The artefacts, mostly Benin bronzes, were looted by British soldiers when they occupied Benin city in 1887.
“Dr Balarabe has demonstrated hard work, punctuality, dedication and team spirit in the discharge of her responsibility as deputy governor.”
His replacement, Okolieaboh Ezeoke Sylva, will oversee the department as the civil service scrambles for a replacement.
President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime says at least 1,600 ‘repentant’ Boko Haram fighters have learnt trades and are reintegrated into society.
Delivering judgment, Justice Hannatu Balogun sentenced Mr Emmanuel to one-year imprisonment with an option of N300,000 fine.
The agency claims that the arrest of motorists over faded vehicle number plates was not to extort them but ensure compliance with traffic rules.
“We are also the largest producer of cassava in the world,” he said. “Yes, currently, we import over 95 per cent of the starch we use.”
Between 2014 and 2016, the largest-ever outbreak of the disease took place in West Africa, with more than 11,000 deaths.
The Lagos government has ordered the closure of Redeemers Nursery and Primary in Ogba over the drowning of a five-year-old pupil, Chidere Eze.
The governor said Lagosians also consume 50 per cent of beef produced in the country running into several billions.
The Lagos government has ordered the closure of Redeemers Nursery and Primary in Ogba over the drowning of a five-year-old pupil, Chidere Eze.
The agency claims that the arrest of motorists over faded vehicle number plates was not to extort them but ensure compliance with traffic rules.
“I’m appealing to security operatives to please help rescue my husband from the hands of his abductors,’’ the naval officer’s wife begged.”
Nigerian singer and songwriter Simi Ogunleye, popularly known as Simi, has been selected as Spotify EQUAL Africa music programme ambassador for July.
“The way they (children) spoke seems they have been hypnotised,” the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, told reporters on Monday in Akure.
“This is not a project for one year or two,’’ Ms Schulze told dpa in the Swiss city of Lugano, where the talks were conducted.
Cases of violence against women and children, summary executions, arbitrary detention, sexual and gender-based violence, and torture has been on the rise.
The artefacts, mostly Benin bronzes, were looted by British soldiers when they occupied Benin city in 1887.
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