The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Monday 29th June 2020
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 29/06/20
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Power consumers, MAN kick over 100% tariff hike
John Ofikhenua, Sanni Onogu, Abuja; Okwy Iroegbu-Chikezie, Lagos and Chris Oji, Enugu A WAVE of opposition at the weekend greeted the 100 per cent electricity tariff increase, which takes effect from Wednesday. Minister of Power Sale Mamman on June 15 said Nigerians would pay higher electricity tariff from July 1. He told the Senate …
Black lives celebrated, mourned at emotional BET Awards
Agency Reporter Black power, suffering and the fight for justice took centre stage at the BET awards on Sunday, the first Black celebrity event in the U.S. since nationwide mass protests broke out this month over systemic racism. The show, which celebrates Black excellence in music, film, sports and philanthropy, was filled with speeches, songs, …
VIDEO: Ajimobi’s wife slams Makinde
By Samuel Oamen MRS. Florence Ajimobi, ex-governor Abiola Ajimobi’s widow, has slammed the Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde’s administration for the way it handled her late husband’s case in the last one month that he was bedridden.
Court orders police to pay N15m to families of 3 IMN members
Agency Reporter The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, awarded the sum of N15 million against the Nigerian police over the alleged killings of three members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN). Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in his judgment, also ordered the National Hospital, Abuja, to immediately release the three corpses in its morgue. Justice …
‘How police commissioner impregnated, abandoned me with baby’
For 42-year-old Ms Wanger Eunice Iortile, a romance that commenced on a sweet note about 17 years ago has turned into a nightmare. Fatai Shittu, then a Commissioner of Police in Nasarawa State, allegedly abandoned her with a pregnancy and returned to his home town in Ogun State upon retirement while Eunice is left all …
Petrol price fully deregulated
John Ofikhenua, Abuja THE price of petrol is now fully deregulated, the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) will no longer fix prices, the agency said at the weekend. PPRA Executive Secretary Saidu Abdulkadir said the agency would every month, develop a guiding price for the commodity, with which it would advise marketers. He …
Governors, others at Ajimobi’s funeral
Bisi Oladele, Yinka Adeniran and Segun Showunmi, Ibadan KANO State Governor Abdulahi Ganduje; his Ekiti State counterpart Dr. Kayode Fayemi; Oyo State Deputy Governor Rauf Olaniyan; his Lagos State counterpart Obafemi Hamzat and Speaker Lagos State House of Assembly Mudashiru Obasa were among the dignitaries who came to pay last respect to the late …
Why I want all Southsouth states under PDP, by Wike
Mike Odiegwu, Port Harcourt RIVERS State Governor Nyesom Wike has expressed his desire for all Southsouth states to be under the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He spoke ahead of the September governorship election in Edo State where Governor Godwin Obaseki of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) got the PDP ticket. The …
I regret not joining PDP before now – Obaseki
By Gbade Ogunwale, Abuja Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said he regretted not joining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) long before he did. Ruing his about 13- year sojourn in the All Progressives Congress (APC), the governor said he had come to realis the PDP stood for the values he so much cherished and …
‘My husband deserved better treatment even in death’
Yinka Adeniran, Ibadan MRS. Florence Ajimobi, ex-governor Abiola Ajimobi’s widow, has slammed the Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde administration for the way it handled her late husband’s case in the last one month that he was bedridden. She said her husband was for peace and served the state for eight years, making him to …
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