Malam Aliyu Kamara, the Chairman of the State Biometric Verification exercise, told newsmen in Gombe Friday that 19,000 workers would be screened at the state level, while others would be screened in the 11 local government areas of the state
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He said: “Victims of flood, especially the 2012 and 2013 disasters, were allocated alternative lands in safer places, but they have refused to relocate.
“The victims are spread across the 20 local government areas of the state, but most of those affected are in sloppy areas located close to river banks.
“Most of them attributed their reluctance to relocate to the strong affection they have for their ancestral lands
He said a driver and his assistant in a DAF truck marked ABJ 834 NS loaded with 40,000 litres of petrol were intercepted at Onipetesi, Ore on the Lagos-Benin Expressway
Gana said the pro-activeness of the Corps Anti-Vandal squad in the Niger-Delta area and other oil communities in clamping on the illegal activities of the suspects brought about the feat based on intelligence report
The children were in the paediatric hospital of Nice and the report cites a spokesman for the hospital saying that some were between life and death.
Report says two of them died in surgery on Friday morning
Bodunde, said the scholarship was sequel to an agreement between the club and the Kaduna State Government to provide scholarships for players to study and play football overseas
Fani-Kayode, in a statement shortly after he was released from detention on Friday, said he was being hounded for his criticism of the government.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had dragged the former Minister to court over an alleged N4.9 billion fraud.
Their Coach, Suraj Onatuga, told the News Agency of Nigeria after their victory that the team was good enough to advance to the final and win the male category of the championships
According to the statement: “In continuation with conduct of Operation GAMA AIKI by Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in its Area of Operation (AOO), the troops of sector 3 in Baga, (Nigeria) had successfully repelled Boko Haram terrorists attacks and cleared more villages around Kangarwa and Doron Naira villages
According to the witness, the fire, which destroyed phones and other valuables worth millions of Naira, was said to have been caused by a spark from a converter supplying power to some of the shops
Umar said the incident happened around 9am when the military truck, which was conveying soldiers, led by Major R. O. Alieze, had brake failure in Gaya town, Gaya Local Government Area
“We are strongly committed to the task of reversing the trend of overseas medical tourism in favour of local medical tourism, through the provision of the right atmosphere for qualitative medical care
Similarly, the All-Share Index recorded marginal gain, appreciating by 102.36 points or 0.36 per cent to close at 28,805.45, compared with 28,703.09 recorded on Thursday.
Oshinowo spoke to newsmen on Friday in Lagos while reacting to the picketing of NECA, which disrupted its 59th Annual General Meeting.
The Joe Ajaero faction of the NLC disrupted NECA’s AGM over what it termed anti-labour stance.
Thirty-six scholarships will go to candidates with the highest scores in the 2015 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination from all the states, and one scholarship will be awarded to the candidate with the highest scores nationally
According to sources, the sporadic shooting lasted for several hours, leading to speculations that armed robbers were attacking banks in the area.
The panic alert was, however, put to rest by the Lagos State Police Command
In a statement on Friday, Obanikoro said his wife should not be maligned and facts, which ought to be sacred, distorted to skew and tilt investigation, thereby influencing public opinion negatively on a patriotic, hard-working and innocent woman who is apolitical
Justice Olubukola Ayoola granted an order of perpetual injunction restraining Prince Bayo Aderinle and other members of the Apina family from being nominated for the vacant stool
NAN reports that the High Level Policy Forum is to assess the benchmark academic standards for engineering profession, which outcome would determine whether or not Nigerian engineers will be granted international accreditation
Counsel to the claimant, Jibrin Okutepa (SAN), decried the absence of the respondents, even when they had been served with hearing notices.
Okutepa said by their absence, they have showed a great disrespect to the court