Nigeria news today headlines : Tuesday 16th June 2020
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Insurance Companies’ Profits Soar Despite COVID-19 Pandemic
Insurance operators are making brisk business with huge income and after tax profits despite the raging coronavirus pandemic which has brought the nation’s economy to its knees, Daily Independent’s finding has revealed. Curiously, experts have predicted a harrowing period for insurers after the COVID-19 era. Daily Independent gathered that insurance operators are now deploying various …
How APC Killed Govs’ Forum — Wike
P/HARCOURT – Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has alleged that the emergence of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015 was responsible for the death of the once vibrant Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). Wike said the Forum that commanded the respect of all politicians before 2015 is now a toothless bulldog which can …
Reps Angry Over N186bn Spent On School Feeding Programme
ABUJA – The House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts, on Monday, expressed serious outrage over the whopping sum of N186 billion reportedly spent by the Federal Government on school feeding programme through the National Conditional Cash Transfer Office (NICTO), the coordinating office handling the project in the presidency. The House Joint Committees on Public …
Why Obaseki Was Disqualified — Oshiomhole
ABUJA – Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), revealed on Monday that the fear of repeating the pitfalls that trailed the Bayelsa governorship election prompted the screening committee of the party to disqualify the incumbent governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki. Although he did not state it in categorical terms, …
June 12 And The Unfinished Business
LAGOS – Nigerians last week marked the 27th anniversary of the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, an election that continues to be regarded as the freest, fairest, most peaceful and credible ever held in the history of the country. It was an event many observers have described as the most significant in …
As Nigerians Denounce Unjustified Attacks On Hosa Okunbo
Tony Momoh, a former Minister of Information and one of the national leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), in this interview with TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI, speaks on the disqualification of Governor Godwin Obaseki from the governorship primaries of the party and options ahead of him. Excerpts: LAGOS – In spite of his public statement …
VIDEO I Have Been Threatened With Death Severally On Duty- Engr. Jide Oduyoye
Traffic enforcement in Lagos where you have among the busiest roads in the world is unquestionably a tedious one. Coupled with the changes introduced by the COVID-19 pandemic, traffic enforcement agencies now have more to do more than ever before, to ensure that motorists and commuters comply with the traffic rules in place. The new …
Aviation Leaders Discuss Strategic Responses To Changing Times At LAAC Webinar
Some of the leading players in the Nigerian aviation industry will on Thursday, June 18, 2020 discuss the required strategic responses to the present challenges facing the sector. Six panelists would discuss extensively on the negative impact of COVID-19 virus pandemic in the global aviation industry with focus on Nigeria and the necessary strategies to …
COVID-19: Why NAFDAC, SON Should Return To The Ports
The question as to whether the Nigeria Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), and its sister agency, the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), should return to the nation’s ports and borders has not only remained a hotly debated issue, but one requiring urgent attention by the constituted authorities. According to available information to DAILY INDEPENDENT, …
Airlines May Collapse Post COVID-19, IATA Warns
LAGOS – Fifty per cent of global airlines may not close shop post-COVID-19 pandemic if governments’ did not grant them palliatives to remain in business, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has warned. The international body also observed that airlines globally are burning cash and accumulating debts without operations due to the crisis. Funke Adeyemi, …
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