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The Acting Ambassador at the Embassy, Hakeem Balogun, had told NAN on Tuesday that the Embassy was operational and not shut down

The palace said he would no longer be able to “stand up much” and thus announced he would retire

The projects, including network of roads, bridges, seven transformers, street lighting infrastructures, monuments and a recreation park, the Governor said was in line with his commitment to make life comfortable for residents irrespective of location within the boundaries of the State

Zuckerberg said on his Facebook page on Wednesday that users increased by 18 per cent on a year-over-year basis

Adeniyi Mathew, the NAF Coordinator, 303 Medium Airlift Group, told newsmen in Ilorin on Thursday that the land was allocated to the Air Force in 1987

Ambode spoke in Lagos on Thursday at a parade/exhibition by Public Servants in the State as part of activities marking the Lagos@50 celebrations

Ekpu made the assertion in Lagos at a public presentation of a Book titled: “My Dialogue With Nigeria,” written by Lieutenant General Alani Akinrinade (retd), at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos

Onyeama, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, said capital offenders did not fall within the prisoners exchange programme

A statement by the university on Wednesday said Effiong died on Monday during a show at her hall of residence

A circular issued by the university stated that the temporary appointment, with one year validity, had lapsed

The call followed the adoption of the recommendations in the report of the Senate Committee on Mounting Humanitarian Crisis in the North-East

The non-governmental, not-for-profit charity organisation, which was founded in 2006 to cater for orphans and vulnerable children in Nigeria, has launched this new project as part of Igho Charles Sanomi II’s birthday celebrations and to commemorate the GIPLC’s 11th anniversary

In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday to mark the World Press Freedom Day 2017, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, described as inaccurate the recent survey by Reporters Without Borders, which alleged that Nigeria’s press freedom rating has been on sustained decline since 2015

The Executive Secretary of he CCC, Air Commodore Yusuf Anas (retd), made the call at a special meeting of the Forum of Spokespersons of Security and Response Agencies in Abuja

The committee has been investigating the involvement of the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayo Oke, and the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal over the Lagos cash and the PINE contract respectively

Ambode spoke when he received a delegation of the first Annual Diaspora Festival, led by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Diaspora, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, at the Lagos House, Ikeja

Carl Umegboro, the Chairman of the Law Graduates Forum, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo presided over the FEC meeting

Balogun told the correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria in the US that the report making the rounds that the embassy was shut down was false

According to the report read on the floor during plenary on Wednesday, Lawal received back into his personal and company accounts about N450 million from the various contracts received by some companies