A visit to Abia State of today will confirm that its narrative has changed from being a pariah and non working state to a massive construction site with visible infrastructural upgrade everywhere in the state.
Author: The Eagle Online
Fourteen victims were killed on the spot in an incident in which dozens were also reported dead.
In a press statement released by his media office in Abuja on Sunday, the former Vice President recalled that the late Michika had the honour of pioneering Adamawa State into its democratic journey in 1992 as its first civilian governor under the then governing National Republican Convention in the state.
In a statement on Sunday, the spokesman of the police, SP Chike Oti, said the leadership of the two bodies must meet with the Police High Command in the office of the Commissioner of Police, Edgar Imohimi, before taking any further action.
The President has also granted a grace period of 90 days to all manufacturers before the commencement of the new excise duty regime.
The state Commissioner for Housing, Gbolahan Lawal, made this known during an inspection tour to Odo-Onosa/Odo Ayandelu Housing project in Agbowa, Ikorodu, Lagos on Sunday.
Their spokesman, Emmanuel Macham, who briefed newsmen on Sunday in Bokkos, said that government had not shown any concern to the victims of the attacks.
Charly Boy had erroneously stated that a photograph of Saraki’s visit to Ogoniland in Rivers State was a picture of the Senate President after being chased by youths in Kwara State.
A NAN correspondent, who was in Freetown to monitor the country’s general elections, reports on Sunday that Nigerian music was being played in most of the commercial taxis, radio and television stations.
The incident happened at about 6:49am on Sunday
The Minister commended MTN Foundation for upholding its tradition of providing support to the less privileged residents of orphanages and hospices spread across the country by donating household items to them
In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the three honorees are iconic women in the Creative Industry who have brought great honour not only to themselves, their families and their industry, but also to the country
Bindir gave the assurance Sunday in Yola during an interactive session with stakeholders on 2018 Hajj organised by NAHCON in collaboration with Adamawa and Taraba States Pilgrims Welfare Boards
The Corps Commander, Nigerian Army Engineers, Major General John Amalu, told journalists at the West Africa Social Activities on Saturday in Lagos that identifying and detonating IEDs was a major task of the corps in the North East
According to a statement by the spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, SP Chike Oti, Samuel was mentally and physically abused, with several injury marks to show for it
The Minister stated this at a mini town hall meeting he organised for members of staff of the Nigerian Embassy in Berlin, Germany and a cross-section of Nigerians residing in the European country
The participants made the call on Sunday in a communiqué issued at the end of a three-day Top Management Retreat of the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing in Kano
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu made this known when he briefed heads of media houses in the state at the Abia Government Lodge, Aba on Sunday as part of efforts to industrialise the state since he assumed office in 2015.
Ikpeazu said: “This project is very close to my heart and I am passionate about it
The election, which was the main agenda of a special KSM Supreme Convention, was held at the Madonna Retreat Centre, Nkpor near Onitsha, Anambra State and had in attendance all the accredited and statutory delegates from the over 250 Sub-Councils in the nine metropolitan councils of the Order
The organization also urged the AU to “maintain targeted travel sanctions and asset freezes against the authorities until they meet specific human rights and good governance benchmarks”