Thisday Newspaper News Today Tuesday 12th November 2019
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Guild of Editors Opposes FG’s Proposed Social Media Regulation
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has rejected the proposed social media regulation and advised the federal government to drop the proposed regulation of social media. In a communiqué issued by the standing committee of the Guild following a meeting held in Lagos at the weekend, the body argued that the proposed legislation violates Section
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Unending Insurgency Raises Need for Military to Double Troops
Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja The unending insurgency in the North-east and rising internal security challenges, necessitating increasing military engagements in domestic security, have once again raised the need for the country to enlarge the size of its troops, security experts have told THISDAY. Although as part of the efforts to encourage professionalism and boost the
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Nigeria Losses 162,000 Children to Pneumonia
Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja A leading child rights organisation, Save the Children, has revealed that pneumonia claimed the lives of 162,000 children below the age of five in Nigeria in 2018. According to the organisation, Nigeria ranked second behind India, which with 227,000 pneumonia infant mortality rate, tops the global chart. It identified pneumonia, caused
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Buhari, Lawan, Others Mourn as David-West Dies at 83
Deji Elumoye, Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja and Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan President Muhammadu Buhari, Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday paid tributes to a former minister of Petroleum and Energy, Prof. Tam David-West, who died earlier in the
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INEC Restricts Military Participation in Bayelsa, Kogi Gov Elections to Patrol
Chuks Okocha in Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday said that the military would not be involved at the polling boot security, except on the invitation of the lead security agency, the Nigeria Police. Consequently, said the commission, the military would only patrol as a standby force in case of trouble beyond the
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Stakeholders to Set Agenda for Nigeria on Fourth Industrial Revolution
Stakeholders from the public and private sectors will tomorrow gather to set agenda on how Nigeria will not be left behind in the emerging Fourth Industrial Revolution, at the WorldStage Economic Summit (WES) 2019. WES 2019 with the theme ‘Getting Nigeria Ready for Challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution’ will hold at the Nigerian Stock
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Twitter Pledges Support for Nigerian Tech Entrepreneurs
•Okonjo-Iweala: Technology can boost job creation James Emejo in Abuja The Co-founder and Chief Executive of Twitter Inc., Mr. Jack Dorsey, yesterday said the company was willing to partner young Nigerian entrepreneurs and engineers towards empowering them to take advantage of its service platform to create jobs not only for themselves but for the teeming
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APC, PDP, 21 Other Political Parties Sign Peace Accord for Kogi Guber Election
Ibrahim Oyewale As the Kogi Gubernatorial Election in Kogi State draws closer, the All Progressive Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and 21 other political parties have jointly signed an accord to keep the peace during conduct of the election in the state The peace move was initiated by the National Peace Committee
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Without Manufacturing Plants, Foreign Firms Scramble for Nigeria’s Tyre Market
•MAN, LCCI, NECA blame policy inconsistencies Chris Uba Foreign tyre manufacturers are frantically scrambling to garner the huge chunks of the share of Nigeria’s tyre market without deeming it expedient to establish manufacturing plants in the country, THISDAY’s investigation has revealed. However, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN); Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI)
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Technology Can Boost Job Creation, Says Okonjo-Iweala
Meanwhile, Okonjo-Iweala has stated that Twitter could serve as a platform for young people to create jobs for themselves and for others. She added that this could create a huge impact in the economy, stressing that “that is why we wanted him (Dorsey) to come to Nigeria so that he can do things for our […]
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