A statement, signed by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Yemi Olowolabi, stated that the government was compelled to explain its role in the decision leading to the increase in tuition for the state-owned university.
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A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria who visited the scenes of the accidents, reports that the first one occurred in the afternoon while the second occurred at night after a downpour.
Uwemedimo Nwoko, the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, said this in Uyo while reacting to criticism in some quarters, alleging an attempt to exonerate the Founder of the Church, Akan Weeks.
Edema, who spoke at a news conference in Akure on Tuesday as part of the activities to mark his one year in office, also said the commission would construct civic centres in 11 different locations within its mandate area.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made this assertion when he led a delegation to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory on Tuesday in Abuja.
Olusegun Adekunle, the Permanent Secretary, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, made this known at a stakeholders meeting in Abuja.
Usman said in the circular that NCAA-AEROMET-25 was issued based on the Seasonal Rainfall Prediction released for 2018 by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency.
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa on Tuesday paid tribute to the late anti-apartheid icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at a memorial…
The Joint Investigation Visit report on the oil spill incident had blamed the oil leak on the corrosion of NAOC’s “10 Tebidaba-Clough-creek pipeline’’ in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, made thos known on Tuesday at the opening of the first quarter Chief of Army Staff conference in Abuja.
The cancellation of Trump’s plans came three days before his scheduled departure for Lima, Peru, where he was to attend the 8th Summit of the Americas before travelling to Bogota, Colombia.
Launching the programme on Tuesday in Katsina, Governor Aminu Masari said the programme had multiplier effects as it would create jobs to about 10,000 women.
The agriculture minister, Gerardine Mukeshimana, in a statement said the Peste des Petits Ruminants that primarily affects goats and sheep has been reported in Burundi’s provinces of Gitega, Mwaro, Kirundo and Karuzi.
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, gave the assurance at the launch of the Annual Readership Promotion Campaign organised by the library in Abuja on Tuesday.
He gave the assurance on Tuesday during the inauguration of a Mobile Police Squadron in Takum, Taraba.
The Federal Government had on March 21 filed an ex parte motion, seeking an interim order for the temporary forfeiture of some of Ekweremadu’s assets it claimed were undeclared.
The institution’s Senate had recommended a hike in hostel accommodation fee from N14, 000 to N30,000 for students on the main campus and N40,000 for those in the College of Medicine effective from the 2017/2018 session.
Oluyinka Akintunde, the Special Adviser, Media and Communications to the Minister of Finance, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
Speaking to newsmen shortly after his arrival from Europe and United Kingdom on a 12- day visit, where he was received warmly by members of the group, Aare Adams said the group was inaugurated six years ago to unite Yoruba sons and daughters in the Diaspora for socio-economic integration, growth and networking of Nigerians abroad.
The vehicle was travelling through an Atlanta intersection early on Monday, police said.