President Goodluck Jonathan relieved Abdulkadir of his appointment on August 26 through a statement from Office of Secretary to Government of the Federation
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A press statement made available to journalists reads: “An indictment was unsealed yesterday in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging a Nigerian citizen with providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (“AQAP”), and using high-powered firearms in furtherance of that crime
The meeting noted that the Boards of Federal Teaching Hospitals have been constituted, but not in compliance with the enabling Statutes with respect to Sections 2(1)( c) and 2(1)(f) of the University Teaching Hospitals (Reconstitution of Boards, etc) Act, CAP U15, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004
He said the money will be used to strengthen and expand the nation’s transmission system.
The duration of the MOU is two years
He further said that the issue of associations allegedly submitting names of ‘ghost; farmers was totally unacceptable and that was one of the reasons the data bank needed to be revalidated
Ogeah said countries like Brazil, China, South Africa, Malaysia and India built their economies in these areas and had been doing well for the people
He said: “Nigeria has one of the highest road traffic crash figures in the world, though there is a trend down due to the efforts of the FRSC and the contributions of other stakeholders
Silvanus Giwa, Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity, announced the dissolution and new appointments at a news conference on Wednesday in Jalingo, the state capital
Maku said that the approval was sequel to a memorandum presented to the council by the Minister of Works, Mike Onolememen
According to a statement jointly signed by Messrs Geoffrey Nzeadibe and Felix Okereke, the National Chairman and Secretary of the association respectively, similar awards had been conferred on late literary giant, Prof. Chinua Achebe; a former Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Chief S.N. Okeke; Senator Onyeabo Obi; and former Minister of Information, Prof. Dora Akinyuli, among others
L-R: Member, League of Veteran Journalists, Alhaji Agboola Sanni; a former Minister of Sports, Prof. Taoheed Adedoja; and President of…
Represented by Prof. Ruqayyat Rufai, the Minister of Education, the President said N30 billion had been released for the payment of earned allowances in all public universities
The NSCDC Commandant in the state, Muhammad Gidado, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Dutse, the state capital, that the baby was discovered at Shagari cemetery in Kazaure Local Government Area
Ibrahim is accusing Sarki, 32, a friend and chairman of the Blind Peoples’ Association, Aso Pada, of same address for allegedly enticing his wife, Lami Ibrahim, 23
He said that some youths, however, made efforts to put out the fire by breaking open a portion of the house, but could only rescue the deceased’s nine-year-old son, Aondongu
“The five workers were released on Monday and have since returned to Port Harcourt after negotiation and payment of ransom,” said the source, which chose to be anonymous
“Though I don’t have the document here, but the total expenses is around N300,000.”
He told the court that Aisha was eight months pregnant for Haruna
He added: “In fact, the governor declared a state of emergency on the roads and based on that I can tell you that about 90 per cent of our set target has been realised
The speaker expressed worry that “a cabal” was working relentlessly to cause confusion in the state in order to hijack the state politically
HURIWA has also faulted the hierarchy of the University of Calabar for failing to invite credible accredited Non-Governmental Organizations to serve as observers in all their procurement award processes, even as it alleged that this practice violates the extant provision of the Bureau of Public Procurement Act of 2007