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It was also observed that members of staff of the Nigeria Television Authority, Radio Niger and News Line were not allowed to enter their premises

Ahmed, who visited the victims in Bode-Saadu, Moro Local Government Area of the state, also donated N250,000 to them

According to the state Secretary of the APC, Dr. Tope Aluko, in a statement in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday, the intention of the APC was to cause disaffection against the government of Governor Ayo Fayose

Reports reaching The Eagle Online has it that the ex-militants blocked the road to protest the failure of the Kingsley Kuku-led Amnesty office to pay them their allowances

Ndachaba, who stated this while testifying before the Senator Ahmed Makarfi’s ad-hoc committee of the Senate probing the unfortunate development, however, indicted security details attached to Senate President, David Mark, for being responsible for the tear gas canister thrown at the Speaker and his colleagues on November 20

The youth group under the aegis on the United Middle-Belt Youth Movement, has expressed worries over the increased starvation and mass exodus of citizens out of their ancestral homes due to the activities of the dreaded sect, the Boko Haram, in Nigeria

Until his new assignment, Etuk Imoh, who is a seasoned and thoroughbred officer, was the Delta State Sector Commander and had served the Corps in various capacities at the National headquarters and other formations of the FRSC

Speaking at an interactive media forum organised by I-Nigerian Initiative in Abuja, the National Coordinator of CISA, Comrade Chidi Omeje, noted with grave concern the horrendous act of using vulnerable women and children by the Boko Haram terrorist group to commit terrorist acts

The governor made the remarks while receiving a delegation of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation brought by the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), in his office

According to Raheem, some allowances that were paid by the previous administrations had been stopped

Iriobe said that the seven-man committee was inaugurated on November 3 by the minister to brainstorm and proffer recommendations to prevent future accidents in the Nigerian aviation sector

Earlier the Chief Minister of the province, Pervez Khattak, told newsmen that the killed include two teachers and a security guard

The governor had in his letter to the House on Wednesday said Kawu had been recommended by the National Judicial Council for the appointment.
He said Kawu’s name was nominated for screening and confirmation in line with section 271 (1) of the 1999 Constitution as amended.
The screening of the nominee lasted less than 15 minutes.
The Majority Leader of the House, Alhaji Abdulkareem Abdulganiyu, moved a motion that Kawu should take a bow and leave the floor of the House.
Abdulganiyu said this was necessary in view of his track record in the administration of justice

Bamigboye stated this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos

The confirmation of his appointment came at a plenary presided over the Speaker of the House, Hon. Monsurat Sunmonu (APC-Oyo East/West), after a recommendation from the House committee on Petitions and Judiciary, as presented in a report on the floor of the House by the Chairman of the committee, Hon. Azeez Adesope

In his funeral message, the Archbishop of Enugu Anglican Ecclesiastical Province, Dr. Emmanuel Chukwuma, decried the controversy that trailed the burial of the deceased

The Minister of Water Resources, Sarah Ochekpe, who led the delegation on behalf of President Goodluck Jonathan, said the Federal Government was deeply sad over the incident

Minimah said this in Abuja at the launch of two books written by Captain Gbola Tijan of the Directorate of Army Legal Services

Dr. Adesola Nassir, the Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Lagos Zone, said at a news conference in LASU that it was more than five years since a visitation panel visited the university

In a congratulatory letter addressed to the All Progressives Congress candidate in next year’s presidential election, President Jonathan prayed that God Almighty should grant him many more years of good health and personal fulfillment