Nigeria news today headlines : Friday 21st February 2020
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Benin Monarch Nominated For Prestigious Independent Award
Benin City – The Benin monarch, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku-Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, has again been nominated for a prestigious media award of the ‘Bridge Builder of the Year 2019’. The award was announced by the managing editor of Independent Newspapers, Steve Omanufeme, when he led some top management staff of the organisation to the
Amidst Protests, Senate Backs Integration Of Repentant Insurgents
Samuel Ogidan; Joy Anigbogu Abuja / Lagos – Despite the outcry by vocal Nigerians against the plan, the upper chamber of the National Assembly yesterday put in place the modality to give repentant insurgents a better life in the society. To this end, the Senate yesterday passed, for the first reading, the “National Agency for
Fake News, Hate Speech On The Rise, FG Cries Out
ABUJA – The Federal Government on Thursday raised the alarm over the increasing dissemination of fake news and hate speech in the country, stressing that the enemies of the government were hard at work. Under the circumstances, the Federal Government said it was pushing ahead with its plan to sanitise the social media. It said
We’re Scared To Leave Office Without Fulfilling Expectations – Aisha Buhari
ABUJA – Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, said those currently at the helm of affairs in the country ought to be scared of the fate that awaited them if they failed to meet the peoples’ expectations. According to her, the challenges posed by the almajiri system in the North should fall
Customs CG Under Fire Over Five-Year Unremitted Staff Pension
Abuja – The Comptroller-General (CG) of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali, was under fire yesterday in the Senate over failure of the Service to remit the five percent of staff wages to the Nigerian Pension Commission (NPC) over the past five years. The Senate queried the CG during the consideration of the audited
APC Returns To Supreme Court, Wants Reversal Of Bayelsa Guber Ruling
It would seem a season of suites asking the Supreme Court to reverse itself as the All Progressives Congress (APC) returned to the apex court on Thursday requesting it to reverse its own judgment disqualifying David Lyon, the APC candidate in the 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State. The party’s application was filed by its
Supreme Court Will Be Setting Precedent If It Reverses Imo Guber Judgement – Tony Momoh
Prince Tony Momoh, a former Minister of Information and one of the national leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), in this interview with TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI, speaks on latest developments in the polity, especially on his expectations from the APC Reconciliation Committee headed by Chief Bisi Akande. Excerpts: President Muhammadu Buhari was recently booed
Protesting Niger Delta Youths Must Be Patient With Government – Cleric
Barrister Alaowei Cleric, a human rights activist and a public affairs analyst, is the National President/ Chairman, Board of Trustees, Centre for Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Crusade (CHURAC), a human rights organisation. He spoke to EJIKEME OMENAZU on the recent order by the Delta State government on public protests around oil company premises, among other
Oluwo Of Iwo: All Eyes On Osun Government
The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi is not alien to controversy. The highly charismatic first-class monarch has been in the news for different reasons since his ascension to the throne in January 2016 . Few weeks ago, the monarch recently announced that he is divorcing his Jamaican wife, Chanel Chin. Just last week, there
Stakeholders, TCN Bicker On Sustenance Of Power Industry
Lagos – Stakeholders in the power sector and the Managing Director of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Usman Gur Mohammed yesterday differed on how to ensure the growth and survival of the power sector. Gur at the groundbreaking ceremony of TCN reconductering project at the Ikeja West sub region in Lagos, advised the Federal Government
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