The Inspector General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, has called on Muslims in the country to emulate the life style of Prophet Muhammad.
The Inspector General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, has called on Muslims in the country to emulate the life style of Prophet Muhammad.
The federal government has deferred the 35 per cent levy on used cars imported into the country till April 30 this year.
A statement on Wednesday by the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer, National Automotive Council (NAC), Aminu Jalal, said: “We saw some publications today (Wednesday) saying that used cars will cost more from January 1, 2015 as the 35 per cent levy will be charged. This levy would be further deferred to 30 April 2015.”
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has welcomed the stated commitment of President Goodluck Jonathan, in his New Year message, to the conduct of free, fair and violence-free elections this year, but urged the President to match the commitment with action.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party expressed satisfaction that the President and his party have come out publicly to join the APC in pledging commitment to successful and violence-free polls next month.
India becomes the largest buyer of Nigeria’s crude oil with a $12bn purchase in 2013/2014 Indian fiscal year, says Kaisar Alam, Indian envoy in Nigeria.
The Minister of Health, Dr Halliru Alhassan on Thursday says Nigeria will be certified polio-free this January.
Dear Great People of our nation,
1. I greet and felicitate with you all as we enter the New Year today. As we mark the beginning of this New Year, 2015, a new nation is being born. A new nation is being born because of the foundations we have all laid, working together for the good and progress of our dear fatherland.
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday vowed that as the Commander-in-Chief of the nation’s Armed Forces, he would defeat Boko Haram in Nigeria.
He said, as the President, he hears the cries and share the sorrow and pain of victims of insurgency that have been turned to widows and orphans by the terrorists and he would not abandon them.
Jonathan made the commitment in his New Year message broadcast on radio and television networks.
Yes!!! the year 2015 is here!
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Happy 2015!!!
President Goodluck Jonathan will broadcast New Year day message to the nation at 7a.m. on Thursday.
This is contained in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, in Abuja on Wednesday.
The Jama’atu Nasril Islam, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, on Wednesday asked Muslims in the country to defend themselves against attacks by the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram.
The JNI said it had become obvious that the Federal Government was incapable of dealing with the insurgents.
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Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh has returned home from Chad overnight after a failed coup by disaffected soldiers while he was abroad, Al Jazeera quotes a military source as saying.
Jammeh, who had been on a private visit to Dubai, went directly to the presidential palace where he was shown the bodies of the attackers killed during the attempted coup, the source told AFP on Wednesday.
The authorities of the Nigerian Army have established General Court Martials in three cities to try various allegations of offences against soldiers involved in the on-going counter-terrorism ad counter-insurgency operation in the North-East.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Olajide Laleye, who said this during a press briefing on recent developments in the Army in Abuja on Wednesday, said that the courts were in operation in Abuja, Lagos and Jos.
The Lagos Division of the Appeal Court has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to stop the trial of a former Managing Director of the defunct Intercontinental Bank, Erastus Akingbola, charged with N47.1bn theft before the Ikeja Lagos State High Court.
Akingbola, alongside Bayo Dada, had been charged before Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo on 22 counts relating to the offence.
President Goodluck Jonathan has vowed to deal decisively with anyone who may decide to foment trouble before, during and after the 2015 general elections.
He said he would wield the big stick against troublemakers because of the post-2011 elections violence that erupted in some parts of the country.
Jonathan read the Riot Act in his New Year message broadcast on radio and television networks early on Thursday morning.
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2015 presidential election, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has said President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party have run out of ideas.
He also noted that the administration had equally run out of excuses for its inability to provide quality leadership for Nigerians.
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