Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 1st June 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 1st June 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Kaduna: Battle for PDP’s soul tears stakeholders apart
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State is presently embroiled in crisis over who controls its structures ahead of the 2023 general election. BABA NEGEDU reports M ajor stakeholders of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDPD) in Kaduna State are at war over who installs the executives of the party in order to possibly determine who emerge candidates of the party in the next elections. Among those at the center of the game of wits are former governors of the state – Ahmed Makarfi and…
E-voting: Game-changer for future elections
Hope rises for e-voting after a long wait FELIX NWANERI writes on the resolve by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to work towards the introduction of the electronic voting system, which many believe will boost the confidence of voters in the electoral process if properly implemented N igeria conducts general elections every four years to determine those to take over the helm of affairs at the various levels of government. Unfortunately, the electorate have always displayed lack of enthusiasm every election year due to…
Ayade: FG unfair to Bakassi people
G overnor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has again chided the Federal Government for abandoning the people of Bakassi, describing the act as an unfair treatment of the people who were supposed to be part of the country. The governor, however, said that President Muhammadu Buhari, “who is a man of integrity” has an opportunity to look the way of the Bakassi people and properly resettle and renew their hope in the country. Ayade, while speaking at the commissioning of an ultra-modern housing estate for the…
Okotie: CAN not competent to speak for Christians
T he founder of Household of God’s Church, Pastor Chris Okotie, has berated the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) over its position on the issue of social distancing in the church. Apparently disenchanted with what he described as “blasphemous infidelity” and desecration of the Church of Jesus Christ, Okotie again challenged the authority of CAN to speak for Christians, which is an opinion he has always canvassed. He expressed his displeasure with the apex Christian body in a statement issued yesterday, through his media Adviser,…
Obese people need little exercise to reduce heart disease risk
R esearchers from the United States (US) have found that any amount of exercise might lower the risk of developing cardiovascular disease for obese or overweight adults. According to the findings of a new study published in the journal ‘PLOS ONE,’ exercise of any volume might reduce the risk by as much as half among obese or overweight adults. A person with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more is generally considered obese. Similarly, a person with a BMI equal to or more than 25 is considered…
Teenager: Mum cursed, didn’t know I was Salawa’s blackmailer
…says he got musician’s nude pictures from old memory card A 19-year-old boy, Olufowoke Oladunjoye Emmanuel, has told the police in Lagos why he tried to blackmail the Waka Queen, Salawa Abeni. Emmanuel also told his interrogators he was there when his mother was cursing Salawa’s blackmailers not knowing he was the culprit. The suspect, a National Diploma Holder (OND) of Electrical Engineering, Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) was arrested by the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Ikeja, Lagos, for threatening to release nude pictures of the…
Ladoja to Alao-Akala: You’re in-charge of LGs, parastatals as my deputy
F ormer Oyo State Governor, Senator Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja has debunked claims by his erstwhile deputy, Otunba Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, that he was prevented from performing his role as a lieutenant following his boss’ 2005 impeachment. Alao-Akala had in an interview last week alleged that the Osi Olubadan of Ibadanland did not allow him to perform his constitutional duties while they were both governor and deputy between 2003 and 2007 while also absolving himself from participation in the illegal impeachment saga, which he benefited from as governor, but…
Villagers discover 30 decomposing bodies in Kaduna
•As SOKAPU tackles police over Kajuru killings T he Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) yesterday disclosed that villagers in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state have discovered 30 decomposing bodies of those killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in the area. The umbrella body of the Southern Kaduna People in a statement said the villages includes, : “Magunguna, Idazo, Unguwan Galadima, Unguwan Guza, Etissi, Unguwan Maaji, Unguwan Dantata, Unguwan Araha 1, Unguwan Araha 2, Unguwan Goshi, Unguwan Shaban, Unguwan Jibo, Unguwan Maijama’a, Unguwan Sako, Unguwan Maidoki and…
How media aid abuse of judicial process
A detailed study of criminal prosecutions in Nigeria since the country’s return to democratic rule in 1999 reveals the dramatic roles played by the media in cases after cases. I describe the role of the media as dramatic because in many cases the outcome of an investigation and prosecution of a criminal case is determined by the media before the judges is to give her judgement. In such situation where the media have consistently been a major outcome determinant of cases, any serious study of the Nigerian criminal…
FG to ASUU: Return for negotiation or face consequences
M inister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, had said there would be consequences if the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) refuse government’s overture to return to the negotiating table. Ngige disclosed this yesterday in a statement signed by his media aide, Emmanuel Nzomiwu, in Enugu. The statement said Ngige spoke in his hometown Alor, Anambra, where he donated palliative worth N15 million to vulnerable households to cushion COVID-19 effects. He said that the Federal Government could activate relevant labour laws to deal…
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