Yerima replaces Brig.-Gen. Sagir Musa, who has been redeployed to the Nigerian Army Training Centre (NATRAC), Kontagora in Niger State.
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The prize was presented to representatives of their families at the 55 Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government on Saturday in Abuja.
Ghanaians bid farewell to former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, on Thursday in a state funeral attended by African leaders and international statesmen who hailed his record as an advocate for humanity and world peace.
Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Rashid Bawa, has said that the relationship between the two countries can be further be strengthened by the legacies entrenched by the late UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
May, who is visiting Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa this week, made the comment in Cape Town, South Africa on Tuesday
During a wreath-laying ceremony in New York, Guterres led staff members in paying respects to Annan, whom they described as the embodiment of the intergovernmental organisation that worked to improve the lives of men and women worldwide.
World leaders on Monday sent a message of condolence to UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, over the passing of former UN chief, Kofi Annan.
Kofi Annan died in hospital in Bern, Switzerland, in the early hours of Saturday.
A member of the House of Representatives representing Yewa North and Imeko-Afon Federal Constituency and Chairman of the House Committee on Financial Crimes, Hon. Kayode Oladele, has expressed his deep condolences at the passing away of Kofi Annan, the first African Secretary-General of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Laureate.
The UN Secretary-General, Antonio António Guterres, on Saturday described late former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, as an epitome of the United Nations.
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday described late Kofi Annan as a global statesman, who dedicated his life to equity, justice, stability, security, human rights and other virtues that promote world peace.
International business mogul and former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Kalu, has described the passing of one-time Secretary General of the United Nations and Founder, Kofi Annan Foundation, Kofi Annan, as a huge loss to the African continent and beyond.
Officials from across the UN system have been paying tribute to the man who led the global body for a decade, starting in January 1997.
The death of former Secretary-General of United Nations and Noble Peace Prize Laureate, Mr. Kofi Annan, in Bern, Switzerland today, August 18, 2018, is a loss to Africa and the entire world because of all that he represented.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has described the death of former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, on Saturday as sad.
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has mourned the passing on of Kofi Annan, a former Secretary General of the United Nations.
This quote propels me to think of the dignity of the human race and the rights of every man which should never be denied.
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Saturday sympathised with the family of Kofi Annan, the United Nations, government and people of the Republic of Ghana on the demise of former United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan.
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has commiserated with Ghana and family of Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations and celebrated diplomat, over his passing away at the age of 80.
The current UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, paid glowing tributes to the former Secretary-General, who headed the intergovernmental organisation from 1997 to 2006.