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Reynolds Bekinbo Dagogo-Jack
Reynolds Bekinbo Dagogo-Jack, OFR (born 4 December 1957), popularly known as ''Beks'', is a Nigerian civil engineer, technocrat and public servant. For over thirty years, Dagogo-Jack has been active in both the public and private sector, especially in areas of government/public administration and project management including engineering, construction and manufacturing. On 5 September 2012, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan reconstituted the twin Presidential agencies instituted as special purpose vehicles to fast-track the implementation of the national electric power reform program: the Presidential Action Committee on Power (PACP) and the Presidential Task Force on Power (PTFP), appointing Dagogo-Jack to serve as Chairman of the PTFP and also a member of the PACP. Dagogo-Jack had been with the PTFP from its inception in June 2010, serving as a Senior Special Assistant to the President and also Senior Performance Monitor for the National Integr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presidential Task Force On Power
The Presidential Task Force on Power (PTFP) was established by the President of the Nigeria, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan's administration, in June 2010, to drive the implementation of the reform of Nigeria's power sector. It brings together all the agencies that have a role to play in removing legal and regulatory obstacles to private sector investment in the power industry. It also has the mandate to monitor the planning and execution of various short-term projects in generation, transmission, distribution and fuel-to-power that are critical to meeting the stated service delivery targets of the power reform roadmap. The PTFP collaborates closely with various ministries and agencies that have specific contributions to the reform process, including the Federal Ministry of Power, Nigerian Ministry of Finance, the Federal Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, the Bureau of Public Enterprises, Bureau of Public Enterprises ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Dagogo-Jack
Samuel E. Dagogo-Jack is a Nigerian American physician and the A.C. Mullins Endowed Professor in Translational Research, Professor of Medicine, and Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee. He is also an Editor of the ''Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.'' He is Director of the Postgraduate Specialist Training Program in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at UTHSC, and Director of the Clinical Research Unit, Clinical and Translational Research Institute at UTHSC. Dr. Dagogo-Jack served as President (Medicine & Science) of the American Diabetes Association from 2015-2015 and is a recipient of the Banging Medal for Leadership from the ADA. Dr. Dagogo-Jack earned a medical degree (MBBS) from the University of Ibadan Medical School in Nigeria, was a resident in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, University of Newcastle, UK, and was certified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alabo Graham-Douglas
Chief Alabo Tonye Graham-Douglas (8 May 1939 – 25 April 2022) was a Nigerian politician who was appointed Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture in 1989, then Minister of Aviation in General Ibrahim Babangida's cabinet. In 1999, he was appointed Minister of Labour and Productivity, and in 2000, Minister of Tourism in the Olusegun Obasanjo cabinet, leaving office in January 2001. Life Graham-Douglas was born on 8 May 1939, in Abonnema in the Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State. He was of Ijaw origin. His brother, Nabo Bekinbo Graham-Douglas, was the first indigenous Attorney-General of Nigeria. Tonye Graham-Douglas had over 30 siblings. He attended secondary school in Lagos and Port Harcourt. He studied at Acton Technical School, London (1963–1965) and then at the University of Lagos (1965–1969). He earned a BSc. in Botany and Zoology. He started work with the Nigerian Petroleum Refinery Company, Port Harcourt (1969–1977). He became managing director of Tog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Aviation (Nigeria)
The Federal Ministry of Aviation is one of the Federal Ministries of Nigeria that regulates air travel and aviation services in Nigeria. The current Minister of Aviation is Hadi Sirika. He was appointed on 21 August 2019 by President Muhammadu Buhari. Organisation The ministry is responsible for formulation and management of the government's aviation policies in Nigeria. It is directly responsible for overseeing air transportation, airport development and maintenance, provision of aviation infrastructural services and other needs. The ministry is headed by a Minister appointed by the President, assisted by a Permanent Secretary, who is a career civil servant. The Ministry is responsible for parastatals such as the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology. The ministry has its headquarters in Abuja. Previously the head office was in Lagos. Departments Previously the ministry's Civil Aviation Department investigated aircraft accidents. In 1989 the Federal Civil Aviation Authority ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers State Judiciary
