PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN LIGHTING A SYBOLIC CANDLE AT THE MOUNT CAMEL CHURCH WHERE THE CONTEST BETWEEN PROPHET ELIJAH AND THE PROPHET OF BAAL TOOK PLACE. President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday in Nazareth performed the symbolic candle lighting at the Church of Mount Camel, the place where the Biblical contest between Prophet Elijah and the 400 false prophets of Baal took place. The President also visited River Jordan, the place where Jesus Christ was Baptised by John the Baptist, where he prayed before dipping his hands seven times into the river. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the President and members of the…
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The last batch of 212 Ogun pilgrims to Saudi Arabia returned to the State on Saturday. This is contained in a statement signed by Alhaji Qudus Kafidipe, Information Officer, Ogun Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta on Saturday. The statement said the pilgrims, led by the Executive Secretary of the board, Alhaji Sefiu Rasheed, arrived at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, in a Medview aircraft at 8.34a.m. It also said that this signified the final transportation of the 1,232 pilgrims from Ogun state back to Nigeria. The statement described the…
Lagos Lawyer and Human Rights Activist, Femi Falana (SAN), said on Friday in Lagos that the human rights community would challenge the Federal Government if any prisoner repatriation programme was implemented in the country. Falana told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the programme, which would enable Nigerians serving sentences in foreign prisons to be repatriated to the country to complete their jail terms, would infringe the prisoners’ rights to personal liberty. He noted that the National Assembly had enacted the law to facilitate the repatriation of Nigerian prisoners from the United Kingdom and other places, adding that lawyers…
The Rivers Police Command said on Friday that it did not withdraw the security details of some top government officials in the state. However, Chief Tony Okocha, Chief of Staff, Government House, Port Harcourt, has alleged that security details attached to his house and that of the SSG had been withdrawn. Okocha made the allegation while addressing Newsmen in Port Harcourt on Friday Mr Ahmad Muhammad, a Deputy Superintendent of Police and the command’s Spokesman, when contacted, told the News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) that the command did not take such action. “It is not true. We (police) did not withdraw their…
GOV. SULE LAMIDO OF JIGAWA (L), WELCOMING HIS ADAMAWA COUNTERPART, GOV. MURTALA NYAKO, DURING THE VISIT OF THE LATER TO DUTSE ON THURSDAY Gov. Murtala Nyako of Adamawa said on Thursday that the ongoing construction of Dutse Cargo International airport by his Jigawa counterpart, Alhaji Sule Lamido would ease the export of agricultural produce to other countries. Nyako said this when he spoke to newsmen after inspecting the airport in Dutse. He said that when the airport was completed, it would enhance the exportation of farm produce from the northern part of the country. According to him, the airport will also boost socio-economic activities in the…
PRESIDENT, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RESIDENT DOCTORS: DR. JIBRIL ABDULLAHI The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Thursday announced the suspension of its more than three-week old nationwide strike. The President of the association, Dr Jibril Abdullahi, said this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview. He said that the strike was suspended following a meeting by National Executive Council of NARD in Abuja on Oct. 24. He told NAN that at meeting between the leadership of the doctors and representatives of the Federal Government, a Memorandum of Understanding on the suspension of the strike was signed. He said…
GOV. ABDULAZIZ YARI OF ZAMFARA STATE The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Thursday said 60 per cent of the 47 cholera victims that died in Zamfara were women. Prof. Abdulsalam Nasidi, the centre’s Project Director, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau. Nasidi, while on an assessment tour of the affected areas, said that the State Ministry of Health gave the figures to the centre. He said a total of 1,057 cases were recorded in the state between Oct. 4 and 22. “So far, we have confirmed that at least six out of the 14 local government…
The National Chairman of Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, said the party requires fund to complete its national secretariat building located in the central area of Abuja. Tukur made the remark when he inaugurated a 20-man National Finance Committee to reposition the party’s finance base in Abuja on Wednesday. He called on the committee members to help to mobilise resources to ensure the completion of the twelve-storey building. “I charge you to help this party mobilise resources to help PDP carry out good work”, Tukur said. He also called on party members and public spirited individuals to support…
The Benue Police Command on Wednesday confirmed that some gunmen burnt down the house of Mr Teryima Nguher, Chairman of Ukum Local Government, in Kyado village. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ezeala, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Makurdi that the incidence occurred on Tuesday. Ezeala said investigation so far showed that the gunmen invaded the house between 8.00 p.m. and 10.00 p.m. He said the police were yet to make any arrest but gave the assurance that the culprits would be arrested and brought to book. Ezeala said that apart from Nguher’s house, no other one in the village was burnt during the…
An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday struck out the application of an oil marketer, Oluwaseun Ogunbambo, seeking to quash the fuel subsidy fraud charge preferred against him and three others. Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo dismissed the application for what he called lack of diligent prosecution. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned Ogunbambo over alleged N4.4 billion fuel subsidy scam. Also charged with him are Mamman Ali, son of Dr Ahmadu Ali, a former Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP); Christian Taylor, and their firm — Nassaman Oil Services. NAN…