8,000 refugees, including 1,200 children, mainly from Afghanistan, Sudan and Eritrea, have been living in dire conditions.

Last month, President Francois Hollande pledged to definitely and entirely raze the camp after a visit to Calais.

More than 1,200 police and officials have already been deployed in the northern port city in what Paris calls a “humanitarian” operation. But a large number of refugees are said to be resisting evacuation.

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Buhari Fires JAMB Registrar, 16 Other Chief Executives

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The Federal Government has announced the sacking of Chief Executives of 17 parastatals and agencies under the Ministry of Education.

The government’s announcement was contained in a statement issued on Monday night by the Deputy Director of Press and Public Relations in the Education Ministry, Ben Bem Goong.

Four Chief Executives whose tenures were yet to elapse were however retained, while others including the Registrar and Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, Prof Dibu Ojerinde were relieved of their appointments.

The statement said the appointments were with immediate effect, precisely from Monday, August 01, 2016.

The 17 agencies affected in the mass sack and the new Chief Executives appointed included the National Universities Commission, Prof Abubakar Adamu Rasheed; Nigerian Institute for Education Planning and Administration, Prof, Mrs. Lilian Salami; Universal Basic Education, Dr. Hameed Bobboyi and National Library of Nigeria, Prof. Lanre Aina.

Others are National Examinations Council, Prof Charles Uwakwe; National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education, Prof Abba Aladu and Nomadic Education Commission, Prof Bashir Usman.

Also appointed are National Business and Technical Examinations Board, Prof Isioma Isiugo-Abanihe; Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, Prof Sunday Josiah Ajiboye; Computer Registration Council of Nigeria, Afolabi Aderinto and National Commission for Colleges of Education, Prof Bappah Aliyu.

The new appointees also included Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Dr. Abdullahi Bichi Baffa; National Teachers Institute, Prof Garba Dahuwa Azare; Librarian Registration Council of Nigeria, Prof Michael Afolabi; and National Mathematical Centre, Prof Steven Ejugwu Onah.

The Secretary-General, Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in Nigeria,  Prof Ishaq Oloyede has been named Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, while the National Institute of Nigerian Languages has Prof Chinyere Ohiri-Aniche as its CEO.

 Those retained included the Nigeria Educational Research and Development Council, Prof. Samaila Junaidu; Nigerian French Language C\Village, Prof Rauf Adebisi; National Board for Technical Education, Dr. Mas’ud Kazaure and National Arabic Language Village, Prof. Muhammad Mu’az.

The new appointees are expected to report at the office of the Education Minister on Tuesday, August 02, 2016 by 12:00 noon for inauguration.

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Angelina Jolie’s ‘Diary Confessions’ Leaks, Fires Nanny For Flirting With Brad Pitt Amid Rumors Of Divorce, Sex & Drugs

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Angelina Jolie was recently rumored to have been “flirting nonstop” with her husband Brad Pitt’s young look-alike cameraman. Now a report by Radar Online claims that Jolie fired one of her children’s “gorgeous” nannies because she was caught flirting with the star’s husband.

The nanny started to have a close friendship with Pitt, after which Jolie began suspecting her, Radar Online reported. “Angie was happy with the team she had assembled and handpicked to be around her and the kids. Of course lots of people want to work for a famous movie star, but they put them through a very strict filtering process,” a source told the gossip website.

“Brad was going in and out of Cambodia as his schedule would allow. He is always well-liked by the staff and friendly with them, but it became obvious the nanny was flirting around him and being a little too friendly,” the insider added, according to Radar Online.

The 40-year-old noticed that the nanny was always near the pool at the same time Pitt would be there, according to the report. “Her paranoia grew even further when she saw him fresh out of the shower wrapped in just a towel, getting some juice while the nanny was also in the kitchen with a big smile on her face. That was the final straw for Angie,” the source revealed to Radar Online. “She confronted the nanny and a huge screaming match erupted. Of course, she didn’t hesitate to pull the trigger, and the nanny packed her things and was gone faster than you could imagine,” the insider added.

The A-list couple, together for over 10 years, has been fighting divorce rumors for some time now. However, they have been spotted together on several occasions, shunning reports about their marriage troubles.

Another rumor that 52-year-old Pitt was moving into a bachelor pad in London without informing Jolie was debunked. A source reportedly told OK! Magazine that Pitt is secretly shopping for his own house in England without informing Jolie. “Brad’s thinking time apart is exactly what they need,” the insider reportedly said.

Gossip Cop, the website which debunks celebrity rumors, had dismissed another Jolie-Pitt rumor, which claimed that the husband and wife were on the verge of breaking up over her alleged sex and drugs “diary confessions.” A National Enquirer report said that Pitt has been bothered by reminders of his wife’s past problems, including “heroin binges” and “kinky sex games.”

