The statement said that Rogge gave the commendation, when the IAAF
council met with the Executive Board of the IOC on Friday in Moscow,
ahead of the start of the IAAF World Championships on Saturday
Author: Segun Adebowale
The event was organised by the Oyo State Chapter of the Nigerian
Medical Association as part of a one-day continuous medical education
initiative
Olawepo, who made the call on Friday while speaking with the News
Agency of Nigeria in Ilorin, the state capital, said the call became
necessary to enable the new party to take part in the poll
PAAM said it was ridiculous for Fayemi to have claimed that he was
funding the education of the six students from his own purse
The General Officer Commanding, 2 Mechanised Division of the Nigerian
Army, Major General Ahmed Tijani Jibrin, recently disclosed how Boko
Haram members were arrested by his men in Ondo, Edo and Kwara States
through the support of the public, which provided useful information
on suspicious movements and behaviours of strangers in their
communities. The military officer disclosed how the military had been
on alert, closely monitoring entries into various cities in the South
of Nigeria. This, he added, was necessitated after the declaration of
state of emergency in some Northern states, with awareness that some
suspects may find their way to the South, particularly the South West
Ofoyeju quoted the suspect, a bricklayer at Alor Village in Anambra
State, as saying he was lured to sell family land in order to travel
abroad in search of job opportunities
Though the results were promising, more extensive field testing will be required, the researchers wrote. Nevertheless, it marks the first time any vaccine trial has shown 100% success in protecting subjects from the mosquito-borne tropical disease, which sickens more than 200 million a year and killed about 660,000 in 2010
He said that the money would be used to execute projects in three
states – Plateau, Adamawa and Ekiti – because they were rated lower
than 30 per cent in sanitation coverage
Abubakar urged Nigerians to imbibe the lesson of the Ramadan fasting
by living peacefully with one another irrespective of difference in
religion and ethnic grouping
The monarch also said that it was not right for a non-Muslim to
interfere in the affairs of the Muslims and Islam or to impose his
views on the religion he does not profess
“Those who are predicting that this country will separate based on our frontlines as at the time of amalgamation by 2015, they will know that those predictions may not be true
He, however, expressed regret that in spite of all enlightenment
efforts, some people still blocked culverts with garbage and built
structures on water ways
He said the NPF was ICT compliant, hence it would continue to use
modern telecommunication gadgets in apprehending corrupt officers.
He said: “You can see that we are IT compliant
As at press time on Thursday, it was learnt that most of the staff, including the editors, have collected the N10,000, dubbed as bonus for the Sallah festivity, by Obaigbena
He said: “As our country continues its search for an equilibrium – politically, economically and in terms of religious harmony, men of God and their followers must never stop to offer prayers
“I want to urge our people to continue to be law abiding; to continue to love one another and continue to strengthen each other’s capacity so that we sustain the level of investment being attracted to the state,” he added
Supporting his stance, Fayemi said various experiments have shown that students who study in their mother tongue are better equipped than those taught in a second language
Kalu further stated that the festive season should be seen as a period
for restrained and sober reflections and rededication to the service
of God and humanity
Ofoyeju said that such application was meant to be screened by the
agency and recommended to the country’s embassies for visa issuance
The statement directed Okorie to hand over all government documents
and property at his disposal to the ministry’s permanent secretary