Thisday Newspaper News Today Friday 7th August 2020
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Ensure Speedy Execution of Ongoing Projects, Masari Urges Committee
By Francis Sardauna The Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has ordered the newly inaugurated Projects Completion Committee to ensure the speedy execution of ongoing projects awarded by his administration before 2022. The governor, who gave the directive while inaugurating the committee at the Government House Tuesday, charged its members to ensure the timely completion …
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Senate Stands by Call for Sack of Service Chiefs, Says Senator
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Intelligence and senator representing Sokoto East senatorial district, Ibrahim Abdullahi Gobir, has said that the Senate stands by its earlier call for the sack of the service chiefs. Gobir, who stated this Tuesday in Sokoto during an interaction with journalists, added that: “I’m a member of the ninth Senate and …
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Alleged Money Laundering: FG Rearraigns Ex-AGF Adoke
By Alex Enumah The federal government on Tuesday re-arraigned a former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Bello Adoke, over alleged corruption and fraud charges. Adoke alongside an oil magnet, Alhaji Aliyu Abubakar, were re-arraigned on a 14-count amended criminal charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of over N2 billion. …
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Labour Protests against BEDC’s Outrageous Billing, Epileptic Power Supply
By Victor Ogunje The organised labour Tuesday staged a protest at the office of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), Ado Ekiti, ordering it to stop cases of outrageous billing and incessant epileptic power supply. The visibly angry labour leaders comprising the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Joint Negotiating Council (JNC), …
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Buhari, Osinbajo, Security Chiefs Meet in State House
By Omololu Ogunmade President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over a security council meeting in the State House. Since June 18, this year, when the president told security chiefs that their best was not enough, security situation in the country has not improved. Instead, insecurity has escalated particularly in Southern Kaduna and the North-east. It …
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Nigerian Artiste Laments Plight of Less Privileged Nigerians
By Vanessa Obioha Nigerian singer, Didi Sweet Muzik, has joined a host of other well-meaning Nigerians to lend his voice to the plight of less privileged Nigerians who are deeply affected by the raging coronavirus pandemic. According to the singer born Oladapo Dada, the economic impact of the pandemic on the less privileged cannot be …
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Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’ is a Uniting Force
Over the weekend, American singer Beyoncé released the stunning visual album ‘Black Is King’, Vanessa Obioha and Iyke Bede look at the film’s overwhelming art and message It was the album her fans were waiting for. On Friday, July 31, when American singer Beyoncé released the ‘Black Is King’ visual album, a follow-up to her …
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Police Bodycam Footage Shows New Details of George Floyd’s Fatal Arrest
Bodycam footage from two cops accused in the murder of George Floyd has revealed the moment-by-moment fatal arrest of the Black American whose death triggered global outrage and reinforced the Black Lives Matter movement. According to a report in DailyMail.com, exclusive police body camera footage obtained by the paper showed a rookie officer terrifying Floyd …
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Ecobank Offers Zero Fees on Rapidtransfer
In commemoration of the National Diaspora Day, Ecobank Nigeria has stated that it is offering zero fees for money transfers on the Rapidtransfer App. The offer would last till 31st October, 2020. The federal government had set aside July 25 of every year as the National Diaspora Day in recognition of the contributions of Nigerians …
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EFCC Secures Final Forfeiture of N827.6m from NDDC Contractors
Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the final forfeiture of N827, 679,098.32 from Flank Power Resources Limited and GMFD Ventures Limited, both of whom were linked to contractors with the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Matthew Edevbie is the Chief Executive Officer of Flank Power Resources Limited. The …
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