The state Commissioner for Education, Prof. Viola Onwuliri, made this known on Tuesday during the matriculation ceremony of the Imo State College of Nursing and Midwifery, Orlu.
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Onwuliri summoned the Egypt Ambassador to Nigeria, Ashraf Salama, to formally lodge a protest over the treatment meted out to Joshua Abdul-Azeez by the flag carrier airline of Egypt
“The Nigerian Embassy in Ukraine is in touch with our nationals in Ukraine and if the situation demands, we may have to evacuate,” she said
The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ogbole Ode, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.
Ode said the ministry was aware of the arrests of some Nigerians in the south-east Asian country after a January 21, 2014 deadline for undocumented migrants to regularise their stay
President Goodluck Jonathan had recently signed a law banning same-sex marriages and show of same-sex public affection
Nigerian scientist, Prof. Kayode Adebowale, has been awarded the 2014 African Union Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Prize in the field of basic science, technology and innovation
The envoy also said that during such visits, the embassy officials listened to the prisoners and collated their requests for onward transmission to the authorities
The agreement was signed by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammad Adoke, for Nigeria, and UK Minister of Justice, Jeremy Wright, at an event coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Presenting the letters, Onwuliri charged them to discharge their duties within the country’s new foreign policy, which is aimed at promoting Nigeria to the outside world
Esinkoye, who said the funeral service of Obodo took place on Monday at St Paul’s Catholic parish, Obogwe-Umunwaku, expressed dismay that the Federal Government did not send any official delegation to the burial
Dankano told the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja that many of the prisoners were in the Asian-pacific region for drug-trafficking related offences
The family representative said that about N6.5 million was spent to fly the body to Nigeria, including funeral home and mortuary costs in India
He expressed concern that the Indian Government had not implemented any of the demands of the family after Obodo’s murder and the protests that followed his gruesome killing
The Minister said: “As Nigeria’s ambassadors of these days and age, you must be prepared to sharpen your public communication skills by taking full advantage of the advancement in information and communication technology
Speaking at a media briefing in New York, United State of America, Onwuliri also said that Nigeria would focus on mediation and prevention of conflict situations in Africa