The assembly raised the capital expenditure from N67.4 billion to N67.8 billion, while the recurrent expenditure was re-adjusted from N35.4 billion to N35 billion
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The UNHCR, in its reports made available at the UN Headquarters in New York on Friday, reported that several people had been killed, their villages bombed and at least two villages burned to the ground
He said the budget was aimed at consolidating the socio-economic transformation of the state, adding that a large percentage of the proposed expenditure was to be spent on capital projects
This followed the imposition of a 24-hour curfew by the Joint Task Force in the state after suspected members of dreaded sect, Boko Haram, launched an attack on the Mobile Police Unit in the state
The US said those responsible for the killing of the students and others have no place in a democratic society
The lecturer’s body was reportedly discovered on Monday night in a bush close to the school
HURIWA said the failure of the Federal Government to hold top security chiefs responsible for failure of security in their areas of jurisdiction is partly responsible for the continuous breach of the peace and security by all sorts of armed non-state actors across Nigeria since this administration assumed office
The governor, who was in tears, described as highly alarming the number of lives being lost to insurgents in the two states
The insurgents attacked the College of Agriculture, Gujba, 50km south of Damaturu, the state capital, on Saturday night, reports Channels Television at www.channelstv.com
“The commission is however yet to print ballot papers until a date is fixed and the actual number of political parties participating in the election ascertained
The commendation was contained in a statement issued on Thursday in
Abuja by Brigadier General Chris Olukolade, the Director of Defence
Information at the Defence Headquarters
The state Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Geidam, announced this in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Abdullahi Bego
“Mr. President committed to the issue of the protection of lives and properties of all Nigerians and he wants to assure that the war against terrorists has been launched and will continue and the Nigerian government is determined to put an end to this menace
Senator Mark quoted from the Holy Bible to drive home his point that children deserve the protection and care no matter the circumstances
Among those left dead were two brothers aged 10 and 12
Eli said: “The JTF pursued and engaged them in a gunfight and they
were overpowered, thereby recovering the stolen vehicle as well as a
similar one used by the group
The Medical Officer of the Damaturu Specialist Hospital, Salem Umar, confirmed that 11 corpses were brought to the hospital and gave the breakdown as seven students of the GSS Damaturu, two teachers of the school and two suspected Boko Haram members
It said for a President, who has unwisely stayed away from the beleaguered part of the country for too long, last week’s visit only succeeded in inflicting additional pain and insults on the victims of the insurgency, who could have used a little dose of succour and empathy from their leader
The doctors, whose nationalities could not be authoritatively confirmed as at press time, were beheaded in Potiskum, where they work in the state’s General Hospital and then travel around to other state-owned hospitals
Though no group has claimed responsibility for the attack as at press time, it bore the imprint of dreaded sect, Boko Haram