Breaking News in Nigeria Today Thursday 28th May 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Thursday 28th May 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Umahi has taken Ebonyi beyond NBS rating – Ezeali
Chief Ukie Ezeali is Ebonyi State Commissioner for Project Monitoring and Evaluation. In this interview with UCHENNA INYA, he speaks on the recent report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) which placed Ebonyi as the 4th poorest state in Nigeria, among other issues What is your take on the recent report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report which placed Ebonyi State as the 4th poorest state in Nigeria? Politics is an all-comers game, but visionary leadership is not. When political office holders, especially…
Community policing’ll address security challenges – Akinosun
Mr. Dapo Akinosun, a lawyer, speaks on COVID-19 pandemic, 21 years of uninterrupted civilian administration in Nigeria, restructuring and forthcoming elections, among other issues. TEMITOPE OGUNBANKE reports What are your expectations from government and individuals in ensuring that the nation and Nigerians recover very fast from the COVID-19 pandemic? My expectation from the government is to make people sit at home. They should also try to figure out a way out of the social unrest that will come from it. It is difficult to tell people…
Politicians working to truncate forensic audit of NDDC –CSO
An oil and gas industry watchdog has called on the National Assembly to refrain from actions that appear to be distracting the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), from completing the forensic audit on time as ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari. The organisation, Transparency In Petroleum Exploration and Development Initiative (TIPEDI), lamented that the current crisis of confidence between elected politicians, particularly from the Niger Delta and the NDDC, will have serious negative effect not only on the commission, but on the hapless people of the…
Don’t use COVID-19 as excuse for failures, PDP tells Buhari
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to use the coronavirus pandemic as excuse of the failure of his administration to deliver on his mandate in the past one year. PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, also advised the President to avoid false performance claims and empty promises. Instead, the party said President Buhari should apologise to Nigerians for the failures of his administration and for imposing hardship on the country in the last five years. “Our party further advises President…
Insecurity: Tambuwal inaugurates SCPAC
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal yesterday inaugurated the State Community Policing Advisory Committee, SCPAC, inside the Council Chambers of Government House, Sokoto. Speaking at the ceremony, Tambuwal thanked the Police Force for its effort in protecting lives and property of the citizenry and for initiating the state community policing advisory committee, saying that the creation would go a long way in solving many problems in the country. The governor also explained that the state government and security agencies in the state have cordial working relationship with the aim of achieving the…
NMA performs ground breaking ceremony for N8bn headquarters
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), yesterday performed a groundbreaking ceremony for the building of its headquarters in Abuja, which has been billed to cost over N8 billion. The President of the NMA, Dr. Francis Faduyile, who noted that the proposed seven storey building would boost the image of the Association, disclosed that for years, the NMA had been in a legal battle over the ownership of the land located in the Maitama area of Abuja. According to him, it took the commitment and doggedness of the NMA executives to win…
Financial autonomy: Parliamentary staff hail Buhari’s executive order
The National President of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) Comrade Muhammed Usman, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for issuing Executive Order 10 to enforce the financial autonomy to the state legislature and judiciary. He said that this would bring sanity into governance and promote the principle of separation of powers among the three arms of government. Usman described President Buhari’s action as another pointer to his commitment to good governance, transparency, accountability and honouring the faith and trust reposed on him by Nigerians. He added that, “It is…
$10mbribe: Court didn’t stop probe of CUPP spokesman
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday said that it did not stop the probe of $10million bribery allegation made against the House of Representatives by the Spokesman of the Coalition of United Political Parties, Chief Imo Ikenga Ugochinyere. The court made the clarification yesterday after media reports that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila, was summoned by the court over the invitation of Ugochinyere, to appear before a committee of the House of Representatives to substantiate the allegation he made against the House. After…
FG makes use of face marks at terminals, jetties mandatory
The Federal Government has issued a guideline that made the use of face masks within all terminals and jetties, mandatory to all port users. It also directed shipping companies to check temperature of all staff before access to terminals and deny entry to persons whose present temperature is above 38°C. The guideline is in line with the newly endorsed protocols by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) designed to lift barriers to crew changes, amid the coronavirus pandemic. The guideline states that the jobs of dockworkers at the country’s seaports, terminals…
Bayelsa: No case against me, Dep Gov tells LM candidate
… asks tribunal to dismiss petition against him The Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has asked the state governorship tribunal sitting in Abuja to dismiss the petition filed against him by the governorship candidate of Liberation Movement (LM), Vijah Opuama, for being incompetent. The petitioner has alleged that Senator Ewhrudjakpo submitted forged documents and documents that contain false information to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 16 November 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State. The petitioner is praying the tribunal to disqualify the Governor,…
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