Breaking News in Nigeria Today Saturday 29th February 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Saturday 29th February 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Ajogbo-Ota: A community ravaged by flood
Following the incessant rainfall in recent years, residents of the six communities, which make up the Ajogbo-Ota, have had to live with what they described as untold hardship made worse by the reconstruction work on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway around Owode-Ijako area of Ota, Ogun State. The alleged water channeled to the communities from the Expressway is said to have worsened the flooding that has sent many packing out from their homes. ISIOMA MADIKE, who was in the communities a few weeks ago, tells a story of a people in anger and…
CHAWA helping women fight poverty through empowerment –Alexander
Mrs. Maryam Alexander is the founder and president of Change Women Association (CHAWA). In this Interview with ALI GARBA, she spoke on the plight of rural widows and what should be done to empower the rural women. She also highlighted how CHAWA had been helping women to achieve their dreams, especially in area of agriculture, among many other issues. Excerpts. Please tell us what CHAWA is all about? CHAWA is a group of women that came together in order to empower their fellow women. We help them by giving…
Teenager poses as American pilot, defrauds Cambodian lady $75,000
Operatives of the Inspector- General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT), who launched investigation to track a suspected cyber thief, were shocked to their bone marrows to discover that was just a teenager. The suspect, Chigemezu Arikibe, 19-year-old, was tracked and arrested in Imo State. The boy was arrested for defrauding a Cambodian woman of the sum of $75,000. Akiribe was said to have opened a fake Facebook and Instagram accounts, using the name and pictures of an American pilot and then he met the victim Sophanmia on a…
Suspect: My elder brother taught me how to steal at building sites
A 34-year-old man, Chidi Offor, has told policemen attached to the Inspector- General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT) that his elder brother taught him how to steal. Offor, trained in POP installation and painting, was always hired by contractors to install POP in new building or paint it. It was under that guise, that he used to steal at sites. It has become a habit, which he could not jettison. After he was arrested by the police, he confessed that it was his elder brother that taught him…
At church dedication, Osinbajo, Gowon, govs task leaders on humility
Vi c e – P resident Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) and former Military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, as well as some serving governors yesterday enjoined Nigerian leaders to always take into cognisance decorum and humility in their course of leadership activities. The personalities added that humility in governance calls for stability devoid of disagreement between the leaders and the led for economic boost. They spoke in Ikere Ekiti, during the dedication and consecration of Saint Peter Anglican Church ultra modern auditorium donated to Anglican Communion by a legal icon,…
Nigeria requires $350bn to meet SDGs goals –Report
The National Demographic Health Survey (NDHS), has revealed that Nigeria will require about $350 billion to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), set for 2030. Independent Development Consultant, Dr. Davis Omotola, who made this known at a media dialogue organised by the United Nation’s Childrens Fund (UNICEF), yesterday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, noted that the survey further stated that the current public sector gap was estimated at $100 billion after all other possible incomes including oil revenue and the Abacha loot have been pooled together. While lamenting that poverty…
Private sector to enjoy NHIS coverage
After exhaustive deliberations, stakeholders in the Health Insurance Scheme have adopted a conceptual framework called ‘Health Insurance Under One Roof (HIUOR),’ to capture the private sector in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). A statement issued by the Head, Media and Public Relations, Mr. Ayo Osinlu yesterday in Abuja, noted that harmonisation of the industry would help in the realisation of a Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in the country. According to the Executive Secretary of the NHIS, Prof. Mohammed Sambo, the new concept which was designed by him, would coordinate…
NUJ: FRCN chapel elects new exco
The Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has elected new executive to pilot the affairs of the chapel for the next three years. Mrs. Sandra Udeike, an editor in the News Directorate, emerged as Chairman with 60 votes, while her cocontestant, Mr. Tersoo Zamber, got 56 votes. Udeike, in her acceptance speech, promised to make welfare of chapel members paramount as well as enhance their capacity. She extended her hands of fellowship to her opponent, to help move the union forward. Chairman…
Electricity consumers reject IBEDC’s April 1 tariff increase
Many electricity consumers in Oyo State yesterday rejected the proposed April 1 date for increase in tariff of power supply being prepared by the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC). The rejection was expressed at a public hearing held at Jogor Centre, Ibadan, Oyo State capital, where the Chairman of the panel of National Electricity Regulation Company (NERC), Commissioner Musiliu Olalekan Oseni, presented reasons for possible review of the tariff. The NERC visited IBEDC, Ibadan after the distribution company had sent its application for upward review of tariff to NERC, following…
Kaduna govt parleys 2 communities on insecurity
The Kaduna State Government, yesterday held another round of peace building meeting with Fulani leaders in Kaura Local Government Area of the state, as part of efforts to tame the issue of insecurity in the state. The state government said the parley was in continuation of its peace efforts towards addressing the security challenges across the state and ensure lasting peace in the communities. Speaking on the meeting, the state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, said the meeting with the Fulani leaders in Chawai and…
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