Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 23rd March 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 23rd March 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Jonathan lauds FG for looking into NDDC’s affairs
F ormer President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, at the weekend commended the Federal Government for taking steps to look into the affairs of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Jonathan made this statement at his Bayelsa office, when the technical team of the NDDC led by the Executive Director, Projects, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, paid him a courtesy visit during a major inspection tour of projects in the state. The former president said: “First let me commend the steps the Federal Government has taken over the affairs of the NDDC.…
NGO to train 50 students on different skills in Kebbi
T o complement government’s efforts at achieving self-sustainability in Kebbi State, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), Mallami Youth Progressive Forum, at the weekend concluded an arrangement to train 50 students on different skills acquisition across secondary schools in the state. The programme, which was flagged-off yesterday at the Government Day Secondary School, Gesse 1, Birnin Kebbi, General Manager of the forum Mr. Anas Ibrahim Umar, said the aim of the flag-off was to ensure self-employment and wealth creation among youths of Kebbi State. He stated further that the…
Demolition: Shop owners’ll have right of first refusal, says el-Rufai
F ollowing the demolition of markets in Kaduna State as part of government’s urban renewal programme, Governor Nasir el-Rufai yesterday promised that shop owners would be given the right of first refusal when the new Kaduna markets currently under construction are completed. This was as the governor insisted that no trader would be short-changed in the distribution of the shops. The governor, who was responding to a question from a caller during a media chat with Kaduna residents on radio at the weekend, said the data of all shop owners…
Covid-19: Nasarawa family of 5 tested negative
N asarawa State government yesterday said that the family of five that we’re isolated at the Federal Medical Centre, Keffi, with suspected symptoms of Coronavirus have been tested negative. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Ahmed Baba Yahaya, disclosed this at a news briefing shortly after an emergency stakeholders’ meeting at the Government House, Lafia, the state capital. He said the family of five would leave the hospital soon after undergoing medical process. The commissioner further disclosed that government had set up a committee to sensitise members of the…
…Suspect tests negative in Sokoto
A suspected victim of COVID-19 from Sokoto Clinic in Sokoto State has tested negative even as the case did not fit the definition of the virus. Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr. Mohammed Ali Inname, disclosed this while briefing newsmen yesterday in Sokoto. The commissioner, however, explained that in the interest of the public, the case had been placed on isolation and blood sample taken for testing. Inname assured that members of the public would be kept informed regularly on any development. He said mandatory self-isolation for…
CAN: Arrogance, disobedience to God responsible for COVID-19
T he Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has attributed sin, man’s wickedness, ingratitude and arrogance of humans to God as reasons behind the COVID-19 pandemic. President of CAN, Rev Dr Samson Ayokunle, who also said the Pandemic was not far from the imminent Second Coming of Jesus, noted that although any human was yet to come out with the solution to cure the pandemic, God already has made provisions for its cure. This was contained in a statement signed on behalf of the president by his Special Assistant…
COVID-19: PDP demands transparency in N1.3trn intervention fund
T he Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for transparency in the handling of the N1. 3 trillion set aside by the Federal Government to cushion the effect of coronavirus on the nation’s economy. The party also said that the Federal Government should come clean on the source of the fund, the specific projects where the fund would apply, the level of involvement of other tiers of government and private stakeholders, as well as the mode of disbursements and monitoring. The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria…
I won’t keep quiet in the face of impunity, incompetence – Obasanjo
…says Jonathan derailed How Abacha’s plot to poison me in prison failed – Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is a man who speaks from his heart. Controversial to some, honest to others, Obasanjo does not pull punches when prodded on national issues. GEOFFREY EKENNA met him at his Abeokuta residence recently, where Nigeria’s longest serving leader spoke on some issues affecting him and the nation. He spoke as a background to a book on him written by one of his former aides, Otunba Femmy Carenna. Excerpts: …
Lagos: Congregants attack policemen on enforcement duty
Police disperse worshippers in Ogun C ommander of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Ikeja, Lagos State Police Command, DCP Olatunji Disu, his men and journalists from Television Continental (TVC), were attacked at the Victorious Army International Church, located at ACME Road, Ikeja. The commander and his men had gone to the church to enforce government’s directives on social distancing. Disu and men visited churches located at Alausa, Agidingbi, ACME Road, Akilo, Ogba, Aguda, Yahaya Abatan, Omole, Ojodu, Ogudu, Oregun, Toyin, Ikeja GRA, Allen, Opebi, Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way…
Unification rally: S’West PDP strategises for 2023 polls
Can the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) spring back in the South-West in 2023? This is the poser the recent unification rally of the party held at the historic Mapo Hall, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, seeks to answer. WALE ELEGBEDE writes I badan, the Oyo State capital is known for many things. But one of the things that distinguishes the ancient city is its clout as the political headquarters of the South-west zone. The city is considered, more than any location in the zone, as strategic to political considerations…
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