 On plus TV news now, President Buhari justifies national honours on Okonja Wela, others. Soldiers nabbed for stealing supply and ammunition to bandits. Gavna Samuulu announces insurance scheme for nollywood actors. Good evening, I am Maureen Menongwe-Zigwe and this is the news now. President Muhammad Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja conferred national honours on 450 Nigerians and non-Nigerians, among them Director General of the World Trade Organization Dr. Ngozi Okonja Wela, Deputy Secretary General of UN, Aminat Muhammad and Nigeria's permanent representative to the UN, Professor Tijani Muhammad Bandi. Others who made the honours list include renowned novelist Chimamanda Ditchi, Senate President Aqmen Lawan, Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukaya Diyariwola, immediate past CJN, Justice Ibrahim Tango, Muhammad, among others. Buhari justified the honours, saying their wudis had distinguished themselves in the service of the nation and humanity. The national honours are not merely decorative. They remind us of an important part of our responsibility as students. We must always and never to do our best for our country. We will continue to root out all of the stated idea in my independent address to the nation. I will hand over to Nigeria, which is brilliant from insecurity to the next generation of leaders. I want to sufficiently commend the charming and noble national honours and all of the quality for a job well done. The list of our wudis is just probably long since this exercise has not been carried out since 2000 and 16. Your commitment to the process of securing and selection has been well guided. Let me be appealing to other Nigerians who are eager to receive the recognition to be patient and understand that their efforts in nation building are appreciated and at the right time will soon really be recognized. Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, this administration will continue to partner with Nigerians and friends of Nigeria with like minds in order to excel in their children's fields, devoured of protocols.