APPOINTMENT

  The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday in New York announced the appointment of His Royal Highness Muhammadu Sanusi II, Emir of Kano, as one of his new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocates for 2019-2020. A statement by UN quoted Guterres as saying that the appointment was sequel...

  Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has been named an “Ambassador-at-Large” of the International Human Rights Commission (IHRC). This was contained in a letter addressed to Saraki, dated March 16 and signed by the Diplomatic Head of the Commission to Nigeria and other African Countries, Ambassador Friday Sani. The letter...

Zenith Bank Plc on Monday announced the appointment of Mr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu as the Group Managing Director/CEO of the bank as it enters its next phase of growth. Onyeagwu will replace Mr. Peter Amangbo, whose tenure expires on May 31, 2019. The appointment which becomes effective from June 1, 2019,...

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu has been re-elected as the President of African Petroleum Producers’ Organisation (APPO) till December 2019 in a move that will allow him to conclude the ongoing reforms and restructuring of the Organisation. This marks a historical moment for the...

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Modibbo R. Hamman Tukur as director of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit. President Muhammadu Buhari had nominated him as the director of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit on January 7 in accordance with the provision of Section 5(1) of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU)...

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), parent company of the Ecobank Group, has appointed Ms. Arunma Oteh to its Board of Directors as a Non-Executive Director. Oteh recently joined Oxford University as an Academic Scholar at St. Antony’s College and an Executive-in-Residence at SAID Business School. Her research areas of focus are...

  Charts new growth strategy Leading capital management firm, Zedcrest Capital Group, has announced the appointments of Babatunde Sanda and Stella Duru to its Board of Directors as part of its corporate governance strategy and business expansion drive. According to the company’s Group Managing Director, Adedayo Amzat, the organisation was...

The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (nahco aviance) has appointed Mrs. Olatokunbo Adenike Fagbemi as its new Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer following the adoption of a new group structure by the Board of Directors. Her appointment was announced in a notice to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) by the...

The Board of UAC of Nigeria Plc has appointed Mrs. Omolara Elemide, the Executive Director, Corporate Services, as acting Group CEO with effect from January 1, 2019 following the retirement of the incumbent next month. Its Chairman, Mr Dan Agbor, has expressed the board’s appreciation to Bello for his dedicated...

Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has announced that its President and CEO Hamad Buamim has been appointed to the post of Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce’s World Chambers Federation (WCF), the ICC’s forum uniting a global network of 12,000 chambers and their respective business communities. The announcement...