Nigeria news today headlines update Friday 15th November 2019
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Reps Approve Army’s OPI, Give Conditions For Execution
The House of Representatives has approved the implementation of Operation Positive Identification (OPI), an initiative of the Nigerian army, aimed at smoking out fleeing terrorists in the country. This followed the adoption of the recommendations made by the Committee on Army after interfacing with the army on the matter. The report was presented by the
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4,126 Passenger Luggage Lost, Delayed At Nigeria’s Airports In September
Lagos – No fewer than 4,126 sets of luggage belonging to passengers were either declared missing or delayed on arrival throughout the nation’s 26 airports in the month of September. Within the same period, a total number of 1,331,766 air travellers passed through the domestic and international airports across the country. A report exclusively obtained
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Panic, Confusion As Kogi, Bayelsa Vote Tomorrow
Temidayo Akinsuyi; Joe Omokaro; Tony Ezimakor; Innocent Oweh; Samuel Ogidan; Igoniko Oduma; Atabor Julius Lagos / Abuja / Yenagoa / Lokoja – Bayelsa and Kogi states will tomorrow go into tension-soaked governorship elections. Already, fear has gripped residents following violence that has trailed the campaigns of the parties ahead of voting tomorrow. On Wednesday, one
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Suspension Of Obaseki, Shaibu, Ojezua Null, Void — APC Nat. Vice Chair
Vitalis Ugoh Calabar – Ntufam Hilliard Eta, national vice chairman (South-South) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has described as null and void the purported suspension of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, the deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, and others. Eta’s position contradicts the position of the APC national secretariat as announced on Wednesday by
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PDP, Diri Mourn Nembe Killings As Death Toll Rises
Senator Douye Diri, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has noted with dismay the brutal killing of no fewer than eight members of the party by alleged thugs of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during a botched rally in Nembe Ogbolomabiri on Wednesday. Senator Diri, in an interview with newsmen in Yenagoa,
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Court Dismisses Rape Suit Against COZA Pastor, Fines Busola Dakolo N1m
Abuja – Justice Othman Musa of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, sitting in Bwari, on Thursday dismissed a suit instituted by Busola, wife of Timi Dakolo, against the Senior Pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, over rape allegation. Busola Dakolo had alleged that the COZA pastor raped her
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Nigerian Economy Is On ‘Upward Swing’ — Finance Minister
Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning said Nigeria’s economy is on “upward swing’’. Ahmed said this at a symposium organised by the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), Abuja chapter on Thursday in Abuja. The minister, represented by Stephen Medaiyedu, the Deputy Director in charge of Tax and Policy
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Kogi Guber: El-rufai Begs Kogi People To Forgive Bello His Sins
Lokoja – The Chairman Campaign council for the Kogi governorship election, Mallam Nadir El-Rufai on Thursday knelt down before party supporters in Kogi state and beg for forgiveness for gov Bello. El-Rufai said that Bello is a young man who is bound to make mistakes, but has learned from his mistakes and ai deserve forgiveness
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Those Profiting From Oshiomhole, Obaseki Rift Want It To Worsen – Afegbua
Prince Kassim Afegbua was the Honourable Commissioner of Information and Orientation during Comrade Adams Oshiomhole’s tenure. He witnessed all the internal intrigues that gave birth to the Obaseki Governorship in 2016 and has therefore condemned the present political impasse that has enveloped the state in recent times. Afegbua, who is now a member of the
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Uncertainties As Kogi, Bayelsa Elect New Governors
LAGOS – As the people of Bayelsa and Kogi states file out tomorrow to elect their new governor, there is palpable tension in both states, raising fears that the polls may not be peaceful. The political temperature in both is high as it feared that thugs may latch on the elections to unleash mayhem on […]
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