The Association’s National Chairman, Ifeyinwa Omowole, made the appeal in her New Year message, noting that majority of Nigerian women and the girl-child were far from actualising their full potential
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Lalong expressed the gratitude on Sunday at New Year/Thanksgiving Mass at St. Stephen’s Catholic Church in Ajikamai, his place of birth
Dr. Felix Obi, a Researcher with the group, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja
The governor made the promise in his statewide broadcast on Sunday to mark the New Year
This was contained in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the state Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Dakingari
The pair had missed November’s World Cup qualifier in South Africa but both had returned to participate at their third Nations Cup tournament
Ikechukwu Anyene, the President of Nigeria Union in South Africa, told the News Agency of Nigeria on telephone from Pretoria that both incidents had been reported to the Nigerian Mission in that country
Ikpeazu also presented gift items to all the nursing mothers in the Post-Natal Ward of the hospital
A member of the royal family, who did not want his name in print, told newsmen that an aide to the traditional ruler and his driver narrowly escaped being hit by the bullets of the abductors
Police in the state of São Paulo said the shooter is believed to have been angry over a separation from his former wife, who was among those killed
Speaking to some 50,000 people in St. Peter’s Square for his traditional noon address, Francis departed from his prepared text to condemn the Istanbul nightclub attack that killed at least 39 people
It made the call in a statement signed by its Secretary, Bola Ogunlayi, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Ibadan on Sunday
Trump is hosting a party at his Mar-a-Largo club in Palm Beach for 800 guests, including Sylvester Stallone, according to Sean Spicer, incoming White House press secretary
A statement by Malam Garba Shehu, his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in Abuja on Saturday said Buhari had since directed Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, to lead MST on the matter
Obama, in a New Year message to Americans, said America had made significant progress over the past eight years as against the gloom that pervaded the country when he took office in 2009
The DHA news agency published footage taken from a CCTV camera outside the club showing a man shooting in the busy street, with one person appearing to get hit and fall
The victims, said to be children of the same parents, were reportedly moving about buying things that their families would use on Sunday to celebrate the new year
At his last public event of 2016, an evening vespers service in St. Peter’s Basilica, the 80-year-old Francis said doors had to be opened for young people “so that they can be capable of dreaming and fighting for their dreams”
Todd Fisher, son of Reynolds and younger brother to Carrie, said that he caught a glimpse of hummingbirds at a cemetery site at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Guterres, in his maiden message as the UN Secretary-General, entitled: “Appeal for Peace”, urged the world to make a New Year resolution “to put peace first”