Director General – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Sun, 08 Nov 2020 16:53:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Director General – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 WTO Postpones Director-General Selection Process https://www.theinfostride.com/wto-postpones-director-general-selection-process/ https://www.theinfostride.com/wto-postpones-director-general-selection-process/#respond Sun, 08 Nov 2020 16:52:22 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=273935 The World Trade Organisation has postponed a meeting for the selection of the new Director-General of the WTO scheduled for November 9. The meeting which was supposed to hold tommorow during which member countries would review the selection of the next Director- General of the World Trade Organization. The new development will delay Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/wto-postpones-director-general-selection-process/feed/ 0 Okonjo-Iweala Expresses Hope Despite Opposition https://www.theinfostride.com/okonjo-iweala-expresses-hope-despite-opposition/ https://www.theinfostride.com/okonjo-iweala-expresses-hope-despite-opposition/#respond Thu, 29 Oct 2020 20:44:58 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=272950 The former Nigerian Minister For Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who is also in the race of determining the next Director General of the World Trade Organisation, has in a tweet stated that she remain positive To Lead WTO Despite the objection by United States. The Nigeria’s former minister and candidate for the position of Director-General of [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/okonjo-iweala-expresses-hope-despite-opposition/feed/ 0 WTO Third Consultation For New Director-General Begins https://www.theinfostride.com/wto-third-consultation-for-new-director-general-begins/ https://www.theinfostride.com/wto-third-consultation-for-new-director-general-begins/#respond Mon, 19 Oct 2020 16:50:56 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=271861 In view of the selection of the next World Trade Organization, consultations have kicked start today and come an end on the 27th of October 2020. According to the WTO who made it known on their page, only two candidates remain for members consideration. Recall that the nomination for the position of new Director-General of [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/wto-third-consultation-for-new-director-general-begins/feed/ 0 Rotimi Amaechi Appointed Buhari’s Director-General https://www.theinfostride.com/rotimi-amaechi-appointed-buharis-director-general/ Fri, 21 Sep 2018 08:59:49 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=216574 Muhammadu Buhari has confirmed Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, as the director-general of his 2019 re-election campaign. Garba Shehu stated this on Thursday, September 20, 2018. “President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a campaign organization for his re-election in 2019 with Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi as Secretary/Director General,” Shehu announced. “Hon. Amaechi was the [...]

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]]> NSCDC Arrests 16 Suspected Burglars In Sokoto State https://www.theinfostride.com/nscdc-arrests-16-suspected-burglars-in-sokoto-state/ Sun, 11 Jun 2017 02:15:57 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=167360 The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence, (NSCDC), Sokoto State Command, has arrested sixteen suspected burglars, who allegedly broke into some shops at the Sokoto Central Market. Presenting the suspects before newsmen in Sokoto, on Friday, the State Commandant of the corps, Mr Babangida Abdullahi, said the age of the suspects ranges between 11 and 30 [...]

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]]> Africa Day: Toyin Saraki Congratulates Dr. Tedros Adhanom On Becoming The WHO Director-General https://www.theinfostride.com/africa-day-toyin-saraki-congratulates-dr-tedros-adhanom-on-becoming-the-who-director-general/ Thu, 25 May 2017 16:28:19 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=166249 To mark Africa Day, HE Toyin Saraki, the Founder-President of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa and the wife of Nigerian Senate President formally congratulated the new WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom. Toyin Saraki noted: “On Africa Day, I would like to celebrate and congratulate our first African WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom. “ “My support [...]

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]]> Bola Tinubu Mourns Dipo Famakinwa https://www.theinfostride.com/bola-tinubu-mourns-dipo-famakinwa/ Sun, 23 Apr 2017 10:22:42 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=162837 Former Gov. Bola Tinubu of Lagos on Saturday eulogised the late Director-General, Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN), Dipo Famakinwa, saying that he contributed much to the economic integration of South-West states. In a condolence message in Lagos, Tinubu, a National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said that Famakinwa’s death was a blow [...]

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]]> Nigerians Should Stop Calling Nigeria ‘Naija’ – Garba Abari https://www.theinfostride.com/nigerians-should-stop-calling-nigeria-naija-garba-abari/ Wed, 22 Feb 2017 12:21:08 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=157252 Dr Garba Abari , Director-General, National Orientation Agency (NOA), has appealed to Nigerians to stop referring to Nigeria as ‘Naija’ to keep its originality. Abari told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday that the new trend of making funky the original name of Nigeria was worrisome and not in the best [...]

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]]> Lagos State Government Pays N1.9bn To pensioners https://www.theinfostride.com/lagos-state-government-pays-n1-9bn-to-pensioners/ Sun, 25 Dec 2016 12:29:46 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=152330 On Friday, December 23, 2016, the Lagos State Government presented retirement benefit bond certificates to 495 pensioners. The total of N1.9bn was paid as their pension rights under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). The bond certificates were issued by Akintola Benson Oke, the Commissioner for Establishments, Training and Pension at the 34th Retirement Benefit Bond [...]

