Nigeria news today headlines : Wednesday 27th May 2020
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NASS Forcing Us To Pay For N6.4bn Unexecuted Jobs —NDDC
P/HARCOURT – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Tuesday accused members of the National Assembly of arm-twisting it to pay for 132 jobs that were never executed by some senators. It also took a swipe at the National Assembly over the planned probe of the N40 billion allegedly spent by the interventionist agency in …
Africa Beyond COVID-19: Weah, US Senator, Elumelu, Others Urge Govt, Private Sector Collaboration
LAGOS – United Bank for Africa (UBA) on Tuesday celebrated Africa Day 2020 by bringing together global leaders at the 2nd UBA Africa Day Conversations screened live across the continent. UBA helps set the debate around African economic development through its series of ‘Africa Conversations’. This year, the focus was on the Sustainable Development Goals …
2020 Biafra Day: No Sit-At-Home, Only Fasting, Prayers — IPOB
AWKA – This year’s Biafra Day observed by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) yearly to commemorate fallen heroes and heroines who died during the Nigerian Civil War and other struggles will be marked with fasting and prayers only, the group has declared. The group said there won’t be any sit-at-home observance because their people …
Late Waheed Bakare: After The Dawn
“ Death is a necessary end, it will come when it will come” – Willams Shakespeare. And so for Abdul Waheed Bakare, a prolific writer, commentator , editor, mentor and a philanthropist, death came on Sunday evening at the end of Ramadan. Our beloved brother and colleague is no more. As Muslims, “Certainly to Allah …
Nigeria Records $5.8bn Capital Importation In Q1 2020
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the total value of capital importation into the country stood at $5.8 billion in the first quarter (Q1) of 2020. The NBS made this known in its latest report on ‘Capital Importation’ released on Tuesday. It explained that the amount represented an increase of 53.97 percent compared to …
Ondo 2020: Ondo Deputy Governor Set To Dump APC For PDP
LAGOS – Ahead of the October 10, 2020 governorship election in Ondo State, there are feelers that the embattled deputy governor of the state, Agboola Ajayi, may, any moment from now, dump the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The relationship between Ajayi and his principal, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, has not …
It’s Pure Wickedness For APC To Politicise Anambra’s First COVID-19 Death – APGA
Awka – The All Progressive Grand Alliance ( APGA ) has responded to a social media report where the All Progressives Congress ( APC ) had alleged that it was due to sheer ineptitude that the state lost a citizen to the dreaded Coronavirus pandemic and that the governor should take responsibility rather than blame …
Children’s Day 2020: Gbajabiamila Seeks Special Care For Nigerian Children
As Nigeria marks this year’s Children’s Day today, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said that Nigerian children must be given necessary care and attention, especially through quality education, to enable them attain their goals in life. Gbajabiamila, who said he has always identified with Nigerian children wherever they are, noted that …
AbdulRazaq And 365 Days Of Impactful Governance In Kwara
RAFIU A JAKAYE Whether in the media or on the streets, the preponderance of public opinion is that Kwara State is now led by a man with eyes fixed on changing the narratives of the north central state for the right reasons. He is seen, and correctly so, as a man with the singular intention …
Why Oshiomhole Can’t Preside Over Edo APC Primary – Ohonbamu
Hon. Paul Ohonbamu, Edo State Commissioner for Information, in this interview with TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI, on the controversy over the mode of primary for the All Progressives Congress in Edo state. Committee (NWC) has approve for direct primary which involves all card-carrying members of the party in selecting the governorship candidate but Governor Godwin Obaseki is …
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