The Judiciary of Rivers State is a branch of the Government of Rivers State that has sole authority and responsibility for the interpretation and application of the state's laws as well as the adjudication of disputes or controversies. Governance The Judiciary consists of eight courts: the High Court of Justice, the Magistrates Courts, the Customary Courts, the Juveniles Courts, the Revenue Courts, the Sanitation Courts, the Mobile Courts and Ports Related Offences Courts. It is governed mainly by the Chief Judge of the High Court of Justice. There are about 26 serving judges in the High Court of Justice, which comprises 10 Judicial Divisions including Port Harcourt, Ahoada, Degema, Nchia, Bori, Omoku, Isiokpo, Okrika, Okehi, and Oyigbo. There are also 44 serving magistrates in the magisterial districts of Abua, Ahoada, Akinima, Bonny, Bori, Port Harcourt, Degema, Elimgbu, Isiokpo, Kpor, Nchia, Ngo, Ndoni, Okehi, Okrika, Omoku, Elele, Oyigbo, Igwuruta, Rumuepirikom, Obio, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington, D
Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on Washington, D.C. * George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States Washington may also refer to: Places England * Washington, Tyne and Wear, a town in the City of Sunderland metropolitan borough ** Washington Old Hall, ancestral home of the family of George Washington * Washington, West Sussex, a village and civil parish Greenland * Cape Washington, Greenland * Washington Land Philippines *New Washington, Aklan, a municipality *Washington, a barangay in Catarman, Northern Samar *Washington, a barangay in Escalante, Negros Occidental *Washington, a barangay in San Jacinto, Masbate *Washington, a barangay in Surigao City United States * Washington, Wisconsin (other) * Fort Washington (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Washington University
, mottoeng = "God is Our Trust" , established = , type = Private federally chartered research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.8 billion (2022) , president = Mark S. Wrighton , provost = Christopher Bracey , students = 27,159 (2016) , undergrad = 11,244 (2016) , postgrad = 15,486 (2016) , other = 429 (2016) , faculty = 2,663 , city = Washington, D.C. , country = U.S. , campus = Urban, , former_names = Columbian College (1821–1873)Columbian University (1873–1904) , sports_nickname = Colonials , mascot = George , colors = Buff & blue , sporting_affiliations = NCAA Division I – A-10 , website = , free_label = Newspaper , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- most populous city in the country. The city boundaries encompass an area of about and a population of 675,647 as of 2020. It is the seat of Suffolk County (although the county government was disbanded on July 1, 1999). The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest MSA in the country. A broader combined statistical area (CSA), generally corresponding to the commuting area and including Providence, Rhode Island, is home to approximately 8.2 million people, making it the sixth most populous in the United States. Boston is one of the oldest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigerian Society Of Engineers
The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) is an umbrella organization for engineers in Nigeria. It was founded on 16 February 1958 by a group of young Nigerian Graduate Engineers and students in the United Kingdom and inaugurated at the Nigerian House in London. NSE is registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission Corporate Affairs Commission is a body of the Nigerian Government responsible for the regulation and management of companies in Nigeria. It was introduced in 1990 with the passing of the Companies and Allied Matters Act. It is headed by a chairman a ... as a company limited by guarantee. Objectives The objects for which the Society is established are: * To provide a central organisation for engineers in Nigeria and to generally to such things as may for time to time be necessary to maintain a strict standard or professional ethics among its members and to advance the interest of the engineering profession in Nigeria. * To promote, protect, encourage and maintain a h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COREN
Coren is a variant of the Roman masculine and female given name Corina meaning "spear". It was the surname of the following people: *Alan Coren (1938–2007), English journalist and satirist *Anna Coren (born 1975), Australian journalist and television presenter *Finn Coren (born 1961), Norwegian musician *Giles Coren (born 1969), English journalist *Michael Coren (born 1959), Canadian columnist and radio personality *Richard Coren, American bridge player *Stanley Coren (born 1942), U.S. psychologist and student of dog behavior *Victoria Coren Mitchell (born 1972), English journalist and poker player *Yitzhak Coren Yitzhak Coren ( he, יצחק קורן, born 11 March 1911, died 22 June 1994) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai and the Alignment. Biography Born in Chişinău in the Russian Empire (now in Moldova), Core ... (1911–1994), Israeli politician and Yiddish writer See also * Koren {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baptist High School
Baptist High School, often abbreviated as BHS, is a prominent Single-sex education, all-boys secondary school in Nigeria. The school is located in the Borokiri neighbourhood of Port Harcourt, Rivers State and was founded in the late 1940s. BHS was among the mission schools taken over by the Nigerian military juntas of 1966–79 and 1983–98, military government after the Nigerian Civil War, civil war. It was returned to the Baptist Mission in 2006 in compliance with the Rivers State Education (Return of Schools) law, 2005. Notable alumni Since its establishment, Baptist High School has produced well known leaders and personalities; including: *DJ Abass, businessman *Otelemaba Amachree, politician *Nimi Briggs, former vice-chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt *Reynolds Bekinbo Dagogo-Jack, civil engineer, technocrat, public servant and politician. *Boma Iyaye, accountant *Magnus L. Kpakol, renowned economist *Walter Ofonagoro, scholar, politician, businessman, Minister o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
