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Picketing NASS: PASAN Goes Ahead
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Picketing NASS: PASAN Goes Ahead

By Haruna Salami The appeal by the National Assembly management to Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, PASAN to shelve its picketing of the National (more…)
Nigeria, Russia Signs Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters
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Nigeria, Russia Signs Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters

By Christel Odili The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that Nigeria and Russia has signed a treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters. The Treaty was negotiated in 2009 to enhance collaboration and cooperation between the two countries in the administration of criminal justice and signed in Moscow, Russia on the 27th of November, 2018. According to a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,George Ehidiamen Edokpa, today in Abuja, the Treaty was signed on behalf of Nigeria the by the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), accompanied by the Ambassador of Nigeria to the Russian Federation, Prof. Steve Davies Ugbah, while the Acting Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation, Mr. Oleg Anatoyevich Plokhoy signed on ...
Buhari Lauds Nigeria-Ireland Relations
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Buhari Lauds Nigeria-Ireland Relations

President Muhammadu Buhari Friday expressed Nigeria’s appreciation to the Republic of Ireland and its people for standing by Nigeria during her difficult moments, citing their support during the Civil War, and the current efforts to rebuild the devastation in the North-Eastern parts of the country. Speaking while receiving the outgoing Ambassador of the Republic of Ireland, Mr Sean Hoy during a farewell visit to State House, Abuja, the President noted in particular, the work of Irish doctors and priests in their humanitarian support for Nigerian communities at all times. According to President Buhari, “Nigeria and the Irish Republic enjoy excellent bilateral relations marked especially by the work of Irish medical teams and missionaries during the civil war, and the ongoing efforts in deal...