The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Thursday 25th June 2020
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 25/06/20
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BREAKING: APC National Secretariat sealed again
By Jide Orintunsin, Abuja For the second time this week, the National Secretariat of All Progressives Congress (APC) has been sealed off by Police operatives. As early as 9am, two hillux patrol vans and two Peugeot 604 cars were stationed at strategic positions around the secretariat. Party staff, who had arrived early, were asked to …
Obaseki, Imansuangbon battle for Edo PDP ticket
Ogbeide-Ihama withdraws case Idahosa dumps APC for PDP in Edo By Bisi Olaniyi, Benin; Rosemary Nwisi, Port Harcourt; Gbade Ogunwale and Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki and Kenneth Imansuangbon are the only aspirants in the race for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket for the September 19 election. An aspirant, Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, …
NWC members shun meeting, declare it illegal
Bolaji Ogundele and Jide Orintunsin – Abuja The National Working Committee (NWC) – the governing authority of the party – declared last night its members would not attend the parley. In a statement jointly signed by Acting National Chairman, Ntufam Hillard Eta and acting National Secretary Waziri Bulama after an emergency NWC meeting, they said …
APWEN frowns over non-sse of face masks in Niger
By Justina Asishana – Minna The Association of Professional women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has lamented non-use of face masks in Niger state, warning residents are inviting implosion of COVID-19 cases by flaunting precautionary measures. The association made its observation known while speaking to newsmen after distribution of face masks as part of efforts to …
The good shepherd
Editorial The aphorism, ‘Give honour to whom honour is due’ found affirmation at the Air Force Secondary School (AFSS), NAF Base, Sasha, Lagos, when the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) named a newly built 500-capacity assembly hall after the late Rev. Sr. Henrietta Alokha. She was the Administrator of Bethlehem Girls’ College, Abule Ado, Lagos, …
FG and N-Power beneficiaries
Sulaiman Maijama’a SIR:The Federal Government on Friday, June 19, announced that it was set to disengage 500,000 graduates benefiting from N30,000 monthly N-Power scheme. The announcement added that fresh batch of beneficiaries would be enrolled, commencing from June 26. Humanitarian ministry’s Deputy Director, Information, Rhoda Iliya, said the exit of the volunteers would commence …
The Obaseki expedition
Lawal Ogienagbon MAKE no mistake, the impending Edo State governorship election will be tough and rough. The signs are already manifesting. It will be a poll like no other in the annals of the state known as the Heartbeat of the Nation. The major gladiators are well known to each other. Governor Godwin Obaseki, who will eventually …
Obaseki, archetypal new-breed politician
Jide Oluwajuyitan The Nigerian Army of “anything is possible” (apology to General Saliu Ibrahim) is the curse of Nigeria. They destroyed virtually everything they touched from the nation’s vibrant economy through ill-advised commercialization and mismanaged privatization process, the educational system by trading away meritocracy for quota system of admission and our political socialisation process …
Not about Floyd (III)
Mohammed Adamu The post-emancipation ‘March on Washington’ of the 60s in demand of freedom and civil rights for Afro-Americans, evokes very faint memories of a late 90s hypothetical play which I read, titled ‘The Meeting’, courtesy the United States Information Service, USIS Abuja. The play fictionalizes an imaginary meeting, in a hotel room, between …
Court refuses to halt ex-NNPC GMD Yakubu’s ‘$9.8m fraud’ trial
July 8 fixed for defendant to enter defence By Eric Ikhilae, Abuja A Federal High Court in Abuja has declined to halt further proceedings in the trial of former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu, for alleged money laundering involving about $9.8 million. In a ruling yesterday, Justice …
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