Akeredolu appoints new AAUA Acting VC

Prof. Olugbenga Ige: appointed as new AAUA Acting VC.

Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has approved the appointment of Prof. Olugbenga Ige as the acting Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA).

The appointment was contained in a statement issued on Friday in Akure by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Segun Ajiboye.

Ajiboye stated that the appointment became imperative in view of the upcoming expiration of the tenure of Prof. Igbekele Ajibefun as the VC of the university on January 5.

The statement added that the appointment would take effect from January 6 and expected to last for six months.

Ajiboye stated that Ige was the Deputy VC (Administration) until his appointment.

Putin blasts Trump for assassinating Iranian general

Trump and Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin has scolded US President Donald Trump for aggravating the situation in the Middle East following the assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.

Buhari congratulates Amina Mohammed on Global Citizen Award

Amina Mohammed honoured with Global Citizen Award.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday felicitated with United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, on the World Leader Prize at the inaugural Global Citizen award ceremony held in London.

The President, in a statement by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina in Abuja, congratulated Mohammed for the recognition of her efforts to make life better for the poor and underprivileged across the globe, starting with her passion for helping the less privileged in Nigeria.

President Buhari extolled the UN Deputy Secretary-General, a former Minister of Environment, for her contributions to global development, and relentless priming of world leaders to work towards achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and end extreme poverty by 2030.

According to him, as the world celebrates Mohammed’s zeal and commitment to improving lives through the UN goals, her wealth of experience, wisdom and the network garnered from many years of national and international service to humanity will always be relevant for the time and posterity.

President Buhari wished the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General more prosperous years of achievements.

Man who plotted Buhari’s phantom wedding in video nabbed by DSS

Kabiru Mohammed: created fake wedding video for Buhari and Sadiya Umar Farouk

The Department of State Services (DSS), has paraded the mastermind of the double phantom wedding between President Buhari and the minister of humanitarian affairs, Sadiya Umar Farouq on one hand, Buhari and minister of finance, Zainab Ahmed, on the other.