See also  Ex-FUNAAB DVC, Prof Lateef assumes duty as NSPRI ED/CEO BY SEGUN OLATUNJI April 24, 2023 Federal Government has appointed former Deputy Vice Chancellor (Development), Federal University of Agriculture (FUNAAB), Prof Sanni Oladimeji Lateef, as the new Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI). Consequently, Prof Lateef will on Tuesday assume duty at the Ilorin, Kwara State, headquarters of NSPRI. He obtained his First Degree from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Nigeria in 1990. He finished from the institution's Department of Food Science and Technology with a Second Class Upper Division. He proceeded to the Department of Food Technology, University of Ibadan, where he obtained Master and PhD Degrees in 1993 and 1999, respectively. He returned to his Alma mata, FUNAAB in 1993, where he was employed as an Assistant Lecturer. He was promoted Professor of Food Science and Technology in 2008. In 2015, Prof Lateef presented his Inaugural Lecture and in 2017, he became Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development). Prof Lateef won the 2008 Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Award Regional Technology Development in Sub Saharan Africa. This multiple international award-winner has over 27 years' experience in research, consultancy and collaborations as a post-harvest expert in tropical root crops mostly implemented by the International Institute of Tropical Root Crop and Natural Resources Institute, United Kingdom. Prof Lateef is also a project leader to multi-million dollar EU/Gates Foundation sponsored projects since 2008 to date. He was a resource person for the World Bank upscaling of flash drying experience in West Africa. He also served as the Principal Investigator, Food Developers Initiative and Food Science and Nutrition Network sponsored by the Association of African Universities in Nigeria, Benin and Sierra Leone and Food Science and Nutrition Network in West Africa, March 2010 to August 2011 under the sponsorship of African Universities/UK DFID. The new NSPRI boss is also the Vice Chair, Steering Committee of the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development, and former National President, Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology. Prof Lateef is a Fellow of the Nigeria Academy of Science (FAS) and President of the national body of the FUNAAB Alumni Association.

Nigeria Newspapers Headlines, November 20,2019.

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NIGERIA NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES, November 20, 2019.

NATION

*My wife is a serial thief, please separate us, man tells court
*Police advise vehicle owners 
*Scores of ambush terrorists killed 
*Navy arrests 20 suspected smugglers 
*Three die in Lagos accident 
*Traders displaced as Abia demolishes shops
*FBI suspect jailed two years for $150,000 fraud
*PDP NWC splits over Elumelu, others 
*Survey faults 13 states’ budget process
*NAF to get 18 new aircraft 
*‘Yahoo boy’ pulls off $1m scam from prison
*36 crime suspects paraded in Enugu 
*Senate’s committees to probe NEMA’s disaster responses
*Pirates blow up community chair’s home in Delta
*Assets forfeiture: Court orders govt to notify Maina’s father, others
*Smuggled petroleum products hidden in plastic bags
*N3.1b ‘fraud’: Court adjourns Suswam’s trial till November 25
*Did Oyo inherit N1.3b IGR? 
*Sokoto’s new senator takes office 
*Election harmattan: A blight on Nigeria’s democracy
*Sowore instigating violence from custody – DSS
*Bayelsa, Kogi polls: A post mortem 
*Court remands Indian for alleged N149.7m fraud, attempted suicide
*Ex-Ghana President urges Nigeria to open borders
*Sowore: agency’s reasons disgraceful – Falana
*Police, EFCC not welcome in civil disputes
*ICPC indicts UI, UNIJOS, UDFU for N18.39b ‘budget padding’
*College Alumni meets tomorrow 
*Open defecation: Buhari directs sanitation facilities in public places
*12 bodies burnt in OAU mortuary fire 
*Trader sues Saraki, Atiku, Obi for ‘unauthorised use of photos for campaign’
*Malami, FCT judge blame illegal detention centres on non-options
*Nigerian startup, others shine in South Africa
*New survey: Power outages a major constraint for techentrepreneurs
*Advancing women entrepreneurship 
*Impact of pension funds on financial services sector
*Pension complaints and solutions 
*UTL simplifies assets transfer with N50,000 Will
*C & I Leasing’s N3.23b rights issue opens
*Management experts proffer solutions to inertia
*CBN to partner corporate treasurers
*CBN won’t cut interest rate, says FXTM chief
*Guest Speaker, Faculty of Social Sciences
*Agricultural Seeds Council and battle against fake seeds
*Imo private schools: Rich proprietors, poor teachers
*Bayelsa, Kogi and “Hurricane Oshiomhole”
*Anti-corruption war and gale of irregular recruitments
*Lecturer, student die in accident 
*UNILAG and the crises within 
*Minister and his love of social media regulation
*Oyetola to investors: we‘ll honour our agreements
*Kingdoms of Kogi and Bayelsa suffered violence
*Fed Govt to redirect economy, says Osinbajo
*Businessman in court for ‘N33m theft’  12:38 AM 
Rail; NGO, Hate Bills 
*Egbado College alumni holds election 
*Sanwo-Olu to Crocodile Smile: dislodge criminal elements
*Save us from Ikeja Electric 
*Still on unemployment 
*Ex-commissioner urges support for Sanwo-Olu
*Women face hurdles in politics, says Alli-Macaulay
*‘Government aware of hardship’ 
*Ondo 2020: Atolagbe for governor 
*Bello’s journey to second term

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DAILY TRUST

*I regret marrying my wife, security officer laments in court
*World Toilet Day: Oyo govt takes steps to end open defecation
*Lagos warns residents against contaminated water
*Cleric urges govts to tackle moral decadence among youths
*Alleged N168.2m fraud: Court gives 6 sales managers fresh N1m bail

