Thisday Newspaper News Today Wednesday 21st August 2019
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target=_blank>Gunmen Attack Nasarawa Dep Gov’s Convoy, Kill Three Policemen
Igbawase Ukumba in Lafia Gunmen suspected armed robbers yesterday attacked the convoy of Nasarawa State Deputy Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Akabe, killing three policemen and a civilian. Akabe was on his way to Abuja on an official engagement when the convoy ran into the robbers who were operating few kilometres away from Akwanga at about 6p.m.
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target=_blank>Court Summons DSS, Police over Sowore’s Detention
Davidson Iriekpen The Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Inspector General of Police (IG) to appear before it on September 4 over the arrest of SaharaReporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, and other persons in connection with the August 5, 2019 #RevolutionNow protest. The court, in a ruling
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target=_blank>FG Sets up Joint Border Task Force to Tackle Insecurity
Eromosele Abiodun The federal government has set up inter-security task force to conduct joint border security in four geopolitical zones of the country to tackle insecurity. The Public Relations Officer of Nigeria Customs Service, Mr. Joseph Attah, made this known in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja. Attah said that the joint border task force,
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target=_blank>Money Laundering: Atiku’s Son-in-law Meets Bail Terms
Abdullahi Babalele, the son-in-law to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate at the last general election, Atiku Abubakar, has been released from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) where he was remanded by a Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged money laundering. THISDAY gathered that Babalele was released last
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target=_blank>ITTF Hails Aruna Quadri’s Fighting Spirit at Bulgaria Open
He may not often challenge for titles on the ITTF World Tour, but Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna has distinguished himself by being ranked inside top 25 male table tennis players in the world. Born and raised in Oyo, South-western Nigeria, Aruna moved to Lagos in the early 2000s after unexpectedly capturing the country’s cadet title at
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target=_blank>Gbajabiamila Urges State Assemblies to Save LG System
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has urged state Houses of Assembly to save the local government area system in Nigeria from imminent collapse through its instrument of law making. The speaker made the appeal at the opening of a one-day round-table with Speakers of state Houses of Assembly in Lagos
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target=_blank>South-east Govs Request Buhari to Defer Closure of Enugu Airport
Benjamin Nworie in Abakaliki The South-east Governors’ Forum yesterday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to defer the closure of Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu till the end of October 2019 to enable them to make adequate arrangements for airport users in the zone and also carry out few remedial works at the airport. In a letter
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target=_blank>Edo NUT Rejects Competency Test for Teachers
Adibe Emenyonu in Benin-city The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Edo State chapter, has described as unacceptable the plans by the state Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) to embark on competency test for head teachers and prospective head teachers in public primary schools in the state. While rejecting the proposal, the state NUT in a
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target=_blank>Dep Gov’s Removal: Kogi Assembly Requests CJ to Set up Panel of Inquiry
Ibrahim Oyewale in Lokoja The Kogi State House of Assembly has requested the state Chief Judge, Justice Nasir Ajanah, to constitute a seven-man panel of inquiry to investigate allegations of gross misconduct against the Deputy Governor of the state, Simon Achuba. The assembly made the request in a resolution reached at plenary yesterday in Lokoja,
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Buhari Appoints New Head for Federal Agencies
BOmololu Ogunmade in Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in Abuja appointed new heads to replace leaders of federal government agencies who were recently appointed as ministers. According to a statement by a presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, Senator Basheer Garba Mohammed, now takes over from Sadiya Umar Farouk as the new Federal Commissioner, National Commission […]
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