Breaking News in Nigeria Today Tuesday 11th August 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Tuesday 11th August 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Ikpeazu shuts Aba shoe plaza over attack on Fire Service officials
Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has ordered immediate closure of Ariaria Shoe Plaza within the Umuehilegbu Industrial Market popularly called Bakasi Market following an unwarranted attack of men of the state Fire Service yesterday. New Telegraph gathered that the Abia firefighters were in the market to extinguish some portions of the market that …
IPPIS: ASUU pushes UTAS as alternative payment system to FG
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has advanced its opposition to the Federal Government’s IPPIS payment system policy in the Ivory Towers, saying that arrangement was underway to make initial presentation of its University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS). President of the Union, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, stated this in a letter addressed to …
COVID-19: When social distancing becomes luxury
In the wake of the Corona-virus pandemic, health authorities have advised members of the public to observe social distancing in order to curtail the spread of the disease. However, it has been observed that this has proved impossible in some cases. CALEB ONWE reports Public health experts have defined social distancing, or physical distancing, …
Enugu: Politics of power shift ahead of 2023
KENNETH OFOMA writes on the zoning debate that has characterized the polity in Enugu State ahead of the 2023 governorship election Ahead of the 2023 general election, the political environment in Enugu state in recent time has been awash with debates of zoning or power shift among the senatorial districts or cultural zones in …
Ondo 2020: ZLP ready for APC, PDP’s defectors as deputy gov joins party
Some aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have perfected plans to join Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) ahead of October 10 governorship election in Ondo State. The planned defection of political bigwigs from major political parties to ZLP followed resignation of the state Deputy Governor, Hon. Agboola Ajayi …
FG inaugurates committee to enhance whisteblower policy
Abdulwahab Isa ABUJA A committee to deepen good governance and enhance government’s whistle blowing policy has been inaugurated. The committee was tasked to equip the general public with tools to report financial wrongdoings and provide guidelines for Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs) for financial transparency, was chaired by Idris Maman, according to a statement …
NNPC trudges on amid global headwinds
…stakeholders, others thumb up Kyari’s leadership style Globally, the petroleum industry has witnessed an unprecedented low turn in the last one year. This period has seen the reduction in production and very low oil price. In Nigeria, it was a period of drama, trauma and some level of success. Incidentally, this is …
JAMB shifts admissions to Sep 7
…withholds inmates’ UTME results over infractions The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) hasshiftedcommencement of this year’s post- UnifiedTertiaryMatriculation Examination (post-UTME) screening for the 2020 admission processes into tertiary institutions in the country, to September 7, 2020. Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who announced the shift in date from an earlier announced …
Buhari signs instrument to enable ATIA
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the instrument of accession of the agreement for the establishment of the African Trade Insurance Agency(ATIA). According to a statement made available to newsmen yesterday by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, “The Agreement and the Agency are registered with the Secretariat of the United Nations in accordance with Charter …
Okowa advocates collective efforts against COVID-19
BUA donates ambulances to Delta govt Governor of Delta, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has called for collective efforts to check the spread of COVID- 19 in the state and the country. He made the call in Asaba, the state capital, yesterday, while receiving three ambulances donated to the state government by BUA Group to support …
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