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The accomplished lawyer, clergyman and politician, who was a Senator between 1999 and 2003, died on July 5, 2008.

Okowa said he made the second best result in his set in the country in 1976 from Edo College, Benin City, Edo State.

In her letter of resignation, Richards describes the Conservative Party as “currently unrecognisable.”

(Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project) over failure to clean up Ogoni land despite payment of $1 billion for the project.

Saratu Umar was first appointed to the position in July, 2014.

According to Bisi Kazeem, the Corps Public Education Officer of FRSC, “the Corps Marshal Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi has mandated that the following objectives must be achieved in the special operations: Reduction in road traffic crashes, road traffic fatalities, and road traffic injuries; prompt response to road traffic crash victims; engagement of robust public education and enlightenments across all media platforms; speedy removal of obstructions from the highways; intensified enforcement on critical offences; and adequate supervision, surveillance and monitoring of all commands amongst others”.

NIMASA in a press release signed by its Assistant Director, Public Relations, Osagie Edward alleged that the plot was a scam being perpetrated by fraudulent agents and persons to mislead and exploit the unsuspecting public.

Gbajabiamila particularly called out the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva; Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele; and the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (formerly Group Managing Director of the defunct Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation), Melee Kyari; as well as the Managing Director of Petroleum Pipeline Marketing Company, Isiaku Abdullahi, among others.

The Unit Commander, Samsudeen Okusi, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Ota, Ogun.

The Director of PAULESI, Prof. Titilayo Akinlabi, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan, at the end of the showcasing and training sessions held at the permanent site of the institute.

The items included 200 bags of 50kg of rice, 30 rams and five cows.

The appellant court, in its judgment, dismissed the suit for lacking in merit an appeal challenging Justice Affen’s judgment.

The guidelines are in line with Islamic teachings which would not vitiate the exercise.

The National President of NAWOJ, Ladi Bala, said during the signing of the legal documents on Tuesday in Abuja, that the MoU would give more visibility to issues affecting PWDs and other vulnerable groups in the country.

The NYSC Coordinator for Borno, Nura Umar, made the call during the closing ceremony of the 2022 Batch ‘B’ stream one orientation Tuesday in Katsina state.

The Forum of Fellows of the CDD, in a statement jointly signed by Prof. Adele Jinadu, Prof. Jibrin Ibrahim and Prof. Okey Ibeanu, on Tuesday, and made available to newsmen in Abuja, also called for the review of powers of the state chief judges in relation to the state judiciary.

The agencies are the NNPC Ltd., the CBN, the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC) Ltd., the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, the Federal Ministry of Finance, and the Accountant- General of the Federation’s office.

The recruits include six officers and 148 Rank and files.

The petitioner, a resident of No. 8, Jaiyeoba St., urged the court to grant her a divorce from her husband on grounds of abandonment, cheating and negligence.

Receiving Barkindo at State House, the President said posterity will remember him kindly for making the nation and himself proud during his six years of meritorious service at the helm of affairs as the 4th OPEC Secretary-General from Nigeria.