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Lai Mohammed Fires Heads Of Information Parastatals

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The Federal Government has disengaged the heads of the six information-related parastatals under the Ministry of Information and Culture.

The affected Chief Executives are the Directors-General of NTA, Mr Sola Omole, FRCN, Mr Ladan Salihu, VON, Mr Sam Worlu, NOA, Mr Mike Omeri, NBC Mr Emeka Mba and the Managing Director of NAN Mr Ima Niboro.

In a statement which said that the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the disengagement during a meeting he held with the Chief Executives of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Voice of Nigeria (VON), News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and the National Orientation Agency (NOA) on Monday .

The Minister directed the disengaged Chief Executives to hand over to the most senior officials in their various establishments, the statement said.

He however thanked them for their service to the nation and wished them the best of luck in their future endeavours.

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DSS Fires Buhari’s Ex-CSO, Marilyn Ogar, 48 Others

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Indications have emerged that former spokesman of the Department of State Services (DSS), Marilyn Ogar, was sent packing from the nation’s secret police for her alleged partisan role during the last general elections while President Muhammadu Buhari’s former chief security officer (CSO), Abdulrahman Mani, was sacked for absenting himself from work.

Reports gathered from sources indicates that Ogar, who has seven more years to go in the DSS, was sent on compulsory retirement along with two directors of the service and 49 other senior officers.

The security sources said while Ms Ogar was retired from service for alleged corruption and involvement in partisan politics, Mani, a deputy director, was sacked for failing to report for duty.

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Buhari Fires Back At Saraki

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President Muhammadu Buhari has denied claims by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki that he dropped his presidential ambition because of him. Buhari noted that Saraki never contested the presidential ticket of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the party’s presidential  primaries in January.

Buhari was reacting to claims by Saraki that he stepped down from the presidential race to support the emergence of Buhari as the APC candidate for the March 28 presidential election.

Buhari, who spoke through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said there was no truth in Saraki’s claim. He noted that Saraki was not among those who contested for APC Presidential ticket and so could not have stepped down for him.

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Assembly Seat Loss: Dickson Fires Commisioner

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The Bayelsa state Commissioner for Sports, Chief Ebikitin Doingoli was yesterday sacked by Governor Henry Seriake Dickson.
Doingoli’s removal was announced on major radio stations in Bayelsa state through a statement by the Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Iworiso- Markson.

Though no reason was given for his removal investigations revealed that it is unconnected to the State House of Assembly election in Kolokuma/ Opokuma Constituency 2 which the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost to the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA).

The winner of the election, Ebiye Tarabina who is believed to have been sponsored by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Domestic Affairs, Dr Waripamowei Dudafa is a cousin to Doingoli.

Checks indicated that Dickson who was irked about the loss of PDP at the election believed that some party leaders in constituency contributed to the defeat of the party.

According to investigations Dickson is of the view that Kolokuma/ Opokuma constituency 2 was lost because of disloyalty and he has decided to deal with disloyal members in the party.

The sack of Doingoli is seen as just the beginning as more heads would roll after the deputy governor submits his committee report. Doingoli in an interview confirmed he heard his sack from an announcement by Mr Iworiso- Markson on Glory F.M.

While stating that he has not committed any offence to have warranted his sack, he said he has sent a message to Dickson thanking him for giving him an opportunity to serve the state.

Doingoli admitted that Tarabina is his cousin but exonerated himself from the loss of the PDP at the poll.

According to him he had tried to persuade Tarabina to drop his political ambition but he insisted in contesting on the platform of APGA.

He said “I heard the announcement of my sack on the radio like every other Bayelsans. I have sent a message to the Governor thanking him for giving me the opportunity to serve the state. I believe it has something to do with the House of Assembly election.

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Jonathan Fires Petroleum Fund Boss, Appoints Replacement

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President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Asabe Asmau Ahmed as Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF).

Mrs. Ahmed, who is currently the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, takes over from Sharon Adefunke Kasali who has been Executive Secretary of PEF since 2007.

The new PEF Executive Secretary hails from Niger State and holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, respectively.

She is expected to put her years of experience in public service to good use in re-engineering, repositioning and re-invigorating PEF for present and future challenges.

President Jonathan has similarly approved the appointment of Denzil Amagbe Kentebe as the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Management Development Board (NCDMB).

Mr. Kentebe, an architect with years of experience in strategic planning and policy management, takes over from Ernest Nwapa who has been Executive Secretary of the NCDMB since April 2010.

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Jonathan Fires FIRS Boss, Appoints New Acting Chairman

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President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Samuel Ogungbesan as Acting Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service.

Mr. Ogungbesan, a Coordinating Director at FIRS, replaces Kabiru Mashi who has served as acting Executive Chairman of the agency since 2012. His appointment takes immediate effect.

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