The Federal Government has suspended the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign, Ambassador Danjuma Sheni, over the unauthorized recall of the Nigerian Ambassador to South Africa.

Around 250 people are feared missing after an avalanche Tuesday hit an area of Nepal that is on a popular trekking route and near the epicentre of a devastating earthquake, a local official said.

“the PDP as a party that have nurtured the nation’s democracy in the past 16 years cannot afford to fold its hands and watch the constitutional rights, media freedom and personal liberty of Nigerians, the basic tenets of democracy being demolished.

“These migrants, many of whom are refugees, are desperate for a better future,” Ban said. “We need to strengthen search and rescue operations, and stop the criminals who exploit the most vulnerable people. We need to address the roots of the problem.”

The Federal Government, Tuesday, directed all ministries, departments and agencies (MDA) across the three tiers of government to transit from cash-basis accounting to accrual-basis accounting in view of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) compliance by 2016.