Dasuki, who had been granted bail by four different High Courts in Nigeria and the ECOWAS Court of Justice, in the suit argued by his counsel, Ahmed Raji, urged the court to compel the Federal Government to obey all court orders for his release from detention
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The organisation also cautioned Nigerians on the need to investigate all news items before jumping to conclusions or taking any action
Okoro gave the warning on Sunday at Ikoyi, Lagos, while decorating 27 officers who were recently promoted by the Police Service Commission.
The President’s message is contained in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Sunday.
Speaking at the opening of the National Executive Council meeting of the Nigeria Union of Journalists in Sokoto state on Saturday, Tambuwal noted that the current security situation leading to the incessant killings across the country clearly shows that those calling for state police were justified.
The Chairman of the foundation, Safullahi Allege, who spoke during the annual Orphanage Day of the outfit, noted that the increasing incidents of terror attacks in some parts of the country was increasing the number of orphans in Internally Displaced Persons camps.
The army spokesman, Brig.-Gen Texas Chukwu, who confirmed this in a statement on Sunday, said that among them was one Ibrahim Lawal, who also surrendered one AK 47 rifle.
The military men, led by the Commanding Officer (rear) of the battalion, Major Victor Oche, undergone what could be described as community service with the rehabilitation of bad portions of the Atan, Sokoto Junction Road.
The Sudanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Ibrahim Bushra, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Sunday.
The state government also directed fuel tanker drivers to henceforth ply the designated trailer route -Apapa/Oworonshoki expressway via Ogudu to the Lagos/Ibadan expressway.
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of AMCON, Ahmed Kuru, who disclosed in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday, said that the N5.4 trillion debt had lingered for too long.
Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Lagos.
The alert was issued on Sunday by Route Commander Florence Okpe, the FRSC Public Education Officer for Ogun State.
The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Taiwo Salaam, in a statement appealed for the understanding of residents, urging motorists to make use of alternative routes provided.
SERAP said: “The authorities have a legal obligation under the UN Convention against Corruption to which Nigeria is a state party to make sure that the returned Abacha loot is properly and efficiently used, both from the viewpoint of using asset recovery as a tool of ensuring justice to victims of corruption and breaking the cycle of grand corruption. But the plan to share the loot among households is mere tokenism and would neither have significant impact on poverty alleviation nor satisfy the twin objectives of justice and development.”
This was contained in the report card of the Corruption and Financial Crime Cases Trials Monitoring Committee, inaugurated in November 2017 by the Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman of the National Judicial Council, Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen, to tour the six geopolitical zones of the country to determine the causes of slow pace of corruption and financial crimes cases in the country’s courts.
A top security officer told PRNigeria in confidence that with the alarming development that could culminate in maiming, killing and destruction of properties, the agencies plan to launch all-inclusive investigations to unravel the remote causes of the seeming unabated ethno-religious conflict and the misleading reportage and connection between both.
The Plateau State Chairman of the forum, Captain M. Din (retd), who made this call in reaction to the recent invasion on some communities in the state, leaving scores death, maintained that the reconstruction funds would help the people and communities ravaged
Abba told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the payment of the salaries of the Nigerian Police Force should not be allowed to disregard their needs during service and after their retirement.
In tears, 80-year-old Mama Abiri undressed. Before strangers, family, and friends alike, Mama clasped her frail breasts, and cried inconsolably, naked. With emotions only a mother could express, Mama cried in the native Ijaw language of the Niger Delta creeks. Mama was calling on Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, to feel her pain and hear her plea.