Nigeria Breaking News Today Headlines Wednesday 16th October 2019
Here are some of the Nigeria Breaking News Today Headlines on some of the newspapers.
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Lagos Open Tennis 2nd Leg: Four Nigerians make main draws
F our Nigerian players have made their ways to play in the Main Draws of the second leg of 2019 Lagos Open Tennis Championship. The second leg of the ITF World Tour, sponsored by Heineken and other co-sponsors, served off Tuesday after the conclusion of matches of the first leg on Monday at
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Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara promise to end insecurity in North-West
N orth-West states of Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara in collaboration with the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Sokoto State chapter and security agencies have organised a one-day workshop on how to tackle the current security challenge facing the zone. The one-day town hall meeting was held with the aim of fostering good relationship between security
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FG to float six modular refineries in Niger Delta
T he Federal Government has concluded plans to establish no fewer than six modular refineries in the Niger Delta region, it has been learnt. The Senior Special Assistant to the President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Edobor Iyamu, who disclosed this, said the six modular refineries already licensed by the Federal Government would
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Why we sacked staff of Benue Investment Company, by MD
T he Managing Director of Benue State Investment and Property Company (BIPC) Limited, Alex Adum, yesterday said the massive sacking of staff of the company became inevitable to prevent it from becoming bankrupt due to high wage bill. Addressing a news conference in Makurdi, Adum said four members of the management staff were also not
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Report: FDI inflows into Africa remain steady
Stable United States, France, United Kingdom were largest investors in the continent T he latest edition of EY’s (formerly Ernst & Young) Africa Attractiveness report shows that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to Africa remained generally steady last year. The report, which describes trends and opportunities in Africa’s economic growth and in FDI
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Construction on our roads: Matters arising
T he term ‘construction’, which is as old as the world, is not unconnected with engineering technology. Its existence could be rightly traced back to mankind’s creation. It’s only in the engineering parlance the term is well understood and fully interpreted. It is, therefore, purely a professional word that is more often used
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Election violence: Rein in your subjects, INEC tells royal fathers
T he Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called on traditional rulers in Bayelsa State to preach peace among their subjects as the state prepares for next month’s governorship election. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who spoke yesterday at an interactive meeting with traditional rulers in the state, remarked that their words were laws in
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Lagos task force impounds 134 motorcycles
O fficials of the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit have impounded 134 commercial motorcycles, popularly known as ‘Okada’ for plying restricted routes at CMS, Marina, Apongbon and Yaba. Also, an ORide motorcyclist was arrested for riding against traffic. The task force Chairman of the Agency, CSP Olayinka
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PGF calls for peace, internal reconciliation in APC states
W ith the crisis in some All Progressives Congress (APC) states, governors on the platform of the party under the umbrella of Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) has called for peace building and internal reconciliation in the states. The governors made the call at the 8th quarterly meeting of the Secretaries to Government of All Progressives
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NAF wings two female pilots after 55 years
…decorates first female Air Warrant Officer T he Nigerian Air Force (NAF) yesterday, winged thirteen pilots, who recently completed their flying training abroad, thus qualifying for the award of the prestigious Wing. Among the newly-winged pilots were two female regular combatant officers – Flying Officer Kafayat Sani and Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile […]
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