President Jonathan, according to a statement by presidential spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, extended his deep sympathies to members of the Christ Apostolic Church Worldwide, the World Soul Winning Evangelical Ministry, as well as friends, followers and family of the late Prophet Obadare
Author: Wole Oye
The next meeting of the board, we will probably be able to have the people that will constitute the committee for the purpose of these companies
“On behalf of himself, his family, the Federal Government and all Nigerians, President Jonathan extends heartfelt condolences to Prof Achebe’s family
Lawan, PDP Kano, is facing trial in an Abuja High Court over $620,000 bribe he was alleged to have collected from businessman and oil magnate, Femi Otedola
“A career civil servant, Alhaji Goni has held several key positions at the state and federal levels including Chief Administrative Officer, Governor’s Office, Maiduguri (1989-1991), Principal Secretary to the Military Administrator of Yobe State (1991-1992), Principal Secretary to the First Civilian Governor of Yobe State (1992-1993) and Principal Secretary to the 2nd Military Administrator of Yobe State (1993-1995)
Briefing newsmen at the end of the NGF meeting, which ended in the early hours of Thursday in Abuja, Dr. Shehu Sule, a member of the panel of judges, said each of the states won in the six geopolitical zones of the country
The governors were at the Presidential Villa for the National Economic Council, which is chaired by Vice President Namadi Sambo and comprises of the 36 state governors and some key ministers
Also speaking, Governor Ibrahim Dakwambo of Gombe said NEC gave its blessing to the recommendations of a Sub Committee he headed to review a recent presentation by the Minister of Information Technology, Mobolaji Johnson, on a proposed improved, broadband roadmap for the country, to the effect that telecoms service providers should partner with the Federal Government and state sovernments, to ensure proper harmonization and integration of development projects with ICT infrastructure in the country
He said: “You will end up multiplying the perpetrators by trying to use force against your own citizens
Speaking on the performance report presented by Pepple, the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, said: “We are pleased with the report
The statement said: “The report in the media that Atiku Abubakar deliberately absented himself from the Peoples Democratic Party peace meeting in the North East Zone is untrue and inaccurate
The Force Commander said further that the transition of AFISMA mandate from ECOWAS to AU underscores the solidarity and support of the international community to the overall goal of routing out the Jihadists from Mali and indeed the entire sub-region
He solicited the support of other regions for the achievement of the Igbo presidency in 2015
He, however, hoped that Sali would be willing to serve the country when called upon in the future.
Jonathan said: “It is sad that you are leaving, but like every good thing, some day, somehow we will all leave
This is alien. It is forbidden. We cannot live like this. Something serious has gone wrong in the land. We must do well by returning to the basics
Chief Eze, who was at the State House on Tuesday, told correspondents that Nigeria, being a sovereign nation, the Nigeria government does not need the American Government to dictate to it on national issues
Jonathan said: “Corruption and issues of good Governance are also being vigorously tackled on all fronts
The new DDI is an alumnus of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos, Plateau State and attended training at the Defence Information School in the United States of America
Understandably, there was palpable feeling of outrage among Nigerians (at home and the Diaspora) on the amnesty granted to Mr Diepreye Alamieyeseigha and Shettima Bulama. The reason for this was that,
these two Nigerians were convicted for obscene corruptive tendencies and nauseous rapacity
It said that all the resources used in repairing damaged pipelines could be channeled to other productive ends if the pipelines are safeguarded