The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Wednesday 4th December 2019
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 04/12/19
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‘Ikoyi Prison not fit for animals’
A financial analyst, Lukman Okunade, was remanded at the Ikoyi Prison Service (now known as Ikoyi Correctional Centre) for three days pending the time he would meet his bail conditions. He told TAJUDEEN ADEBANJO that those days remain the darkest part of his life. SOMETIMES in 2017, a financial analyst, Lukman Okunade, was transferred
NYSC coordinator visits bereaved family
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) State Coordinator in Osun State, Mr. Adewale Adegoke, has paid a condolence visit to the family of a prospective corps member, Fakayode Oluwatosin Jacob. The deceased, who graduated with 3.56 (Distinction) in Mass Communication from the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, died alongside other prospective corps members in an
CBN: N1.3tr spent to import rice, wheat, others in 12 months
Our Reporters NOT less than N1.3 trillion was spent by the Federal Government on the importation of rice, fish, sugar and wheat in the last 12 months, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said on Tuesday. The bank’s Deputy Governor, Corporate Services, Edward Lametek, spoke at a seminar organised for Finance reporters in Owerri,
INEC to lobby lawmakers over Smart Card Reader
Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja THE Smart Card Reader (SCR) is a major route to an improved electoral system, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said on Tuesday. But the agency insisted that the SCR must be backed by law. To achieve this among other reforms necessary to allow it conduct elections in a better atmosphere,
Okah to South African court: I was wrongly convicted
Henry Okah, leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), who was convicted by a South African court for terrorism in 2014, turned his own advocate on Tuesday. Okah , according to Independent Online, asked the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria to declare his conviction unlawful. He said the conviction in
Civil Defence arrests two herdsmen for ‘invading Ekiti farms’
Rasaq Ibrahim, Ado-Ekiti The Ekiti State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr. Solomon Iyamu, has said the corps has arrested two herdsmen for allegedly invading farmlands with cows. He said the arrests were made possible through a joint operation of the Agro Rangers Unit of the command, the Army,
‘Border closure among Buhari’s best decisions’
Adekunle Jimoh, Ilorin All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) and AgroNigeria/AgroAfrica on Tuesday said the current closure of Nigeria’s land borders is among the best decisions of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. They said this in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, at the opening ceremony of a-two day agricultural workshop, tagged: Farm2fork Dialogue, organised by
Don’t enrol our members, ASUU tells IPPIS officials
Justina Asishana, Minna THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, the Niger State capital, yesterday organised a peaceful rally against the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) enrolment. It warned the IPPIS officials not to enrol its members into the Federal Government payroll system. The
Aiyegbeni offers Osimhen, Chukwueze success tips
Our Reporter FORMER Super Eagles striker, Yakubu Aiyegbeni has praised the duo of Victor Osimhen and Samuel Chukwueze, urging them to keep up the good work and remain humble, AOIFootball.com reports. The former Everton of England forward said he was impressed by the performances of the fast-rising duo, whilst also urging them to remain
‘How ASUU can reinvent itself, return to political past’
A multilateral diplomat and former University of Lagos (UNILAG) teacher Dr Babafemi Badejo relives his union leadership days during the military regime and writes on how the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) can re-invent itself. November 26, 2019, was an important day for me. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) University of Lagos
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