Month: December 2023

By Nabilu Balarabe

Damaturu:  The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Yobe Council, has honoured Gov. Mai Mala Buni with an award for “inclusive governance”.

Bishop Yohanna Audu, the Council’s Chairman, presented the award to Buni, when the leadership of the association paid a Christmas homage to the governor in Damaturu.

He said the award was in recognition of Buni’s fairness to people of all ethnic, cultural and religious backgrounds in the state.

“You won this prestigious award because of your style of leadership that carries everybody along irrespective of tribe, region or religion,” Audu said.

The chairman also commended the governor for appointing people from all faiths and ethnic backgrounds into his administration.

He noted that Buni’s commitment to peace was why adherents of different religions co-exist peacefully in the state based on love and trust.

In preparation for Christmas, Audu said the association organised a unity carol with participants from six North-Eastern states.

The chairman said the programme went on successfully, even when Muslims were having National Qur’anic Recitation Competition within the period.

“This is a clear demonstration of the peace, trust, and tolerance we have in the state under your able leadership,” he said.

Audu listed other supports CAN enjoyed from Buni to include foreign scholarships, pilgrimage slots, palliatives and bulls during festivals.

Responding, Buni assured the association of more supports and opportunities to all irrespective of religion, ethnic or cultural backgrounds.

He said the responsibility of building a peaceful society rests on everyone, urging the religious leaders to always preach peace to their congregation.

“We thank God for the stable peace we now enjoy across the state, and we all have roles to play in improving the relative peace enjoyed,” the governor said.

Buni said the award would propel him to do more in supporting and carrying everyone along.

“It’s an award l will live to value it,” he added. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng) /Flowerbudnews

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A malfunctioning robot has attacked a Tesla software engineer, who suffered serious injuries on the floor of the electric car maker’s factory in Austin, Texas.

Witnesses told the Information, a news site that the robot pinned the engineer and sank its metal claws into his back and arm. Tesla engineers design the robot to move aluminium car parts.

The attack leaved a trail of his blood along the floor.

The engineer was programming software that controls robots. The job of the robots is to cut car parts from freshly cast pieces of aluminium.

He had disabled two of the robots so that he and his crew could work on the machines. He, however, inadvertently left the third one on.

This resulted in the attack, witnesses said.

The news site said it obtained an injury report submitted to federal officials and to health authorities in Travis County.

The injury was apparently not severe enough to require the employee to take time off from work.

The Nigerian Correctional Service has appointed Mr John Francis as the new controller of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) command.

A statement by Adamu Duza, spokesperson for the service, on Friday in Abuja, said Francis was deployed to the position by the Controller General of Corrections, Haliru Nababa.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Francis replaces Ibrahim Idris, who was recently promoted to the rank of Assistant Controller General of Corrections in charge of training and staff development.

In his handing over speech, Idris, eulogised the personnel of the FCT Prisons Command for their support, adding that without them he would not have succeeded.

He expressed confidence that the incoming controller would take the command to the next level.

On his part, Francis praised his predecessor for his track record in the command, and asked for his continuous cooperation.

He promised to work with officers of the command to take it to greater heights.

Until his deployment, Francis was the National Chaplain, Protestant Nigerian Correctional Service Headquarters, Abuja

The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has appointed Mr Stanley Ogadigo, a former employee of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.), as its Director of Public Relations.

This is contained in a statement signed by the President of the Institute, Dr Ike Neliaku, on Friday in Abuja.

Neliaku said the appointment was part of his administration’s efforts to reposition the NIPR for greater professional value, national relevance and global competitiveness.

“The Governing Council looked at various options and settled for competence, experience and passion as key criteria for approving the appointment of Mr Stanley Ogadigo for the job,” he said.

Neliaku said the choice of Ogadigo was based on the critical nature and quality of projects and services being pursued by institute’s current governing council aimed at repositioning it.

He also said the appointment would be of a greater value to members and in reclaiming the country’s reputational capital and rebuilding citizens trust.

Neliaku described Ogadigo as a thorough-bred professional with passion for professionalism and excellence.

“We need a reputation building and management expert to drive the communication component.

“Ogadigo has a deep knowledge of the workings of the PR industry and his appointment comes with tremendous sacrifice to both the profession and the institute,” he added.

Ogadigo holds both Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Mass Communication from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and Kogi State University, respectively.

He is a Fellow of the NIPR and a Fellow, African Public Relations Association. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

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