{"id":919924,"date":"2022-01-27T07:13:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T07:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/27\/todays-headlines-president-buhari-appoints-aliyu-tukur-okorocha-joins-2023-presidential-race\/"},"modified":"2022-01-27T07:13:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T07:13:00","slug":"todays-headlines-president-buhari-appoints-aliyu-tukur-okorocha-joins-2023-presidential-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/27\/todays-headlines-president-buhari-appoints-aliyu-tukur-okorocha-joins-2023-presidential-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s Headlines: President Buhari Appoints Aliyu Tukur, Okorocha Joins 2023 Presidential Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p><strong>President Buhari Appoints <\/strong><strong style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87);\">Engr. Aliyu Tukur Tahir <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Engr. Aliyu Tukur Tahir as the new Managing Director\/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA) and Chief Electrical Inspector of the Federation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/47d25e52693b4647aa778c6befcbd41e\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>(Photo Credit: The Nation)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the agency\u2019s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs. Ama Umorem, the appointment is for four years.<\/p>\n<p>She added that he may be reappointed for another four years in line with public service rules.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/f1c6651edd3e46f1ba859fb3ecb4c2f8\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>(Photo Credit: Afriknews)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Okorocha Joins 2023 Presidential Race<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Senator Rochas Okorocha has declared to run for the presidency in 2023 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/57dd63bdb15b462b87986255d4d5cf01\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>(Photo Credit: The Nation)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Okorocha made this known in a letter to the Senate President which was read by Ahmad Lawan at plenary.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(49, 49, 49);\">He said he will address a world press conference on Monday 31st January 2022 to officially declare his ambition to contest the presidency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>United States Court To Sentence Hushpuppi On Valentines Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The United States Attorney\u2019s Office at the Central District of California says that Ramon Abbas, aka, Hushpuppi, will be sentenced on February 14, 2022.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ac42dfb073af4c58a98520479904c214\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>(Photo Credit: Punch Newspaper)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The court\u2019s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mrozek, said Hushpuppi has been scheduled for sentencing on Valentine\u2019s Day, according to\u00a0BBC Pidgin.<\/p>\n<p>Mrozek was, however, yet to respond to an email inquiry by The Punch as of the time of filing this report.<\/p>\n<p>In a plea agreement document sighted by\u00a0The Punch, Hushpuppi\u00a0had pleaded guilty to various offenses bordering on internet scam and money laundering, among others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Buhari To Visit Zamfara Thursday <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari will visit Zamfara State on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/5ab16e7a979c4aea955f201d29c7fa33\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>(Photo Credit: Punch Newspaper)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed by Governor Bello Matawalle in an emergency meeting with all political appointees at the Government House Council Chamber on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Governor said the purpose of the President\u2019s visit was to commiserate and condole with his administration over the recent terrorist attacks in Anka and Bukkuyum Local Government Areas where many people were killed.<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: Lazyyouths (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"see-more\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\nAliyu Tukur<br \/>\nAliyu Tukur Tahir<br \/>\nAma Umorem<br \/>\nMuhammadu Buhari<br \/>\nNigerian Electricity Management Services Agency<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Buhari Appoints Engr. Aliyu Tukur Tahir President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Engr. Aliyu Tukur Tahir as the new Managing Director\/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA) and Chief Electrical Inspector of the Federation. (Photo Credit: The Nation) According to the agency\u2019s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs. Ama Umorem, the appointment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-919924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919924\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}