VANGUARD

*BORDER CLOSURE: We May Suffer Repercussions For 10 Years — Anya
*Now APC Has Kogi And Bayelsa Under Their Arm
*Danger looms in water transportation in Apapa
*KOGI: APC’s strategies that floored PDP
*Vibrant Civil Service Will Ensure Vibrant Economy – Gov. Sule
*Techplus To Create Tech Inclusive Platform For Stronger Digital Economy
*INEC Presents N1.9m Cheque To Family Of Deceased Corps Member
*Opeke, Others Push For Broadband Penetration Beyond Lagos, Abuja
*Boundary Commission Seeks German Support For Africa Border Programme
*PPDC Urges Nigeria To Ensure Full Implementation Of Open Contracting
*Competitive Global Economy: Verraki Calls For National Technology Agenda
*Nigeria Enjoys Relative Peace, Stability ― Nigerian Police
*Nigeria To Push For Sustainable Awareness Campaign To Protect Environment – Parm Sec
*Nigerian Army Decorates 23 New Generals
*Senate Probes GenCos, DisCos Over Unsteady Power Supply

PUNCH

*Sowore: Canterbury archbishop replies SERAP, DSS alleges threat
*Killings: Zamfara Assembly seeks death penalty for bandits
*Automobile painter sleeping inside oven dies in Lagos
*Beyond Kogi, Bayelsa election imbroglio
*Government against Nigeria’s poor
*Air force acquires 19 aircraft, orders 18 more
*Constituency projects: Buhari attacks National Assembly
*Buhari confirms APC NEC meeting for Friday
*APC using Jonathan to legitimise fraud, says Dickson
*Minister advises public analysts on good laboratory practice
*Spending: Reps summon Akpabio, NDDC
*President-elect may resume in Villa before inauguration
*Constituency projects: Buhari attacks National Assembly
*Buhari confirms APC NEC meeting for Friday
*Buhari orders institutions to build public toilets
*Sowore: Canterbury archbishop replies SERAP, DSS alleges threat
*APC using Jonathan to legitimise fraud, says Dickson
*Spending: Reps summon Akpabio, NDDC
*Mikel unfazed by Lampard’s success
*Minister advises public analysts on good laboratory practice
*Police parade Enugu pastor for rape, money rituals
*Merchants dump PoS, inactive terminals hit 131,201
*Court orders IG to release ghost officers’ list
*16,580 foreign graduates refused to defend certificates – NYSC
*Electricity: Govt’s N1.5tn intervention ineffective, unsustainable says AfDB
*French Embassy gets first female Consul General

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THISDAY

*Report Carpets States for Opaque Budgetary Processes
*Buhari Commiserates with Atiku over Aide’s Death
**FBNQuest Asset Management Recei
*FGGC Sagamu Alumni Empower Students with Life Skills
*DSS: Sowore Instigating Violence from Detention
*21 Ibadan Kings Lose Crown as Ladoja, Oyo Govt Settle out of Court
*Fake Policemen Disrupted Polls in Bayelsa, Kogi, Says IG
*Tackling Flooding in Lagos
*Ghana’s Ex-president, Mahama Appeals to FG to Open Borders
*PDP to Drag INEC, Police to Court over Kogi, Bayelsa Elections
*51st Asoju Oba Okoya-Thomas Cup to Serve off Nov. 25
*Buhari Forwards Six Aviation Bills to Senate
*House to List Electoral Act Amendment Bill Soon
*Oil Producers, MAN, ICAN Fault Provisions of Executive Finance Bill
*Appeal Court Reserves Judgment on Tambuwal’s Election
*Senate to Probe Gencos, Discos over Unstable Power Supply
*FG Unveils Measures to Strengthen NBC, Sanction Hate Broadcasts
*FG Mulls Establishment of Rehab Centres to Tackle Illegal Detention
*Court Dismisses Suit Challenging Relocation of LG Headquarters in Ekiti
*Museveni, Fowler, Tax Experts Speak on Africa’s Revenue Future
*Gbajabiamila Swears in Chidoka, Okwu, Ogah
*Delta Constitutes Committee on New Minimum Wage
*Court Orders IG to Release Details of 80,115 Ghost Policemen
*Report Carpets States for Opaque Budgetary Processes
*Dickson inaugurates 41-memberTransition Committee
*Nigeria Should Have Earned More from Gas Than Oil, Says Buhari

TELEGRAPH

*Dasuki’s lawyer counters DSS over custody claim
*Convicted fraudster pulls $1m scam from Kirikiri Prison
*PDP NWC splits over extension of Reps’ suspension
*N1trn wasted on constituency projects in 10 years –Buhari
*DSS: Sowore plotting violence from detention
*Fake policemen, soldiers snatched ballot boxes – IGP
*PDP to sue INEC officials, police for aiding rigging
*NNPC denies allegation on financial impropriety
*Bayelsa guber: PDP as own albatross
*Reps move for new scanners at nation’s ports
*A’Ibom: Govt pledges timely delivery of road projects, maintenance
*Buhari, APC govs meet on security, health, other issues
*2021 AFCON qualifiers: Ethiopia shock Cote’Ivoire
*Navy nabs 20 smugglers, impounds 1,425 bags of rice
*Edo to pay women, men’s teams equally
*Dismissed Inspector remanded for killing South African returnee
*Expert identifies growth path for Islamic finance in Nigeria
*…Gov inaugurates 41-member transition committee
*Local bourse gets CSR award
*CSCS unveils web solution for efficiency

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GOD BLESS NIGERIA

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