The newly inaugurated Governing Council also has as members Prof. Solomon Akinboye, Dr. Abeke Omotosho, Prof. Kasali Adegoke, Sir Benjamin Aladekomo, Engr. Tunde Ponle and Prof. Charles Abiodun Alao
Author: Dan Atori
Tayo Adelaja, the Public Affairs Manager, West and Mid-West, Nigerian Breweries Plc, said the company was committed to partnering with the organizers of the festival, an age-old festival that continues to put Nigeria on the world tourism map
According to him: “Government has decided to take proactive measures aimed at making sure that the people make tentative arrangements until the flood subsidises
He noted that Niger State has the historical record of being an economic melting pot with the existence of the famous Baro Port and the railway transit through Mokwa, Minna, Akare, Wushishi and Gwada
Muhammad said those to be paid would have to provide among others their letters of first appointment and disengagement from the service, while relations of deceased workers must produce death certificates to claim their entitlements
The Niger State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Jonathan Tsado Vatsa, stated this on Friday in Minna at the State House of Assembly
In a statement jointly signed by the Chairman of the NLC, Idris Yahaya Ndako, and the Chairman of the TUC, Comrade Yunusa Tanimu, the organised labour called on all Civil servants in the state to embark on an indefinite strike until the state government rescinds its decision
Some of the dignitaries who paid tributes to the late journalist included the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; the President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, Alhaji Garbadin Mohammed; and the Chairman of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria in Lagos State, Fred Edoren
He said the members who started a reconciliation meeting on June 23 have agreed to put the crisis behind them and move forward as one, expressing optimism that the truce reached would make the House to become stronger and better
Babangida arrived around 3:30pm from Germany in a chartered aircraft marked N550 DR after a medical trip during which he was rumoured dead in some media
Journalists were not allowed to go close to the house as security men had warned that no photographs be taken
The leader of the Igbo community in the town, Chief Chukwudimanyi Chuzzy, made this pledge to the Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, when he visited the town on Saturday.
Enagi said the last congress violated the party’s constitution
Babangida spoke with select newsmen on Sunday afternoon in his home in Minna, the Niger State capital
The two NNPC affiliates filling stations sealed on Saturday and Sunday by the DPR are NNPC, Shango along Minna/Suleja Road, and NNPC, Maitumbi along Minna/Gwada Road, both within Minna metropolis
Moved by the development, the governor put a call on the Suleja NNPC Depot Manager, who told him that four trucks of fuel were allocated to Niger State for Thursday
Fadipe said the family had been looking for her for about four days before she was discovered on Monday.
“Out of the total number of affected persons, 24 people, representing 2 per cent, defaulted, while the number of death recorded so far represents 6 per cent.”
Governor Bello, in an Easter message on Thursday in Minna, called on Nigerians to continue to work for peace, which is the prime essence of Christ’s resurrection
Announcing the results at the Council’s Headquarters in Minna, Niger State on Wednesday, the Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Abdulrashid Garba, disclosed that a total of 50,060 candidates registered, out of which 47,507 sat for English Language, while 47,554 sat for Mathematics