Thisday Newspaper News Today Tuesday 29th October 2019

Thisday Newspaper News Today Tuesday 29th October 2019

Top Nigeria news Dailies Update from Thisday Newspaper News Today 29/10/19

Again, Supreme Court Strikes Out HDP’s Suit against Buhari

Alex Enumah in Abuja The Supreme Court for the second time yesterday struck out the appeal of the candidate of the Hope Democratic Party (HDP), Chief Ambrose Owuru, and his party, against the verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, which dismissed their petition against the election of President Muhammadu Buhari. The five-member panel of
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Boosting the Rail Transport System

Chiemelie Ezeobi writes that in boosting the rail system, the government is determined to ensure provision of an efficient and affordable transportation that would serve as backbone to the economic and industrial development of the various sectors given the viable alternative it offers to road transport Without gainsaying, the rails provide a viable alternative to
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GTBank Removes Charges on GTCRea8 Account

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank) has announced that it will cover all charges on transfers, USSD transactions and bank alerts for holders of its GTCrea8 Account, a bespoke banking product for young undergraduates between the ages of 16 and 25. The bank disclosed this in a statement yesterday. GTBank described the GTCRea8 as a core
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PDP Demands Withdrawal of INEC’s Presiding Officers’ List in Bayelsa

Emmanuel Addeh in Yenagoa The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Organisation in Bayelsa State has called on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to withdraw the list of presiding officers for the November 16 governorship poll in the state. The party said it was shocked by the discovery that the
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PDP will Recapture Kogi, Says Secondus

Ibrahim Oyewale The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has stated its resolve to win the November 16 governorship election in Kogi State. The National Chairman of party, Prince Uche Secondus disclosed this while speaking at the governorship flag off rally at the Lokoja Confluence Stadium. He said that the PDP was ready to take back possession
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Barkindo: OPEC’s Export to China Reaches $104bn Over 18-year Period

Chineme Okafor in Abuja The Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Dr. Mohammad Barkindo, has disclosed that trade relations between member countries and China have continued to blossom over the last 18 years. Barkindo, in his remarks at the recent OPEC-China Energy Dialogue, explained that whilst OPEC’s export to China in
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ASUU Meets Lawan, Rejects IPPIS

Deji Elumoye and Chuks Okocha in Abuja The Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) yesterday met for several hours with the principal officers of the Senate over the contentious Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), vowing not to participate in the central salary paying system. ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, who spoke with
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Nigeria Ranks Number One on Open Defecation Globally, Says FG

The federal government has said Nigeria now ranks number one in the world in terms of the number of people practising open defecation. The Minister of Ministry of Water Resources, Mr. Suleiman Adamu, disclosed this while declaring open a two-day Private Sector Forum on Sanitation, yesterday in Abuja. The forum was organised by the Organised
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A SHOWDOWN LOOMS

Abiodun Komolafe enjoins leaders to put the people first The 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II recently told a moving story of how a mother watched her sick child die while waiting to ask the Emir for financial assistance, because she could not afford to buy prescribed drugs of N3000.00. Since “he who feels
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Bandits on Rampage in Niger, Kill Three, Abduct Six

Laleye Dipo in Minna Bandits were again on rampage in the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State sacking six communities. The bandits also reportedly killed three villagers, kidnapped six others and rustled not less than 1,200 herd of cattle in the incident that occurred last week. Some of the communities attacked according to the […]
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