Sirajo sworn-in, takes over @NCS secretariat as 15th president - ITREALMS

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The newly elected National President of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) Dr. Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu, has taken over after being sworn in as the 15th president, reports ITREALMS.

Sirajo took over from the immediate past president, Prof. Adesina Sodiya whom he served with as deputy president, at the national secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja-Lagos, recently after a brief ceremony including the exchange of handover note and swearing in.

Senator Victor Umeh sworn-in @Senate

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Finally the Senate on Thursday, January 18, 2017 made another history by swearing-in Senator Victor Umeh if All Progressive  Grand Alliance (APGA) as a member of the Senate, reports ITRealms.

This followed his election last Saturday after a rerun as the representative of Anambra Central Senatorial District in Anambra State.

Umeh currently is the only member of APGA in the Nigeria Senate.

His emergence followed defeat of 13 other contenders to clinch the seat, for a total of 64,879 votes out of estimated 67,000 votes cast in the seven local government areas that made up the zone.

That is a margin of over 95 per cent over his opponents.

The Anambra Central Senatorial District, ITRealms recalled had been without a senator since 2015 when the Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu sacked Uche Ekwunife and asked the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct rerun election within 90 days.

The court also disqualified the People's Democratic Party and Mrs. Ekwunife from participating in the rerun.

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former Comm. Minister assumes office in Ghana as president

A former Ghanaian Minister of Communications for four years, Dr. John Dramani Mahama has been sworn in after being vice president to the late president, Prof. John Atta Mills who died on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 in Accra-Ghana.

Mahama, 58 has been in government of Ghana for over a decade and serving at various capacities, including serving as Ghana’s Minister of Communications between November 1998 and 2001.

Born on November 1958, Mahama, a politician had previously won parliamentary seats and was serving under the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as a vice president to late Atta Mills before his death, at the early hours of Tuesday, July 24, 2012.

Married to Mrs. Lordina Mahama, now president Mahama attended University of Ghana. He was preceded in office by the immediate past CEO of the Commonwealth Telecommunication Organisation (CTO), Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, while he was succeeded by Mr. Felix Owusu-Adjapong in the Ministry of Communications, Ghana.

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