By Josiah Oluwole
APPOINTED:
Kasimu Abdulkarim, a major general, was appointed General Officer Commanding(GOC), 2 Division of the Nigerian Army.
He formally took over on Friday from Jude Egbudom, a Brig. Gen., who acted as GOC since June 22.
Mr. Abdulkarim hails from Zuru in Kebbi State, and was Commandant of the Nigerian Army School of Infantry (NASI), Jaji, Kaduna State.
He was commissioned into the Army on June 22, 1985, and was a member of the 32 Regular Course of the Nigerian Defence Academy.
Maikanti Baru, was appointed Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC).
His appointment came with President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of the composition of a new board for the corporation.
Mr. Baru replaced Ibe Kachikwu, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, who also retains the position of the Chairman of the board.
Before his appointment as Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mr. Baru worked variously in both the Upstream and Downstream Sectors of the oil and gas industry.
He attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he obtained First Class (Honours) degree in Mechanical Engineering. He also holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical engineering.
Until his appointment, he was the Special Adviser (Upstream) to the Minister of State on Petroleum.
HONOURED:
Maurice Iwu, Professor of pharmacognosy and former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), was on Saturday honoured by the Methodist Church, Owerri Diocese, as Distinguished Ambassadors of Christ.
Dennis Mark, Diocesan Bishop of the Cathedral of Unity, Oweri, said Mr. Iwu was honoured for his commitment to the service of God and humanity.
Besides serving as Chairman of INEC, Mr. Iwu served in various capacities, including in the World Health Organization as Visiting Scholar to Dyson Perrins Laboratory, University of Oxford in 1980.
He was also a Fulbright Senior Scholar, Ohio State University and won the United States National Research International Prize for Ethnobiology in 1999. He was at a time the United Nation’s Lead Consultant for the development of Nigeria’s National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan.
TRANSITED:
Bukky Ajayi, veteran Nollywood actress, passed on on Wednesday, July 6 leaving her fans and family broken hearted. She was 82.
The actress was said to have been ill for some time before her final passage.
Her last public appearance was in March at the 2016 AMVCA event, where she received a Merit Award.
On Wednesday, July 6, Umaru Shinkafi, a former federal commissioner and presidential aspirant passed on at a London hospital, after a brief illness.
Mr. Shinkafi held the traditional title of Marafan Sokoto, even though he hailed from Zamfara State.
He was Federal Commissioner of Internal Affairs and a presidential aspirant in the third Republic. He also had extensive career in military intelligence.
Mr. Shinkafi is survived by three wives, and five children. One of his daughters is Zainab, wife of Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, and another is Hadiza, the wife of Zamfara governor, AbdulAzeez Yari.
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