The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Wednesday 15th July 2020
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 15/07/20
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Ondo poll: Can Ajayi survive impeachment?
Ondo State House of Assembly has commenced impeachment proceedings against Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi. Will he escape the hammer? Correspondent Osagie Otabor writes on the impeachment drama. This is perhaps not the best of times for the Ondo State Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi. He is today the most talked about politician in Ondo State …
Between Mr Ibu and COVID-19
By Adeniyi Adewoyin Comic actor, John Okafor aka Mr Ibu, has claimed that the global pandemic raging the world, coronavirus is a scam in Nigeria. In a chat with The Nation, the actor said he does not believe that COVID-19 exists in Nigeria nor does he care about its existence. “Nigeria, we are not …
Keyamo gets Buhari’s nod on 774,000 public works jobs
Frank Ikpefan, Abuja PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has directed Minister of State for Labour and Employment Festus Keyamo to proceed with the recruitment of 774,000 youths. They are to undertake public works across the 774 local government areas from where 1,000 each are to be hired. Each participant is to be paid N20,000 monthly for …
COVID-19: Yahaya Bello and the battle against truth
Ladesope Ladelokun SIR: In spite of the incalculable havoc precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic across the world, it remains a riddle why Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has been vociferous about his unshaken belief that the confluence state is COVID-19-free, even in the face of stubborn facts. At a prayer session held recently …
‘WASSCE cancellation may trigger criminality’
Rasaq Ibrahim, Ado-Ekiti THE founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), has expressed fear that the cancellation of this year’s West African Secondary School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) may promote criminality. Babalola described the decision as not only ill-conceived but posed a dangerous threat to the lives of the country’s …
Re: Beyond cutting Keyamo to size
By Olumide Ajanaku Even by his now familiar record in kindergarten sophistry either as a “veteran journalist” or spin doctor of Lagos PDP’s twice failed governorship campaigns, Felix Oboagwina plunged deeper into comicality in his latest outing against the All Progressives Congress in an article published in The Nation on July 9. The article …
Nigeria loses first female combat helicopter pilot
Okodili Ndidi, Abuja The Nigerian Air Force said that it has lost its first ever female combat helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile to auto crash in Kaduna on Tuesday. Director of Public Relations and Information Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, announced the demise of the Flying Officer Arotile in a statement …
JUST IN: Gokada CEO found dead at home
Alao Abiodun The owner of motorcycle-hailing company ‘GoKada’ and co-founder of ride-sharing venture Pathao, Fahim Saleh has been found dead in his New York apartment. According to New York Times, the dismembered body of the tech entrepreneur was found inside his swanky Manhattan condo on Tuesday afternoon. An NYPD official said investigators believe the victim …
Obi, NANS warn against WASSCE cancellation
Osagie Otabor, Akure A FORMER Anambra State Governor Peter Obi has cautioned the Federal Government against the cancellation of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). In a statement, he said: “I hope the Federal Government realises how important it is that our Education sector comes alive with activities. Rather than completely halting …
Abiodun: restoring glory of Gateway State
A commentator, Tunde Otegbeye, examines how Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun is restoring the glory of the Gateway State through infrastructural development. Typical of an average Nigerian politician, they toy with electoral promises upon their assumption of offices. They so soon forget the promises they commune with the electorates and choose to betray the …
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