Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), made this known in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja, by Mrs Olawunmi Ogunmosunle, Director Information, office of the HOCSF.
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Those appointed are Mr Sule James from Kaduna, Mr Abubakar Ismaila from Kebbi, Mrs Patricia Roberts from Rivers and Mr Shehu Shinkafi from Zamfara State.
According to Yemi-Esan, the swearing-in and the deployment will be announced in due course.
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A train collided with two vehicles on Monday morning, with one person killed and seven others injured.
However, Sanwo-Olu and Amaechi arrived at the scene of the accident on Monday evening to get on the spot assessment of the incident.
The accident occurred around 8:12am on Monday.
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Paul Rusesabagina, whose actions during the genocide inspired the Oscar-nominated film ‘Hotel Rwanda’, was charged Monday with terrorism and other serious crimes in his first court appearance in Kigali.
Rwandan investigators announced last month the surprise arrest of Rusesabagina, a high-profile government critic who had been living abroad for years, to stand trial in his homeland for allegedly creating and sponsoring armed militias.
There was a heavy police presence as Rusesabagina, who is credited with saving more than 1,200 Rwandans during the genocide by sheltering them in a hotel, arrived at a courthouse in the capital flanked by his …
“Foreign embassies should not become the mouthpiece for Iranian opposition groups and should at the very least adhere to diplomatic norms,’’ Ali Bagheri, deputy head of the department’s office for international affairs, said.
According to him, pressure from abroad would undermine neither the Iranian justice system nor the Islamic laws that govern the country.
The top official did not mention Afkari by name or which embassies he was referring to.…
But the Taliban, who have fought a guerrilla campaign against both since they were forced from power in 2001, did not mention a truce as they came to the negotiating table.
The head of the peace process for the Afghan government suggested to AFP that the Taliban
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“Time for UK Government to take its responsibilities,” Michel write on Twitter after speaking by telephone with Irish prime minister Micheal Martin.
The British government on Wednesday introduced new legislation to rewrite its Brexit withdrawal treaty — a bill that is causing deep alarm among former prime ministers and Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s own MPs.
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Fintiri made the call during the general assembly and presentation of the 1442 Islamic calendar and prayer time by the state’s Muslim Council in Yola on Saturday.
He said that this would help the youth to succeed in life and to reduce the rate of crime such as kidnappings, farmers/headers clashes and the menace of `Shilaboys’.
He pledged more youth empowerment programmes and reiterated …
Mr Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo, has denied the allegation that his boss has been spending the state’s resources on politics in other states.
A statement issued by Moses Alao, Makinde’s Special Assistant on Print Media, indicated that Adisa said this during a radio programme in Ibadan on Saturday.
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Adisa maintained that Makinde has been spending the state’s resources to benefit the people of the state, contrary to insinuations that the governor has been spending Oyo State’s money on politics in other …
Former Governor of Adamawa under the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. James Ngilari, has dumped PDP to All Progressives Congress (APC).
Alh. Ibrahim Bilal, state Chairman of APC confirmed the development on Saturday in Yola.
Bilal explained that the former PDP governor in the state dumped his party with thousands of his supporters.
…‘I want to use this opportunity to announced that the former Governor of the state under the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr James Ngilari, has decamped to All Progressive Congress.’
‘Ngilari decamped to APC after a long consultation and he joined the progressive party with thousands of his supporters.’
Reports reaching Africa Daily News, New York on the COVID-19 palliative donations in Anambra state show that the Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District in the Nigerian Senate, Senator Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah has been siphoning palliative funds meant for the establishment of Isolation centres in Anambra state. He has also been accused of parading the projects in his campaign itinerary as part of his personal achievements in the region.
The Isolation Centre which is located at his Senatorial district in Anambra South Senatorial District was allegedly constructed by an independent organisation using funds from well-wishers and external donors. It was …
U.S. President Donald Trump campaign machine is in the throes of a cash crunch, forcing it to pull back television advertising in some crucial states.
A flustered Trump will now embark on a heavier fundraising schedule in coming weeks, seeking money from small and big donors, a strategy that his Democratic rival Joe Biden has been using.
Trump’s campaign started the year with more than 10 times as much money as Democratic rival Joe Biden.
But to the alarm of some Republican donors, the former vice president closed the gap as Democratic donors consolidated behind him and the Trump campaign …
The Lagos State House of Assembly is set to make provisions for compulsory lane markings, traffic laws signals on highways in the ongoing amendment of the Lagos Traffic Law and Regulations.
The Chairman, House Committee on Transportation, Mr Temitope Adewale (Ifako-Ijaiye I), made this known during an oversight tour of the Lagos Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Friday.
Adewale said there would be appropriate sanctions for violators of traffic lane marking on the highway, adding that the signs and markings on the highway would further reduce the gridlock experienced by motorists.
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