Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 24th August 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 24th August 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Group calls for establishment of export processing zone in Kebbi
A group, Federation of Agricultural Commodities Association of Nigeria (FACAN) in Kebbi State, has called on the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) to establish an Export Processing Zone (EPZ) for agricultural produce in Kaoje axis of the state to maximise the benefits of Federal Government’s economic diversification drive. The group said the facility …
Nasarawa moves to weed off 1,251 unqualified teachers
The Nasarawa State Universal Basic Education Board (NSBEB) has inaugurated a seven-man implementation committee that would disengage teachers without requisite qualifications in the state’s primary schools. Executive Chairman, Nasarawa State Universal Basic Education Board, Hon. Muhammad Musa Dan’azimi, while inaugurating the committee at the weekend, said the decision was in line with the directive …
Emmanuel berates NBS over unemployment report
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, has challenged the protocol and parameters used by the National Bureau of statistics to arrive at the conclusion that the State was the second largest in terms of unemployment. The governor, who spoke in an open interactive session with Akwa Ibom people on yesterday in Uyo and …
Edo 2020: APC chieftains leave DSS after hours of interrogation
Operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) Edo State command have interrogated some chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) over issues bordering on security concerns being raised by stakeholders in the state. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed September 19 for Edo State governorship election. But there have been concerns …
Insecurity: MBF protests DSS, police harassment of Mailafia
…says IGP has corroborated his revelations A socio-political group, the Middle Belt Forum (MBF), yesterday protested the serial harassment of a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and presidential candidate of the African Democracy Congress (ADC) in the 2019 presidential election, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, by security operatives over his recent …
21 killed as IPOB, security agents clash in Enugu
…victims include policemen, DSS officers …group sacks police station More than 21 people were killed yesterday when members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) clashed with security agents at Emene in Enugu State. Initial reports put the number of those killed on the sides of IPOB and the security agents at …
Serial killer, Shodipe, re-arrested in grandmother’s house
Detectives yesterday re-arrested the fleeing suspected serial killer, Sunday Shodipe, at his grandmother’s residence at Bodija, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The 19-year-old Shodipe escaped from police custody on August 11 at the Mokola Police Station, Ibadan. Shodipe had been reported to be the brain behind killings in Akinyele community in the Akinyele Local …
Why 2020 WAEC’ll record mass failure, by director
Director of Theresa Montessori Secondary School, Afikpo in Afikpo North local government area of Ebonyi State, Ezeali Igwilo, has predicted that the country would record mass failure in the on-going West African Examination Council (WAEC) following coronavirus pandemic which put academic activities on hold before the commencement of the examination. Igwilo, who was reacting …
N440m debt: AMCON takes over assets of Jabfal Enterprises
Following the order of Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, Lagos, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has taken over assets belonging to Mr. Joshua Abiodun Faleye, the chief promoter of Jabfal Enterprises Limited over an indebtedness of over N440million. In a statement released yesterday, AMCON said that in compliance with …
Edo guber: Echoes of violence amid expectations
CAJETAN MMUTA writes on the increasing concerns of violence and drums of war by leading political parties and their candidates ahead of the September 19 governorship election in Edo State With barely a month to the governorship election in Edo State, the epic battle for the soul of Dennis Osadebe Avenue Government House in …
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