Thisday Newspaper News Today Wednesday 31st July 2019
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target=_blank>Lawan Releases List of 69 Senate Standing Committees’ Chairmen
• APC, PDP get 49, 20 slots, respectively • Senate gives 43 confirmed ministers marching orders to perform • Presidency hails Senate for swift confirmation of nominees Deji Elumoye and Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja The Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, yesterday released the list of chairmen and vice chairmen of the 69 standing committees of
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target=_blank>British Prime Minister Names UK-born Nigerian as Minister
The new British Prime Minister, Mr. Boris Johnson, has named Kemi Badenoch, a UK-born Nigerian, a minister in his cabinet. Badenoch was appointed Minister of Children Affairs. Born in London to Nigerian parents, the 39-year-old spent part of her childhood in Lagos State. She was elected to parliament in 2017, having previously served for the
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target=_blank>Fresh Violence Claims 11 Lives in Benue, Taraba
George Okoh in Makurdi and Wole Ayodele in Jalingo A total of 11 people have been confirmed dead in fresh violence that erupted in Benue and Taraba States yesterday. Eight people were killed and several others injured yesterday in Takum in Taraba State as irate youths went on rampage to avenge the killing of a
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target=_blank>Malabu Scandal: Prosecution Hampered by Evidence
Revelations from the ongoing trial of some suspects in the Malabu scandal in Milan, Italy, may pose a challenge to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to sustain the prosecution of the former Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, Davidson Iriekpen writes One year has passed since a Federal High Court in Abuja held
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target=_blank>Five Nigerian Pilgrims Die in Saudi Arabia
• FCT airlifts 1,875 pilgrims to holy land Olawale Ajimotokan, Madinah, Saudi Arabia The number of Nigerian pilgrims that have died at this year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia has risen to five. The Chairman of the Medical Committee of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Dr. Ibrahim Kana, confirmed the development last night in
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target=_blank>Unknown Gunmen Kill Student of Rivers State University
• Wike queries VC over killing, tension in university Ernest Chinwo in Port Harcourt Tension yesterday enveloped the Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt, following the killing of a final-year student of the institution on Monday. There was shooting yesterday around the university and the adjoining Mile 3 area ostensibly in reaction to the killing.
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target=_blank>Insecurity: Group Tips Yari to Drive Peaceful Coexistence
Martins Ifijeh As part of efforts to curb banditry, kidnapping, terrorism and armed robbery in Nigeria, the Violence-Free Nigeria Initiative has named the former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari as its patron who would drive peaceful coexistence in the country. In a statement made available to THISDAY yesterday, the Convener of the group,
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target=_blank>APC Accuses Atiku of Parading Himself as Alternate President
Iyobosa Uwugiaren in Abuja The All Progressives Congress (APC) last night accused the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, of parading himself as alternate president of Nigeria by making public statements on issues, which constitutionally should be reserved for the duly elected head of
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target=_blank>US Funds State Task Forces against Human Trafficking in Nigeria
Bennett Oghifo The United States Government is funding the establishment of task forces against human trafficking in Nigeria. The task forces are being established by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) with support from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in partnership with state and non-state actors.
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Bayelsa Guber: 23 Jostle for PDP Ticket
• Lokpobri sole aspirant in APC Segun James Barely a month to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries scheduled to hold on September 3, 23 aspirants have so far indicated their ambition to contest the governorship under the party in Bayelsa State. Under the All Progressives Congress (APC), however, only the former Minister of State […]
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