The House of Representatives on Tuesday endorsed the recommendations of a joint ad hoc committee of the National Assembly, which recommended the immediate suspension of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege for 180 legislative days.
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About 20 people were injured in a plane crash near Wonderboom Airport in the South African Capital Pretoria on Tuesday, an Emergency Services Group said in a statement.
One year after council elections, the Lagos Assembly has set up a nine-man committee to assess activities of the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas in the state.
Portuguese Club, Benfica, has invited the 12 Thai boys and their Soccer Coach, who were rescued from a Cave in Thailand, to spend an all-expenses-paid week at its training academy.
She noted that the commission has been working with various stakeholders to prevent crisis, adding that such meetings with religious stakeholders would continue in order to find lasting solutions to conflicts in the state.
As of Monday night, 126 people were considered dead; over 60 were believed to be missing
The award ceremony will take place in Barcelona, Spain in October 2018.
Ahmed gave the commendation on Tuesday at the Government House in Ilorin while hosting the royal fathers.
The Thai coach and footballers were trapped in a cave following heavy flooding.
This was made known to newsmen on Tuesday via a press release signed by Ibrahim Musa, the President of Media Forum of Islamic Movement in Nigeria.
The Governor also directed the Public Works Corporation to intensify palliative works on the road from Okokomaiko to Badagry.
This followed last week’s resolution by the Senate to direct its constitutional review committee to put in place the machinery to amend the Constitution to allow for the creation of State Police and the mandate that the Police Reform Bill be passed.
The State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Prince Rotimi Ogunleye, who disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting held at Ikeja, said the essence of the meeting is to carry every stakeholder along on the planned action.
The education insisted that a nation without good value and well-prepared children is doomed, and commended ReapVille Schools for imbibing this on its pupils.
The leadership of the union and other members had barricaded the head office of the company in Lagos for about eight hours, preventing workers from carrying out their daily duties.
Yakubu Zull, the Media Assistant to the Conservator-General, also said in a press statement on Tuesday in Abuja that one staff member has bagged the Paradise Rangers Award for meritorious service.
Justice Stephen Pam of the Taraba division of the Federal High Court but sitting in Abuja on the directives of the Chief Judge of the court gave the order on July 5.
The Airbus A320 en route from Cairo to Paris crashed into the eastern Mediterranean on May 19, 2016, killing all 66 passengers and crew on board, including 15 French citizens.
It stated: “In 2017, there were 153,500 marriages officially dissolved by the state, 9,000 fewer than the previous year, representing an annual drop of 5.5 per cent.
The rescue is a successful end to a perilous mission that has gripped the world.