Eight Nigerian States Owe Workers for at Least Six Months, Says Report
EXCERPT: The states are Taraba, Nasarawa, Edo, Ebonyi, Ondo, Plateau, Imo, and Abia.
EXCERPT: The states are Taraba, Nasarawa, Edo, Ebonyi, Ondo, Plateau, Imo, and Abia.
He admitted that it was an error on his part to have linked the Pope with Nigeria’s politics.
Shehu narrated the conditions met to ensure the victims were released alive but the terrorists kept shifting the goalpost.
The President spoke during the launch of the National Crisis Management Doctrine (NCMD),
He said he had 14 days after the primary within which to have filed any suit but didn’t do that.
He assured that the 31 victims still in the custody of the terrorists would be rescued.
The minister reminded the governors that they created the liability whose payment, he said, they had also indemnified.
He also explained how he was able to convince Yusuf Datti to be his running mate.
He said terrorists have infiltrated and dominated communities, control social and economic activities, and dispense justice.
According to him, deployment of digital technology in the 2023 Census would ensure more accuracy in the figures.
“Public office holders must die here,” he said.
He was sentenced to 30 days in prison on July 27 for contempt of court.
The soldiers served in the FCT with 7 Guards Battalion, Lungi Barracks Maitama and 176 Guards Battalion Gwagwalada.
Buhari had overridden the long-drawn attempt by the NNPC to block the deal, citing the need to attract Foreign Direct Investment to the oil and gas sector.
Those released include four children and three adults.
Ties between the two countries have grown since a coup in May last year.
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum had last week, resisted renewed moves by Attorney General Malami to pay the money.
Ibrahim Aliyu issued the summon following the absence of the Minister, who sent the ministry’s Director Home Finance, Stephen Okon, to represent her.
He explained that the loan was extended through the Central Bank of Nigeria’s support to the private pharmaceutical sector.
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