The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Friday 29th May 2020
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 29/05/20
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Adesina: Nigeria would have been history without Buhari
By Samuel Oamen The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has stated the nation would have long been forgotten had the President not taken over in 2015. Buhari defeated incumbent Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to assume office on May 29, 2015. Adesina, in his …
Five years of PMB: We’re glad he came our way, by Adesina
By Femi Adesina Who are the ‘we?’ Speak for yourself only, some cynics would say on merely seeing the headline of this piece. They would add: “You can talk because you are in government, earning ‘fat’ salary and enjoying other perks of office, so why won’t you be glad?” Okay. So that there’ll be …
Reappraising Ugwuanyi’s five-year stewardship amid COVID-19
Louis Amoke Pushing further a transformational vision of Enugu State, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi continues to deploy special focus and an intimate understanding of his turf to address key human development, infrastructure, economic and sundry challenges and perhaps not surprisingly, is indeed changing the Enugu story. Gov. Ugwuanyi took over the mantle of leadership of Enugu …
Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano airports to reopen in ‘few days’
From Kelvin Osa Okunbor and Faith Yahaya, Abuja Major airports in the country will in the “next few days” roar into life after weeks of inactivity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. The airports are the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Ikeja; Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja; Aminu Kano Arport, Kano and the Port Harcourt Airport, Choba, Rivers …
NAPTIP probes 40 rape cases
Our Reporter About 40 cases involving domestic and sexual violence, sexual abuse of minors, rape, incest, sodomy, are presently under investigation, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has said. The agency said these cases were recorded during the five weeks lockdown ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari. NAPTIP noted that some …
Police arrest woman for stealing two-year-old in Rivers
From Rosemary Nwisi, Port Harcourt Police in Rivers State have confirmed the arrest of a middle-aged woman, simply identified as Chinyere, for allegedly abducting her neighbour’s two-year-old baby. The incident reportedly happened on Tuesday in the D-Line area of Port Harcourt. Police spokesman Nnamdi Omoni, who confirmed the development to The Nation yesterday, said two …
Kidnappers’ buildings demolished in Calabar
From Nsa Gill, Calabar The Cross River State government has pulled down buildings said to be owned by kidnappers in Calabar, the state capital. The demolition, ordered by Governor Ben Ayade, was carried out on Thursday by a joint team of security agencies and government officials led by the Senior Special Assistance on Security to …
Bars shut as task force arrests impersonators of army officers
From Gbenga Omokhunu, Abuja The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Ministerial Task team on the Enforcement of COVID-19 restrictions has arrested eight persons, some impersonators of army officers, who violated the curfew. The violators who were arrested at Kubwa and Dutse Alhaji Districts of the FCT would be arraigned at the mobile courts. Some of those …
Four die in Niger road crashes
From Justina Asishana, Minna The Niger state Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has disclosed that four people died in five road traffic crashes during the Sallah holidays. Read Also: Road crash claims five in Kano In an interim report for Sallah holiday operations signed by the Corps Sector Commander, Joel Dagwa, 35 people were involved out of which …
Bobrisky arrested in Lagos
By Precious Igbonwelundu Operatives of the Inspector General Police (IG) Monitoring Unit on Thursday arrested popular cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye alias Bobrisky. Okuneye was arrested around Lekki by a team of policemen from Abuja over alleged money issues with a woman. The Nation reports that this arrest is coming months after the cross-dresser was detained by …
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