The gallant troops also destroyed three vehicles laden with IEDs meant for suicide bombings somewhere and killed 37 Boko Haram terrorists
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The statement reads in part: “It is an obvious fact that the official and spare cars that the Senate President inherited and has been using are old and have been malfunctioning. There are instances like the day Dr. Saraki visited Keffi for the marriage of the daughter of Senator Abdullahi Adamu and another day at the Presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport that the spare vehicle broke down
Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria monitoring the commencement of the examination reported that it was a mixed grill for candidates with some complaining, while others were commending JAMB
President Buhari, among other things, requested the Saudis to conclude all issues with the Nigerian Hajj Commission such as the undetermined outcome of their investigation into the stampede at Muna last year, where officials believe that 274 Nigerian lives were lost.
Bournemouth suffered a blow midway through the opening period when Junior Stanislas pulled up with an apparent hamstring injury, but his departure meant a first appearance in six months for Max Gradel after his recovery from a knee ligament problem
Ten working days (two weeks). So if you start counting from Monday, you should know when I’ll be back. The meeting on Wednesday bothered on such important national issues. Chairman or no chairman position has nothing to do with such serious national issues of national importance, which a very serious and select group like that was put together to address. So nothing as mundane as whether the future of the chairman is in doubt or not
According to him, however, there are certain legal requirements that Nigeria had not met to facilitate the repatriation of the funds.
He said: “We (UK) have no intention of holding onto Nigerian funds
Garba explained that they claimed that Daura had collected N4 billion from the Peoples Democratic Party governors of Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Abia and Taraba State to influence Supreme Court judgments in their favour
The Governor, who also flagged off the 14.5 km Awo-Ara-Ijero Road at Awo in Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area, said: “If you don’t have your PVC, you may no longer enjoy benefits from government because very soon about 10,000 people will benefit N10,000 monthly in our social security scheme
He said the petition was from the office of the National Security Adviser, which alleged that the office, transferred N400 million to Destra Investment Limited, a company owned by Metuh, when retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki was the NSA
He added that the intention of government was to aggregate the scattered data in the Independent National Electoral Commission, Central Bank of Nigeria and the National Population Commission into one by the National Identity Card Management Commission
The 45-year-old Swiss, who is of Italian origin, beat Asian Football Confederation President, Sheikh Salman, who was the favourite to succeed Sepp Blatter
The NFF Technical Committee, headed by Chris Green, after its meeting at Glass House in Abuja, also announced Emmanuel Amuneke and Salishu Yusuf as Siasia’s assistants and Aloy Agu as Goalkeeper trainer
The North-West enemies, who secured progression into the round last night, were paired in Friday’s draw in Nyon, France
A former National Security Adviser, retired Colonel Sambo Mohamed Dasuki, opened up at an Abuja High Court on Friday, alleging…
The Supreme Court said it found King guilty as charged
According to Magu, his comments and activities of the Commission should not be interpreted to mean a blanket indictment of all lawyers and judges but rather directed at a few bad eggs within the system
While presenting the report of the Education Committee, the Vice Chairman of the Committee on Education, Senator Rose Oko, informed the senators that only N6.8 billion was proposed for meal subsidy in Unity Schools instead of the N11.2 billion needed
The bulk of the money was said to be those retrieved from a former Inspector General of Police, Tafa Balogun, and late Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha
Oliseh broke the news of his resignation on his Twitter handle in the early hours of Friday