Nigeria news today headlines : Friday 19th June 2020
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Foreign Reserves Decline: LCCI Urges Accelerated, Sustainable Economic Reforms
LAGOS – Following the shrink in the nation’s foreign reserves by $129.83 million in one week, Muda Yusuf, the Director General of Lagos Chambers of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), has said Nigeria must accelerate reforms to ensure sustainable economic diversification. Yusuf, in a chat with Daily Independent, said it was expected that the foreign reserves …
AXA Mansard Launches USSD Code To Deepen Market Penetration
LAGOS – AXA Mansard, a member of the AXA Group, has announced its plans to deepen insurance and pensions’ penetration whilst improving the investment culture in the country by driving its USSD code usage as an alternative channel for service consumption. The USSD code, *987#, tagged the ‘one code for life’s big issues’, is designed …
COVID-19: NCRIB Donates Palliatives To FCTA
ABUJA -Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) has said Covid-19 pandemic has stagnated global economy and grinded to a halt all forms of social relationship which Nigerians are particularly known for. It added that this has challenged the earning capability of many workers, be they in the public or the private sector. Dr. (Mrs.) …
Edo Speaker Backs Obaseki’s Resignation Without Instant Change Of Party
BENIN – Hon. Francis Okiye, Speaker, the Edo State House of Assembly, has declared that Governor Godwin Obaseki has not breached any law by resigning from the political party that brought him to power without declaring for another party instantly. Okiye, who made the declaration while answering questions from journalists during a press conference to …
Delta Chief Judge Pleads With Witnesses To Always Give Evidence In Court
ASABA – Honourable Justice Marshal Umukoro, the Delta State Chief Judge, has decried the unwillingness of complainants to come to court and testify after making report to the police. The chief judge, who released no fewer than 77 inmates awaiting trial at the Sapele Medium Security Custodial Centre, also released nine inmates and granted one …
Bauchi Assembly Conducts Hearing On Violence Against Person Prohibition Bill
BAUCHI – Suleiman Y. Abubakar, Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, has explained at the public hearing on the Violence Against Person Prohibition (VAPP) Bill on June 18, 2020 that the bill was meant to address the ugly trend of gender-based violence, s**ual abuse and other forms of violation in the state. The …
Atunse Makes Case For Development Of Nigeria’s Virtual Business
LAGOS – Atunse Innovations and Coworking Space, an initiative of Paradigm Global Innovations, has disclosed that digital technologies and modern business practices were permeating throughout several professional societies in Nigeria and the African continent. The founder of the initiative, (Atunse) Rachael Afolabi Royes, with a group of individuals who worked via WhatApp and Skype, made …
Group Calls For A’Ibom Indigene As replacement For Late NDDC Chief
ASABA – A group, Concerned Youth of Akwa Ibom (CYAI), has called on the Federal Government to replace the late acting Executive Director, Finance and Administration in Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Elder Ibanga Etang, with an indigene of the state. The youths made this appeal through Daily Independent, maintaining that appointing another Akwa Ibom …
Citizens’ Rights: Civil Societies Join Forces With NUJ
UGHELLI – Members of the Delta State Civil Society Community, the umbrella body of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the state, have paid advocacy visit to the leadership of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council. Deacon Okezi Odugala, acting coordinator of civil society community in Delta State, in his speech at the …
APC Collapsing — DG, Party’s Govs’ Forum
TONY EZIMAKOR; TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI ABUJA / LAGOS – Salihu Lukman, the Director-General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is collapsing with no leader in charge, calling on the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party to intervene in the leadership crisis rocking the party. Lukman, who gave the …
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