ABUJA, Nigeria, November 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The ECOWAS Commission will present Mali with about half a million…
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GENEVA, Switzerland, November 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A group of 353 Liberian migrants stranded in Ghana is returning…
Address delivered by the Governor of Ogun State, his Excellency, Senator Ibikunle Amosun FCA, at the presentation of the 2014…
NEW YORK, November 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Reiterating its condemnation of all acts of piracy and armed robbery…
DAKAR, 19 November 2013 (IRIN) – Djité Sekou, 32, smokes as he passes his nights guarding one of the many…
MBERA/BASSIKOUNOU, 19 November 2013 (IRIN) – Since April, when the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) started biometric registration of the Malian…
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…