Similarly, local vigilantes at Yargada village, Gusau Local Government Area apprehended a fleeing suspected armed bandit and handed him over to troops deployed at Magami
Author: NAN
Reacting to his team’s performance, Akwa United’s Technical Adviser, Maurice Cooreman, said the loss to Rangers FC was due to fatigue on the side of his players
But the coup attempt crumbled as Erdogan rushed back to Istanbul from a Mediterranean holiday and urged people to take to the streets to support his government against plotters he accused of trying to kill him
Yusuf described as very “alarming” the level of malnutrition among children, adding that five out of 10 children in the state remain malnourished.
He said: “According to the SMART report of 2015, over 66 per cent of children in Plateau are totally malnourished
Obasanjo said: “It is now time for the country to move into agriculture as there is decline in oil prices, inadequate food supply, need to create employment, raw material for industrialisation, among others.”
A statement by the police said: “The person who carried out the operation in Nice, France, to run down people was one of the soldiers of Islamic State.
“He carried out the operation in response to calls to target nationals of states that are part of the coalition fighting Islamic State.”
The forum explained that while the party had constituted a committee for the Ondo State election, it disclosed that a national election campaign council had been inaugurated for the Edo State election
The programme is convened at the instance of Segun Olulade, the Chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Health Services.
The governor, who was represented by Prince Babatunde Durosimi-Etti, said the fund would soon be released to only deserving creative entrepreneurial youths as loan.
He said return on investment should not be taken for granted, adding: “We should try and de-risk our environment, improve on climate and continue to take measures by increasing our ranking in doing business
Idris, who was accompanied by the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede; the Comptroller General of the Prison Service, Ahmed Ja’afar; and the Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Abdullahi Gana, stated this while speaking with newsmen in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital
Modibbo said: “We thank God that the player on the horse was not injured but for a polo player, losing a horse in that manner can be painful.
“We accept what has happened as predestined, that the horse will meet its end in Bauchi and not Yola.”
According to a statement by the Minister of Information: “Among those to be investigated are 18 serving and retired military personnel, 12 serving and retired public officials and 24 Chief Executive Officers of Companies involved in the procurement. All were either accounting officers or played key roles in the Nigerian Army procurement activities during the period under review
After a laboured start, the home team then drew level on the stroke of 45 minutes when Fortune Omoniwari powered home a free header off a superb pullout by Ubong Friday
According to a press release by Bisi Kazeem, the Head of Media Relations and Strategy of the FRSC, Oyeyemi said the alarming proportion of youth who suffer from the menace of road traffic crashes either as direct victims or those rendered helpless due to death or incapacitation of their parents, makes it imperative that institutions of learning like the University join the FRSC to find lasting solutions to the menace
He held that Africa as the least integrated continent is best illustrated in the pattern of trade within the continent, according to the Economic Commission for Africa in a 2015 report, where only14 per cent of Africa’s total trade is within the continent
This view was expressed on Saturday by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), at a side event hosted by the President of Ghana, John Mahama, on Africa and SDGs at the African Union meeting in Kigali, Rwanda
Elsewhere, there was a return for Luke Shaw after the left-back’s long recovery from a broken leg, while James Wilson, Memphis Depay and Jesse Lingard were given chances to impress in the final third
Abubakar urged the pilgrims to avoid taking any prohibited item, including kola nuts, along as the Saudi authorities had taken measures to arrest anybody who violated their laws
The game had been organised by Samuel Eto’o, a former teammate of both Iniesta and Messi, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of his charity foundation
She said: “The threat of a collective withdrawal, as we call it, is to ensure more respect to Africans and African leaders and I’m sure no African will have any problem with that