Nigerian Newspapers Today : Saturday 18th January 2020
Here are some of the Nigerian Newspapers Today on Saturday 18th January 2020 .
Nigerian Lady Trafficked to Lebanon Arrives Abuja, Handed over to NAPTIP
Omolola Ajayi, the 23-year-old Nigerian woman recently suspected to have been trafficked to Lebanon has arrived in Abuja and handed over to National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Friday. Ajayi had cried out for help in a video which went viral, claiming that she was sold into slavery in Lebanon.
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Buhari: I Will Bequeath Free, Fair Elections to Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that as a beneficiary of a free and fair election in the country, he would bequeath the same to his successor and the nation in 2023. The president, according to a statement by one of his spokesmen, Malam Garba Shehu, spoke at a dinner with members of the legal team
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Total Public Debt Stock Hits N26.2tn
* To float N150bn Sukuk for road projects Ndubuisi Francis in Abuja Total public debt, comprising the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), the 36 states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) stood at N26.215 trillion as at September 30, 2019, the Debt Management Office (DMO), has disclosed. This indicates a 2 per cent growth when compared
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Coalition Storms DSS Headquarters, Demands Probe of Omo-Agege
By Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja A coalition of civil society groups on Friday stormed the headquarters of the Department of State Security (DSS), where it demanded the probe of the Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege over alleged forgery and perjury which it said was in contravention of the 1999 constitution as amended. The coalition had
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Court Refuses to Set Aside Order Sacking Ifeanyi Ubah as Senator
By Alex Enumah in Abuja Justice Bello Kawu of an Abuja High Court in Kubwa District of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Friday, refused to set aside his earlier order sacking Ifeanyi Ubah as the senator representing Anambra South in the National Assembly. Justice Kawu made the refusal while ruling on an application by
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Atiku, PDP Call for Protest against S’ Court Verdict on Imo Guber Poll
Secondus alleges plot by Presidency, APC to influence upcoming verdicts on Sokoto, Benue, Kano, Plateau Chuks Okocha in Abuja It was a show of anger and outpouring of vituperation at the 87th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, elders and stakeholders of the party
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Total Public Debt Stock Hits N26.2tn
Ndubuisi Francis in Abuja Total public debt, comprising the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), the 36 states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) stood at N26.215 trillion as at September 2019, the Debt Management Office (DMO) has disclosed. This indicates a 2 per cent growth when compared with the the N25.701 trillion recorded as at June
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Ashimolowo Gives over 21,000 Widows Lease of Life
Mary Nnah Founder of Kingsway International Christian Centre, (KICC), Pastor Mathew Ashimolowo and wife, Pastor Yemisi, last Saturday, gave new lease of life to over 21,000 widows in Ode-Omu and its neighbouring towns like Ife, Modakeke and Osogbo during the annual widows’ empowerment event held at the Kings University Campus, along Gbongan-Osogbo Road, Ode Omu,
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Student Leaders Laud Tambuwal for Prompt Payment of Tuition
By Onuminya Innocent in Sokoto Sokoto state student leaders have commended Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal for the timely payment of their tuition and registration fees. The commendation was made by the immediate past President of the Sokoto State Students’ Association in Sudan, Abdulmumini Tambari, and the current President of the Indigenous Law students, Salmanu Abubakar
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OBIANO AND DIASPORA IGBO
Obiano’s Houston generosity was neither misplaced nor hypocritic, writes Chuks Iloegbunam Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano, the wife of the Anambra State Governor, has in recent weeks been subjected to trenchant criticism by the forces of sectional press and political blackmail. The objective of this intervention is to draw readers’ attention, especially Ndi Anambra, to a forensic
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