ABUJA, Nigeria, November 21, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Senior officials from the African Union Commission (AUC), Regional Economic Communities…
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United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma are the winners of the Global Peace…
The follow-up written test for successful candidates who sat for the Ogun State public service entry examination conducted by the…
Contrary to insinuations in some quarters, owners of properties demolished for the construction of the 32 km long Sango Ota…
Nigeria’s Vice President, Mohammed Namadi Sambo has commended the Nigerian community in Kuwait for their exceptional behaviour towards projecting the…
The Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has augmented the country’s distributable revenue for the month of October 2013 with the…
Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has approved the appointment of four new Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service. A…
ABUJA, Nigeria, November 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Nigeria has reached a milestone in providing assistance to and protecting…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 arraigned Salisu Liman (alias Zico), Isaiah Friday, Azaaior…
8 Ex-Governors Witness Ogun 2014 Budget Presentation, (L-R): Navy Capt. Kayode Olofinmoyin, Commodore Oladeinde Joseph, Major Gen. Ekundayo Opaleye (Ondo…
Nigeria’s Vice President, Mohammed Namadi Sambo has commenced discussions with the Kuwaiti Fund towards accessing finances for infrastructural development. Namadi…
A Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Lawal Wada today November 18, 2013 convicted and sentenced Augustine Olayinka…
ABUJA, Nigeria, November 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Today, the Nigerian Strategic Grain Reserve (SGR) and Federal Ministry of…
Address delivered by the Governor of Ogun State, his Excellency, Senator Ibikunle Amosun FCA, at the presentation of the 2014…
The Ogun State Government has concluded plans to introduce a new programme tagged “Government Envelopment Concept”. The concept is part…
Wife of the Governor of Ogun State, Mrs. Olufunso Amosun has had another feather added to her star-started cap as…
The wife of Nigerian President, Patience Jonathan has advised the nation’s youth to take advantage of the knowledge and wisdom of respected elders as role models and emulate their sterling virtues.
She made the remark on Saturday November 15, 2013 at the funeral service of Late Okoronkwo Ezekiel Ihejirika which took place in Ovim, Abia State; saying he was a disciplinarian, community leader, bridge builder, lover of peace, man of great wisdom and humility.
The First Lady particularly eulogised late Ihejirika’s great sense of enterprise as well as his visionary qualities and observed that he lived a very successful life, leaving behind him enviable legacies. She offered prayers to God for the family of the deceased as well as the community.
In his remarks on the occasion, President Goodluck Jonathan paid glowing tribute to late Okoronkwo Ihejirika. The President who was represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Pius Ayim Pius affirmed that during his lifetime the late Ihejirika was dedicated to the service of his community and humanity.
Speaking earlier, the Governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji noted that Abia State joins the people of Elu Obayi, Ovim in Isuikwuato Local Government Area to mourn and celebrate a great patriarch from a renown linage. The funeral was attended by dignitaries and people in and outside Ovim community.
“The Nigerian Government through the Bank of Industry’s counterpart funding programme with seventeen State governments has generated a funding pool…
The Minister of Water Resources, Sarah Ochekpe has on Thursday 14th November, 2013 in Kaduna launched a project on the…
Agitations for the return of schools to their original owners heightened on Saturday at Olivet Baptist High School, Oyo, where hundreds of old students of the famous school assembled for their yearly meeting. The old students argued that such measure remained one of the best ways to enhance the standard of education and save the schools from infrastructural decay. …