Ethapemi said that having attained the canonical retirement age of 75 on October 29, 2013, Job had applied to Pope Francis 1 for retirement
Author: NAN
Ngama said that the amount shared included N64.725 billion from Value Added Tax, N7.617 billion refunded by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and N35.549 billion from SURE-P
This was contained in a statement signed by Malam Mati Ali, the Public Relations Officer in the state Ministry of Health on Thursday in Dutse, the Jigawa State
In the same vein, the council constituted a three-man panel of inquiry to investigate lingering crisis in Rivers State
Nebo expressed the hope that the reinforcement of the line would improve the nation’s transmission capacity and facilitate the evacuation of stranded generation from Afam and Okpai power plants
The government gave commercial bus drivers in the state a deadline of January 1 to register their vehicles.
According to him, inadequate funds continued to be the major challenge faced by the Ministry of Works and this had led to the slow pace of some arterial roads projects
Only three members of the assembly – Bala Musa, representing Yabo; Mustapha Hurumi, representing Bodinga South; and Gatau Mustapha of Isa constituency – remain in the PDP
The latest train fire came days after fire killed 23 people in December on a train that was on its way from the city of Bangalore to Nanded in the western state of Maharashtra
A statement issued in Kano by the command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Magaji Majiya, said the incident took place at about 7:30pm when people were praying inside the mosque
Muhammad said the accident occurred at about 1:50pm on Tuesday when a Toyota car, with registration number GNM 149 AA, collided with a Volkswagen car, with plate number KMC 905 AH
Munzo Ezekiel, the Public Relations Officer of the National Emergency Management Agency, told NAN that the woman was delivered of her twin baby boys by the agency’s medical team at 11pm.
He said that the woman and the twins were in good condition at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport medical centre
According to the statement, under Canada’s criminal code, any person or group listed may have their assets seized and forfeited
Justice Suleiman Kawu, the eldest son of the deceased, confirmed the death to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital
The other suspects confessed to being part of the kidnap but the Air Force Lance Corporal denied any involvement, insisting that he only sold a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 to Musa
Last month, Nigeria’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Ambassador Abubakar Bunu, told NAN that an estimated one million Nigerians lived and worked in the country, although it remained unknown how many were illegal
President Jonathan had gone to the Command Officers’ Mess to preside over the decoration of the newly promoted 48 officers in the Army, Navy and Air Force to the rank of Major Generals but had to engage the Service Chiefs and the IGP in a meeting before the event
Dickson said the budget would be financed from a revenue projection of N282.6 billion and capital receipts of N16.5 billion
Tambuwal said the chamber had been working with the Ministry of Power to fix the challenges facing power
On the status of the 2014 budget, Abaribe said that the Conference Committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives met on Tuesday to resolve the matter