The Senate on Thursday mandated its Committee on Federal Character to investigate alleged lopsided appointments into Federal Government agencies.
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Twenty nine Nigerians were on Thursday deported from six European countries over irregularities related to immigration offences.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the windstorm which occurred on July 15 was accompanied by heavy rainfall and destroyed houses, farmlands and farm produce.
The APC governors at the meeting included: Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, Aminu Masari of Katsina, Abdul aziz Yari of Zamfara and Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun.
The students – Tawakalitu Giwa, Oluwaseun Omotayo and Ayomide Adetunji are to flag Nigeria’s flag at the event organised by the China Association of Science and Technology.
The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Kehinde Bamigbetan, made the assertion in Lagos on the chaotic traffic situation in the state.
John Meheux, the Zonal Commanding Officer in- Charge of Ogun and Lagos State Commands, made the announcement in Lagos.
The board’s Head of Media, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.
The Nasarawa State Fire Service says it recorded 17 fire incidents in the second quarter of 2018.
The candidates, who are taking shelter in Internally Displaced Persons camps in the state, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday that the attacks prevented them from writing the NECO Basic Education Certificate Examination and the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination.
The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, had read The President’s letter on the floor of the Senate in which former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Tunde Lemo, was nominated as Chairman of FERMA.
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Wednesday sought public opinions on his performance in the transportation sector.
The position of the UN was stated by the Special Representative of UN Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, Mohamed Ibn Chambas.
The Forum made the call in a communique signed by Chief Edwin Clark, Leader Pan-Niger Delta Forum; Prof. Ango Abdullahi, Convener Northern Elders Forum; Chief Ayo Adebanjo, leader of Afenifere; and Chief John Nwodo, President Ohanaeze Ndigbo.
Obasanjo said this in a letter read on his behalf by a former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, at a one-day national summit on insecurity and killings in Nigeria convened by the Northern Elders Forum, Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo and Pan Niger Delta Forum on Wednesday in Abuja.
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He was caught by first detonating an explosive device to get into her Downing Street Office and then using a knife or a gun to attack her.
The Former President of Mauritius, Prof. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, is meeting with some parents of the yet to be released Chibok and Dapchi girls’ in Lagos.
Ibrahim Gambari, former Minister for External Affairs and erstwhile United Nations Under-Secretary General, has called for an end to what he called “the audacity of hypocrisy” of the Nigerian ruling class.
Alhaji Bashir Ahmed, President Buhari’s Personal Assistant on Social Media, confirmed this development on his twitter page on Wednesday in Abuja.