One person has been confirmed dead while another sustained injury when a tanker filled with gasoline (diesel) exploded at Rano road in Bunkure, Bunkure Local Government Area of Kano State.
Author: The Eagle Online
PACAC’s Executive Secretary, Prof. Sadiq Radda, disclosed this while speaking at an Anti-Corruption Agencies Strengthening Initiative Project meeting and launch organised by Centre for Democracy and Development in Abuja on Thursday.
The chairmen were elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The lower chamber, which noted that the attacks by the hoodlums extended to adjoining states, also urged other security agencies to collaborate with the police in tackling the security challenge.
A statement by SEC in Abuja on Thursday quoted Lijadu as saying that the capital market had played critical roles in attracting investments.
The Customs Area Controller, of the command, Comptroller Mohammed Aliyu, made the disclosure at a news briefing on Thursday in Lagos.
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono, disclosed this at a one-day meeting to strengthen partnership within the three tiers of government on the Sustainable Development Goals 4 in Abuja on Thursday.
Justice Folashade Ogunbanjo-Giwa, granted the application by the prosecution, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC following the withdrawal of the objection earlier raised by the defendants.
The Executive Commissioner, Stakeholders Management, of the commission, Sunday Dare, raised the concern at the North-East Stakeholders’ Parliament meeting with Relevant Agencies in Charge of Telecommunications Matters on Thursday in Yola.
“I am prepared to help to clarify all these situations” the 83-year-old Swiss said on Thursday. “I heard that they will like to speak with me.”
Dr Eddie Mbadiwe, a popular football fan in Enugu, has urged the Super Eagles to redouble their efforts in order to defeat their age-long rivals, the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon.
Senator Emmanuel Orker-Jev who moved the motion on Thursday in plenary urged his colleagues to take steps that would end incessant petrol tanker explosion in the country.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Dr Bello Umar, who made this known at the 4th Global Dairy Congress Africa in Abuja on Thursday, decried that Nigeria imported 60 per cent dairy with only 40 per cent local production.
A prosecution witness in the trial of a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal and five others on Thursday alleged that the company the ex-SGF was alleged to have private interest in, was not paid for its consultancy work.
Muazu speaking at the scene of the pipeline explosion decried the huge loss caused by the vandals and cautioned residents to be vigilant and be security conscious.
In a statement on Thursday in Lagos, Okogie said that many politicians failed to keep their campaign promises when elected into offices.
Financial details of the deal were not disclosed but British media reported that Leicester would pay Newcastle 30 million pounds for the 25-year-old Spaniard.
The judge, Justice Olasumbo Goodluck adjourned after the second prosecution witness finished giving his evidence.
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has described Thursday’s pipeline explosion in Ijegun area of the state as devastating.
The Nigerian Army on Thursday said its troops successfully repelled fresh attack coordinated by Boko Haram insurgents, on the 212 Tank Battalion at Gajigana in Nganzai Local Government Area of Borno.