Breaking News in Nigeria Today Thursday 20th August 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Thursday 20th August 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Group appeals to Buhari to relocate IDPs to their ancestral homes
Musa Pam, Jos A civil Society group, known as Global Centre for Media and Human Empowerment (GCMHE), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure the urgent relocation of various internally displaced persons camps in the Northern states back to their ancestral homes. The non-governmental organisation also urged the President to direct the security …
Man City, United given EPL holiday, as new season kicks off Sept 12
Leeds’ first Premier League game for 16 years will see Marcelo Bielsa’s men travel to defending champions Liverpool, while Manchester City and Manchester United will miss the opening weekend to give them extra time to recover from a late end to the 2019-20 season. All sides were guaranteed by the football authorities to have …
COVID-19: 32 states now have molecular labs – Govs
Onyekachi Eze, Abuja Thirty-two out of the 36 states in Nigeria now have molecular laboratories to ramp up testing of citizens for coronavirus and other infectious diseases. Also, 29 states have received funding from the Regional Disease Surveillance Systems Enhancement (REDISSE) project to strengthen their public health response to COVID-19. This was disclosed at …
Bauchi commissioner resigns, joins Dogara in APC
The Bauchi State Commissioner of Commerce and Industry, Mohammed Alhassan Sadiq, has resigned his appointment and joined his boss, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, in the All Progressives Congress . Sadiq tendered his letter of resignation to the Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, during Wednesday’s State Executive Council meeting, which held …
Report: Insurgents take hundreds hostage during raid on Borno town
*Boko Haram fighters raid town in 20 trucks Jihadists in the restive north-east of Nigeria have taken hundreds of people hostage who had only recently returned home from refugee camps, after local government officials claimed their town was safe. More than 20 trucks of militants stormed into Kukawa town, in Borno State, on Tuesday night. The jihadists …
Military: 3 soldiers, 8 suspected terrorists killed in Borno encounter
Emmanuel Onani, Abuja At least eight suspected Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) have been killed during a failed attack on troops’ location in Kukawa town, Borno State. Coordinator, Defence Media Operations (DMO), Major General John Enenche, who made the disclosure in a statement, Thursday, said the encounter occurred at a time displaced persons were returning to …
Oil falls amid demand threat, lower-than-expected drop in stockpiles
Oil prices fell on Thursday as major producers warned of a risk to demand recovery if the coronavirus crisis is prolonged, while U.S. crude inventories dropped less than expected. Brent crude LCOc1 was down 34 cents, or 0.8%, at $45.03 a barrel by 0732 GMT. U.S. oil CLc1 was down 36 cents, or 0.8%, …
As US schools reopen, concerns grow that kids spread coronavirus
U.S. students are returning to school in person and online in the middle of a pandemic, and the stakes for educators and families are rising in the face of emerging research that shows children could be a risk for spreading the new coronavirus. Several large studies have shown that the vast majority of children …
Qantas blames coronavirus for $2bn loss
The coronavirus pandemic has driven Australia’s flagship carrier, Qantas, to declare its worst financial result for a century – a $2bn loss – amid widespread devastation in the travel and tourism industries. Despite concerns in the market that the airline is bleeding cash as much of its fleet remains grounded, the company declared on Thursday …
Dollar rebounds after Fed minutes coy on policy strategy
The dollar clung to overnight gains on Thursday, after minutes from last month’s U.S. Federal Reserve meeting gave few clues about whether an even more dovish shift in its policy framework is possible in the autumn, disappointing some dollar bears. A heavily shorted greenback put on its biggest one-day surge since March after the …
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