The Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Naval Command, Rear Admiral James Oluwole, disclosed this in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Saturday at the conclusion of the first phase of “Operation River Sweep I”
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CAF took the decision at its meeting on Friday after it withdrew the hosting rights from Madagascar following delays in preparations as demanded in the list of requirement
The commission recently ceded Moon community of Kwande Local Government in Benue State to Taraba State, and also ceded Chachangi in Takum Local Government of Taraba State to Benue State, a development that sparked violent crisis
According to online reports, Ayida has hired British lawyers to sue Makinwa over her book titled: “On Becoming,” which he described as “exaggerated fabrication”
The Federal judge’s temporary restraining order represents a major setback for Trump’s action, though the White House said late Friday that it believed the ban to be “lawful and appropriate” and that the US Department of Justice would file an emergency appeal
Qatar Airways was the first to say it would allow passengers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen to fly to US cities if they had valid documents
Olawepo told the News Agency of Nigeria in Ilorin on Friday that studies had shown that smoking hastened menopause by approximately one to two years, regardless of race or genetic background
Afridi was accused of treason after word spread that he had helped the CIA collect DNA samples of the bin Laden family, paving the way for a secret US Navy Seal raid that killed the al Qaeda leader in the town of Abbottabad
The report quoted Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Bahram Ghasemi, as saying the case was looked into by a special committee but that “unfortunately we were forced to take this step, based on the latest developments”
With the summit in Valletta focusing on finding a solution to the flow of migrants through the Mediterranean, Merkel calls for providing stronger support to the UN-backed unity government in Libya, including the country’s coast guard
A statement by Fatimah Alkali, Senior Communications Officer of the AfDB, in Abuja on Friday said the loan became effective on October 19, 2012
The Minister made the call in Abuja on Friday when he paid a courtesy visit to the headquarters of Daar Communications Plc, owners of the African Independent Television and Ray Power radio station
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh; the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun; and Minister of Industry, Trade and Development, Dr. Okey Enelamah, are members of the task force
Ogunwusi, who hosted some management staff of the News Agency of Nigeria in Ile Ife, urged the affected states to think out of the box and pay their workers the outstanding salaries
The Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police Force last year filed a three count criminal charge of conspiracy and stealing against Nyong, Lekki Garden Estate Limited and two others before a Federal High Court in Lagos
In a statement on Friday night in Abuja, the police said they were in possession of “credible intelligence” that some other groups are planning a counter protest or marches between February 5 and 6, the days the Tuface group has also planned to hold protests in some parts of the country
Akande expressed government’s position a day after the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Fatai Owoseni, said the police would disallow the protest on grounds that it could be hijacked by hoodlums and it is illegal
Oyekanmi told the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja Chairman that Yakubu was operating a policy that allowed recommendations that would strengthen the election process from stakeholders
The spokesman, however, said his principal was not having any illness before his death
Malam Gambo Jagindi, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President of the NYCN, Murtala Gamji, made the disclosure in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja