President Bola Tinubu has sworn in eight Federal Permanent Secretaries.

The eight permanent secretaries took the oath of office just before the commencement of the year’s first Federal Executive Council meeting at the State House, Abuja.

This followed introductory remarks by the State House Director of Media and Publicity, Mr Abiodun Oladunjoye.

They are ⁠Onwusoro Ihemelandu (Abia State), Ndiomu Philip (Bayelsa State), ⁠Anuma Nlia (Ebonyi State) and Ogbodo Nnam (Enugu State).

Others are ⁠Usman Aminu (Kebbi State), Oyekunle Nwakuso (Rivers State), Nadungu Gagare (Kaduna State) and Kalba Usman (Gombe State).

The President also swore in 18 Federal Commissioners of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission.

Last August, Tinubu appointed 21 federal commissioners to the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, pending their confirmation by the Senate.

The new commissioners were Linda Oti (Abia), Akpan Effiong (Akwa Ibom), Enefe Ekene (Anambra), Prof. Steve Ugba (Benue), Chief Eyonsa (Cross-River), Aruviere Egharhevwe (Delta), Nduka Awuregu (Ebonyi), Victor Eboigbe (Edo), Wumi Ogunlola (Ekiti), Ozo Obodougo (Enugu) and Kabir Mashi (Katsina).

Others are Adamu Fanda (Kano), Dr. Kunle Wright (Lagos), Aliyu Abdulkadir (Nasarawa), Bako Shetima (Niger), Samuel Durojaye (Ogun), Nathaniel Adejutelegan (Ondo), Saad Ibrahim (Plateau), Modu-Aji Juluri (Yobe), Bello Garba (Zamfara) and Mohammed Usman (Gombe).

Others are Adamu Fanda (Kano), Dr. Kunle Wright (Lagos), Aliyu Abdulkadir (Nasarawa), Bako Shetima (Niger), Samuel Durojaye (Ogun), Nathaniel Adejutelegan (Ondo), Saad Ibrahim (Plateau), Modu-Aji Juluri (Yobe), Bello Garba (Zamfara) and Mohammed Usman (Gombe).

This also includes a Commissioner for the Federal Character Commission, Kayode Oladele, and a member of the National Population Commission, Victoria Iyatan.

Council members also observed a minute’s silence in honour of a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Lt. Gen Jeremiah Useni, who passed away on January 23, 2025.

The Council is resuming its meeting after a six-week recess.

On Monday, December 16, 2024, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, announced that the FEC would take a recess from December 18, 2024, to January 6, 2025.

“The second thing I need to mention here is that the Federal Executive Council will be on recess from the 18th of this month until the 6th of January, meaning that there won’t be any Federal Executive Council meeting during that period,” Idris said.

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The Kano State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of three suspects in connection with killing of a retired Permanent Secretary and former Chairman of the Gombe State Board of Internal Revenue Service, Atiku Mu’azu.

The late Permanent Secretary was reportedly abducted and killed in Kano State, where he had been residing after his retirement from public service.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Haruna Abdullahi, confirmed the arrest of the suspects to TheNigerian Metro on Sunday.

“Three suspects have been apprehended in connection with the death of the Gombe retired permanent secretary and are now in our custody,” Abdullahi said.

He said as soon as investigation is completed, the suspects would be charged to court for appropriate prosecution.

On the abduction of a lady in Garo town in Kabo Local Government Area of Kano State in the early hours of Sunday (today), the police spokesman said the police had swung into action to rescue the victim and apprehend the fleeing suspects.

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers had in the early hours of Sunday, stormed Garo town in Kabo Local Government Area of Kano State and abducted a young lady, Zainab, after collecting N8m from her family.

The hoodlums, numbering about 10, stormed the residence of a well-known businessman, Alhaji Auwal at Garo Sabuwar Unguwa around 1:20 a.m.

The attackers who were said to be armed, forcefully gained access to the house by breaking a small door.

Despite receiving the money, the assailants abducted the family’s eldest daughter, a secondary school graduate, before fleeing the scene.

The whereabouts of the abducted lady are still unknown as the kidnappers have yet to establish communication with the family as of the time of writing this report.