He said that prior to the discovery of oil, Nigeria’s late Prime Minister, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, after whom the prize was named, and his co-travellers in the democratic journey then, did not depend on oil.
Rather, Uduaghan said what they did was to develop the country’s abundant mineral and natural resources, with which they transformed all sectors
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Sani said a dozen other civilians sustained gunshot wounds during the incident but provided no information on casualties among the belligerents
The other recipients of the prestigious award, held at the Civic centre, Victoria Island, Lagos State on Saturday evening, are Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Honourable Aminu Tambuwal; the Kano State Governor, Alhaji Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso; the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank, Reginald Ihejiahi; and the former Managing Director, Nigerian Breweries, Chief Festus Odumegwu
He said the drawback in the recommendation was that Chapter 8 of the 1999 Constitution made it cumbersome to actualise creation of states, assuring the INF that the system is being streamlined to enable agitators meets their targets
In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party
said in spite of recent media reports concerning the antics of some negative forces within INEC over APC’s registration, the emerging party’s leadership has no doubt that in the end, the electoral body will do what is right in accordance with the law
They therefore demanded that their request to make their presentation through a properly conducted public hearing be granted in the interest of industrial peace and harmony and also to rekindle their confidence and indeed those of other Nigerians, in the PIB legislative process
Investigation revealed that before Amaechi went for the audience with the President, he had met with the five northern governors on Friday night in Sokoto State Governor’s Lodge for debriefing on their intervention
The meeting, which was held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, had in attendance governors Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano), Ibrahim Geidam (Yobe) and Kashim Shettima (Borno)
According to him, government’s insensitivity to the all important sector is killing the standard of education in the country
Ivorian Davy Boua attempted to catch Godfey Oboabona and Egwuekwe napping but his touch was heavy and Agbim came to the rescue
Suswan explained that after many hours of deliberation, the meeting agreed on major issues except the two
This was contained in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by Oliver Okpala, the Special Assistant on Media to the party’s National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur
The party expressed its dissatisfaction with the position of the National Assembly in a statement issued and signed by Jerry Needam, the Special Adviser on Media to the state Chairman of the party, Hon. Felix Obuah
“MURIC is constrained to ask the following pertinent questions: how are these different from what Nigerian Muslims are saying? Why are some people stereotyping Muslims? Why is anything that has the Islamic tinge contemptuous to some? How can we truly integrate if you hold Muslims in contempt and you allow them to see the contempt? How do you expect Nigerian Muslims to have a sense of belonging? How can they be patriotic? Can this serve the interest of Nigeria as a nation?
But the 55 workers, junior staff, have threatened a showdown via labour dispute extant laws, wondering why the oil giant subjected them to “slave wage” having operated for over 50 years in their land
Alhaji Odunewu, an indigene of Ikorodu in Lagos State, died on Thursday at St Nicholas Hospital, Lagos, at the age of 85
The Senate also called on the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar to, as a matter of urgency, redeploy the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mbu Joseph Mbu, from the state and mandated the President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, to intervene and mediate in the Rivers state political crisis and see to its amiable resolution
The Forum, in a statement signed by a 1993 members of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Zang, however, said it was the right of Jonathan to stand for reelection
The President stated this on Thursday at the National Military Cemetery, Abuja during the burial of gallant officers and soldiers who died in Operation Boyona, set up to tackle the activities of Boko Haram insurgents in the North Eastern part of the country and also during peacekeeping efforts in Darfur, Sudan
He noted that it was curious that the meeting of the South West Caretaker Committee where the decision was taken was held in an hotel belonging to Buruji Kasamu in Lagos State instead of the party’s Zonal Secretariat in Ibadan, Oyo State, where meetings of the South West Zonal Exco of the party are held