Nigeria news today headlines : Friday 12th June 2020
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Mixed Reactions Trail Buhari’s Scorecard
TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI;SAMUEL OGIDAN LAGOS / ABUJA – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday disagreed with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, over the dividends of democracy as the nation celebrates Democracy Day today. While the PDP …
FG Raises The Alarm Over Rising Cases Of COVID-19
ABUJA – Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, has expressed fears over the rising number of infections of the virus in Nigeria. As if berating Nigerians for their lackadaisical attitude, he said if we allow it to transmit easily between us, it may …
Many Stranded As Protesters Block Major Road In Katsina
Aggrieved youths have blocked a major road in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina, protesting the activities of bandits in the state. Wielding placards and chanting anti-government songs, the protesters demanded a beef up in security. Motorists plying the route had to pull over by the roadside as the angry youths blocked the road. The …
Court Affirms INEC’s Power To Deregister 32 Political Parties
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed the applications filed by the 32 deregistered political parties against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Justice Anwuli Chikere, in her judgment, held that the plaintiffs failed to prove their case that the power of the electoral umpire to deregister them could not be exercisable. INEC had, …
NASS Raises Revised 2020 Budget To N10.810trn
SAMUEL OGIDAN; AHMED MUSA ABUJA – The two chambers of the National Assembly on Thursday raised the N10.509 trillion budget proposed by the executive as revised budget for 2020 fiscal year by N301 billion, passing N10.810 trillion as aggregate expenditure for the 2020 revised budget. The N301 billion added to the earlier proposal made by …
Recognition Of June 12 As Democracy Day Will Foster National Unity – Sani
Anthony N Z Sani is the immediate past Secretary General of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF).He was one time the Publicity Secretary of the forum and later the spoke man of the Northern delegates to the confab of 2014.He is now member of the Governing Council of Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation and member of Northern …
EFCC Recovers Over N857m, Files 94 Criminal Cases In 30 Days
The Kano Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recovered the sum N857,936,940 (Eight Hundred Fifty Seven million, Nine Hundred Thirty Six Thousand, Nine Hundred and Forty Naira Only) between May 2019 to date. A statement signed Akaninyene Ezima, EFCCZonal Head, Kano that was made available to newsmen in Kano explained that …
Internal Crisis: APC Stakeholders Charge Tinubu On Equity, Fairness Ahead 2023
Leading stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have challenged the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to rise up to his call to leadership and stem the many festering crises now rocking the ruling party. It is against this background, and firm step to rein in APC National chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the …
42 Airlines Earned N334.8bn As Ticket Sales In Nigeria In 2019 – Investigation
LAGOS – Air ticket sales among 42 local and foreign airlines in Nigeria in 2019 through the registered travel agencies in the country stood at N344,871,800.000, representing 11.35 percent increase when compared to the same period in 2018. Statistics obtained by our correspondent indicated that in the preceding year, 2018, ticket sales among the airlines …
Environmental Engineers Advocate National Policy On Wetland Preservation
LAGOS – The Nigerian Institution of Environmental Engineers (NIEE), has advocated for a National Policy on the preservation of wetlands as part of its engineering solution for the management of swamps nationwide. This call was made by various speakers at the virtual conference of the Nigerian Institution of Environmental Engineers, a division of the Nigerian …
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