Thisday Newspaper News Today Monday 18th November 2019
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China to Supply Three Abuja Light Rail Coaches Mid 2020
Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) would in the middle of next year deliver three railway coaches from China for the operation of Lot 1A and 3 of the Abuja Light Rail service. FCT Minister, Muhammad Bello, made the disclosure at the weekend during the launching of the Safe, Functional and Efficient Transportation
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Situation Room Urges Cancellation of Kogi Election
Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel the governorship and senatorial elections that took place in Kogi State at the weekend. It said the call was necessitated due to a high level of violence and electoral malpractices that took place during the election in
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Criticism Can’t Stop Declaration of Rivers as Christian State, Says Wike
Ernest Chinwo in Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said criticisms on his declaration of Rivers State as a Christian state could not stop him from affirming the reality. This was coming as he declared that he’s still the governor because of God’s intervention, who dislodged forces of darkness who were primed to rob
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INEC Chairman Announces Shutting down of Civil Society Election Situation Room
Chuks Okocha in Lokoja The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu yesterday announced a shutdown of the Election Situation Room through a tweeter message. It was not ascertained as at press time why INEC boss took the decision, instead of the usual practice of allowing for the full announcement of the gubernatorial
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PDP Kicks as APC Takes Bayelsa, in Comfortable Lead in Kogi
3 die in Kogi, ruling party wins senatorial contest International observers, situation room condemn violence Nseobong Okon-Ekong, Emmanuel Addeh, Stanley Nkwazema in Yenagoa, Chuks Okocha, Wale Ibrahim in Lokoja and Chinedu Eze in Lagos The All Progressives Congress was all smiles last night as it made good its promise to take Bayelsa State, winning outright
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Blackout Looms as Gencos Threaten Shutdown over N600bn Fund
Nigeria, Guinea have cheapest power tariffs in W’Africa, says report Chineme Okafor in Abuja Blackout is looming across the country as the electricity generation companies (Gencos) yesterday threatened to shut down power supply should the federal government refuse to disburse the N600billion intervention fund. This is coming as the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Economic
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Former AGF, Adoke Arrested, Detained in Dubai
Davidson Iriekpen with agency report Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN), has been held in Dubai by Interpol, THISDAY has learnt. It was gathered that Adoke was arrested shortly after arriving in Dubai on November 11. The former AGF, according to Premium Times, had travelled there for
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FG Releases Circular on Minimum Wage Consequential Adjustment
States, labour unions to begin talks Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja, Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan, Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo, Hammed Shittu in Ilorin, Francis Sardauna in Katsina, Daji Sani in Yola, and Benjamin Nworie in Abakaliki The federal government has finally released the circular on the implementation of the N30,000 new minimum wage to federal workers,
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Ikpeazu Secures $430 million Deal for Enyimba Economic City
Says EEC would boost Nigeria’s participation in AfCFTA Tobi Soniyi Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has secured the nod of the African Development Bank (AfDB), private investors and other multilateral financial institutions for investment of $430 million to fast track the development of the first phase of Enyimba Economic City (EEC). The city is
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Sultan Urges Muslims to be Law-abiding
Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, yesterday enjoined Muslims nationwide to always demand for their rights, whenever they are being denied within the ambit of the law. He gave the charge while speaking at the fourth General Assembly of the Muslim Ummah of South-west Nigeria (MUSWEN), with the theme:
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