The relationship between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia is a mutually
beneficial one, which should grow stronger in the years to come,
President Muhammadu Buhari has said.Receiving the outgoing
Ambassador of the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Fahad Bin Abdullah
Sefyan, in a farewell audience at State House, Abuja, Thursday, the
President observed that the relationship between the countries was
strong, adding that apart from visiting Mecca and Medina for religious
reasons, a lot of Nigerians are in Saudi Arabian universities.Noting
that the last farming season was quite good, and the Nigerian economy
was gradually reviving, President Buhari said the two countries would
have more areas to collaborate in future."I quite appreciate the relationship between the two countries," the President stressed.Ambassador
Sefyan, who spent 20 months on tour of duty, said he loved it in
Nigeria, and would have wanted to stay for longer, if not that he was
now due for retirement.He commended President Buhari's visit to
Saudi Arabia in February, last year, urging that there should be
reciprocal visits between the leaders of both countries.On the security situation in Nigeria, the outgoing Ambassador told the President:"I think you are doing very well, Your Excellency. We know what you have done with Boko Haram, and we applaud you".
The Lagos state task force has prosecuted 114 hoodlums linked to a fracas that occurred in Mushin a few weeks ago. Following the clash between the hoodlums from Alamutu and Akala-Elegba boys in Mushin Local Government, 114 of them were arrested alongside an alleged notorious killer and rapist from the council. Meanwhile, the Taskforce also destroyed Indian hemp, codeine and other illegal drugs worth millions of Naira recovered earlier from the communities. The prosecution of the 114 hoodlums including two females, was a sequel to the prosecution of 36 suspects arrested during the fracas that left scores of residents dead and others injured. The alleged notorious rapist identified as ‘Lanre Olowojobi (a.k.a Pumpy), an indigene of Ekiti State, confessed that since the fracas started seven years ago, he had killed and injured several residents with his weapons. The 37-year-old suspect said: “the ‘Pump Action’ guns and other weapons used during any fracas within...
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