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]]> Ex-NIMASA DG, Akpobolokemi Re-Arrested In Court Premises, Manhandled By Security Operatives https://www.theinfostride.com/ex-nimasa-dg-akpobolokemi-re-arrested-in-court-premises-manhandled-by-security-operatives/ Tue, 15 Dec 2015 20:10:03 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=112874 The immediate past Director-General (DG) of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Akpobolokemi, was yesterday manhandled by security operatives at the premises of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi. In a video footage uploaded to YouTube, the former NIMASA boss was seen in a heated exchange of words with two armed mobile policemen [...]

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]]> EFCC Arraigns Ex-NIMASA DG and Nine Others for Alleged N1.153bn Scam https://www.theinfostride.com/efcc-arraigns-ex-nimasa-dg-and-nine-others-for-alleged-n1-153bn-scam/ Fri, 04 Dec 2015 19:54:48 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=110392 Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on December 3, 2015 arraigned a former Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency Patrick Ziadeke Akpobolokemi; and seven other staff of the agency including Captain Eziekiel Agaba, Executive Director, and their two companies before  Justice Salihu Sa’idu of the Federal High Court Lagos on a 30- [...]

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]]> #Prosecution > EFCC Declares Fugitive NATFORCE Director-General, Emmanuel Okereke Wanted https://www.theinfostride.com/prosecution-efcc-declares-fugitive-natforce-director-general-emmanuel-okereke-wanted/ Wed, 16 Sep 2015 20:42:48 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=99402 Emmanuel Osita Okereke, Director-General of the National Task Force to Combat Illegal Importation of Small Arms, Ammunition, and Light Weapons (NATFORCE) has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for jumping bail. Okereke, a former presidential aspirant under the platform of the Nigerian Liberation Party, NLP, is being prosecuted by the EFCC [...]

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]]> Second Niger Bridge Not Feasible Soon – ICRC Director General | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/second-niger-bridge-will-have-to-wait-icrc-nigeria/ Wed, 26 Aug 2015 21:30:04 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/second-niger-bridge-will-have-to-wait-icrc-nigeria/ The Director General of the Infrastructure Concession and Regulatory Commission (ICRC) Mr Aminu Dikko says the commission has asked the ministry of works to review the second Niger Bridge project and justify how much the project should cost. There are strong indications that the second Niger Bridge will not become a reality soon.‎ Dikko said [...]

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]]> #Culture: UNESCO urges Iraqis to protect heritage amid fighting https://www.theinfostride.com/culture-unesco-urges-iraqis-to-protect-heritage-amid-fighting/ Wed, 18 Jun 2014 07:35:46 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=48792 The UN's cultural organisation on Tuesday urged Iraqis to protect the country's heritage amid heavy fighting, warning that destroying religious sites would amount to war crimes. UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova expressed concern at "renewed human…

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]]> NEMA donates ambulance to Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps https://www.theinfostride.com/nema-donates-ambulance-to-nigerian-security-and-civil-defense-corps/ Fri, 25 Apr 2014 17:02:39 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/04/nema-donates-ambulance-to-nigerian-security-and-civil-defense-corps/ Abuja (NEMA Report) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has presented a mobile intensive care ambulance to the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) to support the activities of the organization on disaster management in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.   While presenting the ambulance at the NSCDC Headquarters in Abuja on April [...]

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]]> Suspected Violent Thugs Set Ablaze Ekiti State PDP Secretariat https://www.theinfostride.com/suspected-violent-thugs-set-ablaze-ekiti-state-pdp-secretariat/ Tue, 25 Mar 2014 18:09:56 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=30816 The crisis rocking Ekiti State wing of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Tuesday took a new turn as the party’s state secretariat was set ablaze by people suspected to be political thugs. . The arson which was said to have been committed at about 5.30 am on Tuesday, badly affected the office of the Chairman, Mr [...]

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]]> Terrible Fire Destroys Kara Market In Sokoto State https://www.theinfostride.com/terrible-fire-destroys-kara-market-in-sokoto-state/ Wed, 05 Feb 2014 11:28:57 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=17603 Property estimated at hundreds of millions of naira have been destroyed by fire at the popular Kara market in Sokoto. . Some of the items sold at the market included grains, onions, agricultural inputs, wheat offal, kola nuts, generators and spare parts, among others. . The fire started at about midnight on Tuesday. . It [...]

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]]> Task Force on Illegal Importation of Light Weapons blames firearms proliferation on private jets https://www.theinfostride.com/task-force-on-illegal-importation-of-light-weapons-blames-firearms-proliferation-on-private-jets/ Mon, 20 Jan 2014 18:25:14 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/task-force-on-illegal-importation-of-light-weapons-blames-firearms-proliferation-on-private-jets/ The proliferation of firearms in Nigeria has been blamed on the uncontrollable number of private jets in the country. This was made known by the Director General of the National Task Force on Illegal Importation of Light Weapons and Small Arms (NIFIILWSM), Osita Okereke in Okrika, Rivers State. The Task Force boss disclosed that there [...]

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]]> Insights on Disruptive Innovation 20 Years Ago https://www.theinfostride.com/insights-on-disruptive-innovation-20-years-ago/ Tue, 14 Jan 2014 21:40:31 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=10587 Jonathan MarksIt is exactly 20 years ago to the month when, as Programme Director at Radio Netherlands, I worked with interim Director General Bart Gribnau on a drastic re-organisation of Holland's external services. In today's terminology we would…

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