Breaking News in Nigeria Today Friday 24th July 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Friday 24th July 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Tears as first female combat helicopter pilot goes home
Tears flowed freely yesterday at the National Military Cemetery, Abuja, as the body of the first female combat helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, was committed to mother earth. Arotile, who broke the record as the first female combat helicopter pilot of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) ever produced since its establishment on April 18, …
Policemen attack FCT Mobile Court over colleagues’ arrest
There was pandemonium yesterday at Dei-Dei, a densely populated satellite town of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) when policemen sporadically fired shots to disperse the FCT Mobile Court sitting in the area to try violators of the Covid-19 safety protocols. The shooting that shook the sleepy community occurred about noon, creating apprehension while residents and …
Video: IG orders probe of policemen dehumanising lady
Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered investigation into a viral video showing the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) officers humiliating a lady. The 25-year-old lady, who claimed to have just completed her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme, was found in the home of a suspected armed robber at the Apata area of Ibadan, …
Delta tanker explosion death rises to 95 Dominic
eath toll in the fuel tanker explosion in Delta State has risen to almost 100. No fewer than 95 hawkers were said to have died in the fire accompanying the explosion from a 44,000-litre tanker ferrying petroleum product on the ever-busy Benin-Sapele Expressway. The accident occurred on Wednesday. The victims included pork meat, popcorn, banana, …
Gunmen attack prison officers, free suspects
Armed men believed to be herdsmen yesterday attacked a convoy of prison officials near Plateau High Court, Barkin Ladi, and freed six suspected criminals. The convoy was conveying 14 suspects charged with different crimes ranging from murder to kidnapping and rape. Witnesses said the gunmen, who laid siege to the entrance of the court, opened …
Planning contravention: Lagos seals 43 banks, hotels, others
Lagos State government yesterday said it sealed 43 structures which comprised banks and hotels for violating the physical planning law of the state. Some of the buildings sealed by the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development included 13 banks and 13 hotels. They are located on Airport Road, Ikeja. The Commissioner for Physical Planning …
Third Mainland Bridge closes for repairs tonight
Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos is going to be closed partially to traffic by midnight today for periodic routine maintenance for the next six months. The 11.8-kilometre bridge, constructed in 1990, is the longest of three bridges connecting Lagos Island to the mainland. It was last shut in August 2018 for a three-day investigative maintenance …
Ebonyi: Inspectors injured, suspect dies in police, robbers’ shootout
Federal Highway Police Patrol Team in Ebonyi State yesterday shot dead a suspected armed robber at Nwezenyi axis of the Abakaliki-Ogoja Highway during a gun battle. The police also recovered an AK47 rifle from the suspected robbers. However, two inspectors were injured during the encounter. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Loveth Odah, …
‘Buhari planning to cover up southern Kaduna killing
The running mate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last gubernatorial election in Kaduna State, Sunday Marshall Katung, yesterday accused President Muhammadu Buhari of a plot to cover up the killings in the southern part of the state. Katung, a House of Representatives member between 2015 and 2019, in a statement issued …
Oyo to recruit 7,000 of 90, 000 applicants
Oyo State government yesterday said it has capacity to recruit only 7,000 of the 90, 000 applicants for its teaching job across the state. Its Teaching Service Commission Chairman, Akin Alamu, who disclosed this yesterday, said that only 7,000 of the 90,000 applicants who had been captured would be invited for the Computer Based Test …
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