President Mohammed Bazoum said his country cherished Nigeria as one of its closest neighbours and friends.
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Fielding questions from State House Correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by President Buhari, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said it was not the first time Nigeria is supporting her neighbours.
The NEMA Coordinator, Kano Territorial Office, Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, said this while receiving the returnees in Kano.
Suleiman is facing a two-count charge of culpable homicide, punishable with death under Section 191(a) of Kebbi State Penal Code Law, 2021.
They booked a spot in the last four of the tournament after a 2-2 draw with Burkina Faso’s young Stallions on Wednesday.
The game, played in Niamey, was the team’s first international friendly in preparation for the WAFU B U-20 tournament.
Officials said the first match would be on April 30, while the second will be on May 1 with both games to be played in Niamey.
The Nigerien leader, who was on State Visit to Nigeria, made the commendation after a closed door bilateral talks with Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday.
According to the state Commissioner of Police, Ayuba Elkanah, the detectives acted on intelligence before tracking down the suspect at Tullukawa area of Gusau metropolis.
The DHQ said the bandits were arrested in different operations across the North Central in operations across two weeks.
President Buhari spoke in a condolence message by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, on Wednesday in Abuja.
Alhaji Assoumana Ahmadou and Ky-Samah Bello, Governors of Dosso State, Niger Republic, and Governor of Alibori State, Benin Republic, respectively, made the appeal on Thursday in Birnin Kebbi.
Farouq’s Special Assistant on Media, Nneka Anibeze, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
President Bazoum, who described the plane crash and the resultant deaths as tragic and unfortunate, expressed the condolences of the government and people of his country.
In a message to President Mohammed Bazoum, the government and people of Nigeria’s northern neighbour, Buhari described the fire incident leading to the death of the mostly three to five year olds as “heart wrenching and extremely horrific.”
President Buhari made his position on the development known during a telephone conversation with Mahamadou Issoufou, his counterpart and outgoing President, on the situation in Niger Republic.
The telephone conversation took place on Tuesday evening.
Maina offered the explanation in his affidavit to support the bail application filed before Justice Okon Abang.
The president, who stated this at the groundbreaking ceremony of the rail project, virtually in Abuja on Tuesday, said it would also enhance the gains of the African Continental Free Trade zone.
President Buhari reacted to the incident on Sunday in Abuja.