Earlier, the former minister thanked Lamido for nominating her, and the President for allowing her to serve as a minister in his cabinet, describing her experience as wonderful
Author: NAN
The police in Lagos State on Friday arraigned two newspaper vendors, who allegedly assaulted their colleague after he prevented them from escaping with a stolen bundle of Vanguard newspaper
Hassan pledged that the incident would not deter the commitment of the outfit in its fight against crime and criminality in the state and assured the people of the state that the attackers would be brought to book
According to the witness, the bridge collapsed at about 9.30pm due to heavy downpour and moments after, the bus, with registration number XA 328 KZR, conveying passengers from Kano to Katsina, fell into the bridge
The incident happened few days after similar attacks in which several persons were killed in Damboa and Ngazai Local Government Areas of the state
She said the kidnappers abandoned the wife in her husband’s car and fled with the bishop into the bush
The result meant Nigeria failed in its bid to finish in the top three for a ticket to the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
The governor prayed for Suntai’s quick recovery and for God to continue to strengthen his family during the trying period
The ceremony for the draw was conducted by former CAF Secretary General, Mustapha Fahmy, at the Hotel Fairmont Bab Al Bahr in the United Arabs Emirate
The Federal Government had gone into a closed-door meeting with representatives of the Joint Health Staff Union to resolve issues that led to the strike
The state PDP Chairman, Felix Obuah, announced this at a news briefing in Port Harcourt, the state capital
Members of the union had embarked on an indefinite industrial action on August 22
Tukur said this when he received the report of the party’s primaries from the Chairman of the five-man panel for the Anambra State electoral congress, Governor Ibrahim Shema of Kastina State
The statement said Abdul-kadir should hand over to the permanent secretary of the ministry, adding that the President expressed appreciation to Abdul-kadir for the time he put in the services of the nations
The aircraft, with registration number N388CA, belonging to Shelt Air, left at exactly 7.43pm New York time, which is about 1am in Nigeria
The governor noted that though the country’s democracy was still young, it could get better if stakeholders play their roles effectively
Akanya urged government to step up efforts at addressing insecurity in the nation and declare a total war against corruption
The general-secretary, who reacted to claims by the minister that the ministry had appealed against the NIC judgment, described the claim as “false”
Mallam Momodu Bukar, a suspected militant, told newsmen on Saturday in Maiduguri that he fled the camp at the forest on Thursday when it became obvious that he was going to be eaten
By close of transaction on Wednesday night, all Preferred Bidders had paid up, except the Enugu Distribution Company, while the preferred bidder for Sapele Power Station had made substantial part-payment