Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima on Thursday appealed for the reopening of major highways from the state leading to neighbouring Republic of Niger to facilitate the return of over 85,000 Nigerian refugees.
The Federal Government has declared Monday, December 12, 2016 as public holiday to mark the Eid-El Maulud celebration. Eid-el Maulud is an Islamic celebration to commemorate the birthday of the Prophet Muhammed.
The Kaduna State Police Command has warned members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, commonly referred to as ‘Shiites’, to stop all forms of procession in the state.
The ECOWAS Convergence Council will hold an ordinary session on Friday in Abuja to determine the progress made so far in implementing the roadmap of the Community’s Single Currency Programme and adopt the macroeconomic convergence of member States.
The Senate ad-hoc committee on the North East humanitarian crisis has uncovered seeming incidents of corruption in the activities of the Presidential Initiative for the North East, PINE.
The Senate has rescheduled the screening of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, to Thursday, December 15.
