Breaking News in Nigeria Today Tuesday 26th May 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Tuesday 26th May 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Domesticating realistic housing finance model in Nigeria
As experts are canvassing for a robust, more sustainable financing model for the housing sector, the Financial System Strategy (FSS) 2020 says the Housing Finance Ecosystem Committee as a collaboration is working to develop a domesticated housing finance system for Nigeria. Dayo Ayeyemi reports I f Nigeria is serious about closing the housing deficit, which is in the tune 17 million units, there must be a workable housing finance model that will support home ownership among the citizens. According to housing finance experts, support for…
$4bn NLNG, Saipem JV hypes global market activities
INTEREST A report on Train 7 Project Contracts was one of the week’s top downstream-related articles on Rigzone A multibillion-dollar set of contracts tied to the expansion of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facility in Nigeria generated interest at the global LNG market at the weekend. A piece entitled Saipem Snags Nigeria LNG Train 7 Project Contracts, Rigzone reported at the weekend, was one of the week’s top downstream-related articles on Rigzone detailing progress on the Nigeria LNG Train 7 project. Saipem…
Diri won’t disappoint Bayelsans – Dickson
Barr. Moses Oruaze Dickson in this interview with TEMITOPE OGUNBANKE, speaks on the first 100 days of Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State and endorsements of the immediate past governor of the state, Seriake Dickson, for the Bayelsa West Senatorial District Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has clocked 100 days in office. How will you access his administration in the last 100 days? I must give God all the glory for putting naysayers to shame. I recall that after his inauguration, some prophesies came forth that…
Edo 2020: Battle for APC guber ticket commences
T he battle for the Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship ticket will begin tomorrow, Wednesday, as the aspirants have filed intention to collect the Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms. Though, the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party had last week released the time-table for the primaries, none of the aspirants was however able to obtain the Nomination Forms, which cost is put at N22.5 million. One of the aspirants, who came to the APC National Secretariat in Abuja last week, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu said he only…
COVID-19: Delta debunks Okowa’s chairmanship of NEC sub-committee
D elta State Government has refuted the appointment of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as the chairman of the National Economic Council (NEC) Sub-Committee on Post-COVID-19 Economic Growth to revamp the economy of the country. The state said the report, which had been circulating in the mainstream and social media, and had attracted myriad of inquiries and goodwill messages was untrue. It further pointed out that the setting up of the sub-committee to deal with pressing national issues such as COVID-19, was a routine of NEC, which neither amounted to…
Bakare’s death, great loss to media, Nigeria –Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the death of the Saturday Editor of the New Telegraph, Mr. Waheed Bakare, as a great loss not only to the media industry but to the country. The President in a statement made available to journalists yesterday by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, condoled with the media industry, particularly the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE), over the passing of Bakare. Buhari sent his condolences to the family of the deceased and the management of New Telegraph…
TCN: The power play
Amidst gross power epilepsy and allegation of Siemen racketeering on his neck, Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, sacked the Managing Director, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Umar Gur Mohammed, in a move described as illegal by electricity workers. Adeola Yusuf, in this report, shows how the power play has been trailed by controversy “The minister’s action, which may have taken the power sector 30 years backward, may not be unconnected with the impending Siemens contract racketeering, which the union has raised alarm to Nigerians,” the electricity workers’ union stated…
Reps seek enforcement of local content in nation’s economy
T he House of Representatives has commenced the process of enforcing the participation of the Nigerian workforce in all the sectors of the country’s economy. The Nigerian Local Content Development and Enforcement Bill, 2020, sponsored by the Speaker, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, Hon. Ochiglegor Idagbo and six others, which passed second reading following a unanimous voice vote is expected to replicate and consolidate the gains recorded with the enactment of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act, 2010 in other sectors of the Nigerian economy.…
We’re still missing Enyeama in Super Eagles – Musa
S uper Eagles skipper, Ahmed Musa, has said they are still missing erstwhile captain, Vincent Enyeama, in the senior national team five years after his unceremonious exit. The Al Nassr forward revealed that he was shocked when he learned that former national team head coach Sunday Oliseh had stripped Enyeama of the team’s captaincy. Former Lille goalkeeper Enyeama had a row with the 45-year-old tactician which forced him into early retirement from the national team. “We were all shocked when it happened, it was a very…
Sultan, Al-Ilory, others pay tributes as Bakare is laid to rest
I’m grateful to God, says widow S ultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad Abubakar, and Mudeer of Morcas, Agege, Sheikh Habeebullah Adam-Abdullah Al-Ilory, led other prominent Nigerians yesterday to extol the virtues of late Editor, Saturday Telegraph, Abdul Waheed Bakare. Bakare died on Sunday at the age of 50 years. The Sultan who doubles as the President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), said in a statement by the council that Bakare, who he described as a devoted Muslim, would be missed by Ummah. He prayed…
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