Nigeria Breaking News Today Headlines Friday 19th April 2019
Here are some of the Nigeria Breaking News Today Headlines on some of the newspapers.
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target=_blank>Bruce: Nigeria to save N1trn annually by phasing out petrol cars
Senator Ben Murray- Bruce, yesterday, said that Nigeria would save a whooping sum of one trillion naira annually if she phased out petrol vehicles and introduced electric cars into the country. Senator Murray- Bruce, who disclosed this while briefing journalists in Abuja on his bill seeking to phase out petrol vehicles from Nigeria in the
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target=_blank>Bayelsa declares N13.2bn gross inflow for March
The Bayelsa State Government yesterday declared a total of N13.2 billion gross inflow for March 2019. The Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha Jonah (rtd), who disclosed this in Yenagoa, the state capital, during the monthly transparency briefing for March, declared that the state’s statutory allocation stood at over N2.6 billion. According to him, these include
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target=_blank>Suspects: We collected N5m before releasing Lagos Fire director
Two suspected kidnappers, yesterday, confessed to have abducted the Lagos State Fire Director, Rasaki Musibau and only freed him after collecting N5million as ransom. The suspects, Blessing Boyo (29) and Alfred Smart (32) were arrested three days after the abduction and release of Musibau. The suspects were alleged to have been arrested at Ibefun area
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target=_blank>Car wash centre operator arrested after disappearing with customer’s car
A car wash centre owner, Emmanuel Nwachukwu (23), has been arrested after he stole a customer’s car that he was supposed to wash. The Toyota Camry car, marked KTU 721 EJ, was stolen at Ijebu Ode, Ogun State and recovered in Abia State. Nwachukwu and other suspects were presented to journalists yesterday by the Abia
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target=_blank>Lagos detects 283 distressed buildings as committee submits report
The Lagos State government, yesterday, said that it has detected 283 distressed buildings across the state, calling on the owners of such buildings to urgently come for the demolition approval before the structures cave in. That was even as the Ad-hoc committee, set up by the government to investigate the cause of the school/residential building
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target=_blank>Man remanded for abducting, infecting boys with HIV
A Yola Magistrates Court has remanded a middle aged man, Adamu Abdurahman, in prison for allegedly abducting two boys and infecting them with HIV. The victims, ages 16 and 17, were said to have gone missing while travelling to Yola last month. While the 17-year-old victim is now with a guardian, having been diagnosed of
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target=_blank>Tanker explosion kills two, destroys four cars
Two persons, a male and female, were yesterday burnt to death after a petroleum-laden trailer fell and spilled its content at Onipepeye area of the Lagos Ibadan Express way, Oyo State. According to eye witnesses, the accident occured around 2:05 p.m when the tanker driver, coming from Lagos direction, tried to overtake a Nissan Micra
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target=_blank>Man arrested for posing as army Major, receiving salutes
Mr Blessing Emeloroh has been arrested in Warri, Delta State, for posing as an Army Major and receiving salutes from policemen, soldiers and air force personnel. Detectives at the Divisional Headquarters, Ekpan in Uvwie Local Government Area, led by a Superintendent of Police (SP), Ibok Asamanyi, swooped on the suspect after he gave an order
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target=_blank>Hajj 2019: Presidency reviews medical guidelines for pilgrims
The Presidency has begun the review of medical guidelines for 2019 Hajj rites in a scheme expected to capture 95,000 Hujjaj (pilgrims) from Nigeria. Chairman of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), a commission at the Presidency, Abdullahi Muhammad, who revealed this during in a document to herald the inauguration of a Medical Guidelines Review
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AIG launches operation to combat crimes in Osun, Ondo, Oyo
Perturbed by the spate of insecurity and perpetration of criminal acts in every nook and cranny of the country, Nigeria Police yesterday launched Operation Puff Adder in Osun State with an assurance that, it would phase out such inhuman acts in Oyo,Osun and Ogun states in no distance time. The Assistant Inspector- General of Police […]
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