“Journalism is not a crime,” chanted several hundred people gathered outside the central Istanbul court to protest against the prosecution of writers, executives and lawyers of the staunchly secularist Cumhuriyet newspaper.
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Schlagheck spoke during an interactive session with the leadership of the Enugu State Chapter of Ohaneze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, in Enugu on Monday.
Aluyor said: “The idea behind the establishment of Edo University by the founding fathers is neither to replace nor compete with the existing Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma.
The committee members, drawn from the Ministries of Youth and Sports and Women Affairs, would sensitise, arrest and rehabilitate youths found engaging in such activities.
The Director-General of the State’s Pension Bureau, Sani Oseze, told newsmen on Monday in Lafia that the amount was for council workers who retired before April 2011.
On May 25, six boys of the same secondary school in Lagos were abducted by unknown gunmen.
Olawoyin in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria at a programme by Kosofe Local Government, Ogudu, Lagos, said the indebtedness of government to retirees was worrisome.
The recommendation was contained in a communique issued at the end of the Extraordinary Meeting of NCI on Hate Speeches, Fake News and National Unity, held on Friday in Jos, Plateau State.
Governor Rochas Okorocha spoke on behalf of those who met with Buhari
She also said that two males sustained serious injuries, adding that they were receiving treatment at Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife.
Abacha in March 1995 had arrested former President Olusegun Obasanjo with some other military officers in connection with what has come to be known as a phatom coup plot.
Shettima gave the approval while presenting certificates to 10 youths sponsored by the State Government for a one-year course on electricity generation, distribution and transmission at the National Power Training Institute, Maiduguri, on Sunday.
Reacting to the collapse, the State’s Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Wasiu Anifowoshe, commiserated with the families of those that lost their loved ones to the unfortunate incident.
The Government, in a statement signed by the Commissioner for the Environment, Dr. Babatunde Adejare, expressed dismay that the lawless activities of some people was constantly putting the lives and property of residents at risk
The initiative, which was launched in 2011 with the aim of encouraging students to improve their vocabulary and communication skills through reading, has been changing the lives of African
The organization said: “Dr Fayemi’s dramatic accusation regarding the content of our letter to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami SAN is unjustified,
Obaseki, who made this known in Benin City on Saturday, was accompanied by other government officials to inspect schools in the Benin metropolis as part of measures to ascertain the level of sanity and orderliness during public examinations.
According to Fefegha, choice of the Vice-Chancellor and Dean has further reinforced Dickson’s commitment to establishing world class institutions to expand the frontiers of knowledge as well as appointing versatile and renowned intellectuals, with a penchant for quality service delivery and international best practice to facilitate development in the Niger-Delta region.
Saraki stated this in his goodwill message at the maiden public lecture titled: “Building Parameters for Trust to Achieve Political and National Growth,” organised by the Penpushing – a social media platform – held at the Marquee Events Centre, Olusegun Obasanjo Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State on Saturday.
Ekpenyong Henshaw, the Head of Service of Cross River State, briefing newsmen on Saturday in Calabar, disclosed that the governor had directed the Commissioner for Finance and the Accountant-General of the state to start processes of the payment.