Nigeria news today headlines : Wednesday 12th August 2020
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Jeva Store Set For Launch In Nigeria
Jeva Store, Nigeria’s one-stop online shopping platform and powered by Spherical System Limited, is set for launch in Nigeria and has called on vendors in the country, both who lesalers and retailers in various sectors, to partner with the newly launched online shopping platform for advertisement and sales of their products. The online shopping platform, …
Livestock Dealers Beg A’Ibom Govt To Reopen Market
UYO – Livestock dealers in Akwa Ibom State have appealed to the state government to reopen livestock market in the state. Leader of the livestock sellers who also doubles as the leader of the Hausa Community in the state, Alhaji Hassan Sadauki, made the appeal during a meeting with the chairman of the COVID-19 Management …
FCT Minister Attributes Flooding To Non-Engagement Of Town Planners
LAGOS – Ranatu Aliyu, the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has lamented that the perennial flooding in most parts of the territory and other parts of the country could have been avoided if town planners were allowed to actively do their jobs of physical and urban planning of satellite towns and …
19 Delta Private Schools Risk Missing 2020 NECO Exam
ASABA – The Delta State Government has raised an alarm that 19 private schools were yet to register their students for the 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) organised by NECO in the state. It said the 19 schools have up to Friday, August 14, 2020 to do so in order to make it possible …
Ize-Iyamu Backs Foreign Visa Ban On Politicians Aiding Violence
Pastor Osagie Ize- Iyamu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Edo governorship election, has expressed support for the proposed plan by foreign embassies, prominently the United States of America, to impose visa restrictions on political actors found guilty of sponsoring violence during elections or involved in acts undermining the electoral process …
Flooding: Jigawa Councils Send SoS To FG, State
DUTSE – Riverine councils of Guri, Kiri-Kasamma and Birniwa in Jigawa State have sent Save Our Soul (SOS) message to the Federal Government, seeking for its intervention towards the siting of an earth dam in strategic locations on Kano/ Jigawa axis that will control the over spilling of Tiga Dam in neighbouring Kano State. They …
Biodiversity Conservation: FG Calls For Prioritisation Of Sub-Regional Coordination
LAGOS – The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Environment, has identified the need for the prioritisation of a biodiversity conservation-based sub-regional coordination, targeted at attainment of the African goals and aspiration for a sustainable economic development towards 2030. This submission was made on Tuesday during the inaugural ECOWAS regional consultation virtual workshop on Post-2020 …
Lagos Govt Holds Campaign On Ending Child Abuse
LAGOS – The Lagos State Directorate for Citizens’ Rights (DCR) on Tuesday held a campaign to sensitize the general public as part of efforts to tackle the disturbing increase in sexual abuse and offences, especially the defilement of children. Speaking at the webinar virtual event, the Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Ms. Titilayo …
Akeredolu Demands More Police As Amotekun Begins Operation
AKURE – Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Tuesday charged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Police Service Commission on the need to strengthen the Nigeria Police Force with recruitment of more personnel. He stated this in Akure at the passing-out ceremony of the Pioneer Amotekun Corps Officers in the state. The governor emphasized on …
NBC Code: Exclusivity Ban, Product Of Ignorance -Communication Expert
A United Kingdom-based communication consultant, Dr. Opeyemi Erinfolami, has described the provision on exclusivity in the new National Broadcasting Code as a product of ignorance. The code, produced by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), was launched in Lagos last week by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. Erinfolami, who made his views …
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