Rear Admiral Babalola Ogunjimi, the Nigerian Navy’s Chief of Training and Operations, who stated this at news conference on Sunday in Abuja, said that the exercise would involve personnel
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The US said those responsible for the killing of the students and others have no place in a democratic society
The former governor cautioned politicians not to heat up the polity ahead of the 2015 general election while calling on the people at the helm of affairs to face the challenges of governance rather than waste tax payers’ resources in fighting for selfish ambitions
Reviewing the state of affairs in the country in the democratic order, Abubakar stated that leaders should not seek elective offices simply for the sake of power if they lack the vision to push economic growth, which in turn creates employment and greater prosperity for the citizens
According to the former vice president, the over-reliance on oil revenues has virtually destroyed the initiatives by the state governments to double efforts towards improving their internally generated revenue sources
The dream is right there in the bellies of the millions of Nigerian youths toiling away in the wilderness; and pregnant with great ideas for change
Both Ministers, after consultations, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the Establishment of Bilateral Consultations between the two countries
A statement on Thursday by the spokesman of the Defence Headquarters, Brigadier General Chris Olukolade, said the leader of the group who, had fled Nigeria when the terrorist camps were sacked, was reportedly recruiting fresh hands and training them for renewed terrorist activities in Nigeria
“The UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations is obviously very
appreciative of Nigeria’s continued support to UN peacekeeping
missions and we thank the government and people of Nigeria for the
sacrifices to peace efforts worldwide,” Essoungou noted
The group recalled that 13 Nigerian soldiers were killed in Sudan in 2008 and are yet to be compensated
CCESSA however noted that the Chinese construction giant failed to inform the public that against 1,000 expatriates on record, there are only 35 senior staff in all their formation in Nigeria
Rajis, an ally of Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, was recently sighted with one of her relatives in Lagos State
A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday reads: “The Federal Government of Nigeria has received with grave concern, news of the overthrow by the Armed Forces, of the democratically elected President of Egypt, Mr. Mohammed Morsi and the suspension of the country’s constitution
The agreements, which will be signed after high-level talks between President Jonathan’s delegation and President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and other senior Chinese government officials, include an Agreement on Defence Cooperation between Nigeria and China
Announcing this in Washington, the United States of America on Monday, the Bank said the IDA credit of $100 million will fund the Nigeria Agriculture Sector Development Policy Operation, the first of two projects that will support the Government’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda
The six ECOWAS member states mentioned in the Commission President’s report that would that would achieve or surpass the 7 per cent growth rate, which is also the projected growth rate for the region in 2013, are Sierra Leone (17.1 per cent), The Gambia (8.9 per cent), Côte d’Ivoire (8.0 per cent), Liberia (7.5 per cent), Nigeria (7.2 per cent) and Burkina Faso (7.0 per cent)
According to him, water as a resource passes countries through their rivers to the oceans and these waters are meant to be impounded
“I have just declared a state of emergency in three states of our country to check the havoc of terrorists,” Jonathan stated, adding: “So I can appreciate the issues confronting Somalia and Kenya
He said the World Bank was happy with the way the Cross River Government was handling the project under its Ministry of Environment and also acknowledged the devastating impact of erosion on lives
The Coach Stephen Keshi-led team move three places to occupy the 28 spot in the world, just as they are fourth on the continent behind Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana and Mali