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Gov Radda congratulates his successor DG at SMEDAN over productivity award
The Governor of Katsina State, Mallam Dikko Umaru Radda, has congratulated Mr. Wale Fasanya, Director General of the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency, SMEDAN, for emerging as one of the recipients of this year’s National Productivity Order of Merit (NPOM) Awards.
Radda, who served as the helmsman of SMEDAN between 2016 and 2022, described the conferment of the productivity award on his successor as “a priceless reward for service leadership,” which Fasanya has been offering at the agency, after succeeding him.
Fasanya was among a select list of exceptional Nigerian public administrators and captains of industry, who bagged various productivity awards, in a gala event on Friday.
A statement Saturday signed by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Ibrahim Kaula Mohammed, has it that Radda has it that Governor Radda, expressed joy that the good work Fasanya is doing at SMEDAN at the moment, has not gone unnoticed.
He said that SMEDAN, under the leadership of his successor, is now boosting the capacity of SMEs in the country, in a manner that is very aggressive.
“I wish to felicitate with the SMEDAN boss and my successor for the recent award he just bagged. He has truly made SMEDAN and her staff productive, since assuming office after my departure, last year.
“Fasanya not only consolidated what we were doing, but he also launched new viable programmes for the benefits of Nigerian SMEs. That is why this honour he just received did not come to me as a surprise,” he added.
Two Nigerian-born scientists—Adesola Adegoke, a researcher at Arizona State University (ASU), and Seunnla Adelusi, a PhD candidate at the Université de Sherbrooke, Canada—have been named among the 20 global winners of the Digital GreenTalents Award 2025.
These two Nigerians were announced among the winners during a virtual ceremony held on 25 November. In a statement following the virtual announcement ceremony, the organisers said the 20 awardees for this year joined from different time zones, including “very early morning in Canada and evening hours in the Philippines.”
The digital Green Talent Award is an annual initiative of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) that recognises outstanding young researchers whose work advances sustainability through digital innovation.
Each year, 20 scientists are selected from a competitive global pool for their cutting-edge ideas at the intersection of digitalisation and environmental sustainability.
Alex Otti, the Abia State Governor, on Sunday paid a visit to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, at the Sokoto Correctional Centre.
The governor was accompanied by officials of the Sokoto State Government during the closed-door visit.
Nnamdi Kanu was recently moved to Sokoto after he was convicted on terrorism-related charges and handed a life sentence by a Federal High Court in Abuja.
Governor Otti had earlier promised to pursue every lawful and political avenue to ensure that Kanu gets justice. Sunday’s visit is seen as part of ongoing efforts by the Abia State Government regarding his case.
Details of the meeting were not made public as of the time of this report.
Armed terrorists have abducted a bride-to-be, her bridesmaid, and eight other residents from Chacho village in Wurno Local Government Area of Sokoto State
The Sokoto abduction occurred around 1:30 a.m., according to residents, when the attackers stormed the village. Most of the victims were women, with only one man also taken.
One resident sustained injuries and is receiving medical treatment. Villagers told reporters that the bride was preparing for her wedding scheduled for later that morning when the raid struck, plunging the community into shock and mourning.
A community member described the attack as “tragic,” noting the delay in security response. “Security operatives were alerted immediately, but they only arrived about an hour after the bandits had fled,” he said, expressing frustration.
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