Latest News in Nigeria Today Thursday 27th August 2020
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Thursday 27th August 2020 .
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Ogun plans to create special court to handle sexual violence, Gov. Abiodun
James Ogunnaike Ogun State government says plans are on-going to set up a Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) court to handle issues relating to sexual abuses and violence against defenseless people of the State. The State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun disclosed this, when he received the Country Representative of the United Nations Population Fund, Ms.Read More
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DR Congo tries 21 soldiers, police for rape
Twenty-one soldiers and police are on trial for rape in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, judicial sources told AFP on Wednesday. Presiding judge Major Alain Giongenga-Lwanzu said a military court has been trying the accused in South Kivu province since Monday, in the presence of 23 of their victims who joinedRead More
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The states are dying
For the share of the regions out of the non-declared revenues, Phillipson considered three principles: derivation, even progress and population
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Ogun to introduce BRT services in Ota, Mowe, Ibafo
James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta As of its efforts to encourage the usage of public transport, the Ogun State Government is set to introduce Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) services between Ota, Mowe/Ibafo, and Lagos. The State Commissioner for Transportation, Engineer Gbenga Dairo, disclosed this on Wednesday in his remarks at a stakeholders’ meeting organised by FutureRead More
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Ousted Mali President reject calls for his reinstatement, ECOWAS envoy, Jonathan tells Buhari
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru Ousted Malian President, Ibrahim Boubakar Keita, has turned down calls to be reinstated to power. ECOWAS Special Envoy and former President, Goodluck Jonathan, disclosed this yesterday while briefing President Muhammadu Buhari on the political crisis in Mali at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Dr Jonathan, who brought the President up to speed on dialogueRead More
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Southern Kaduna: Sultan warns leaders against inflammatory comments
…Says ethno-religious conflicts most difficult to resolve By Ibrahim Hassan The Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar 111, has warned Southern Kaduna leaders against inflammatory comments that would further aggravate the crisis situation in the area. Scores of persons have recently been killed in Southern Kaduna, and thisRead More
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Ohanaeze ‘ll get to the root of Enugu killings — Nwodo
By Dennis Agbo President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Nnia Nwodo has vowed that Ndigbo will unearth the circumstances surrounding the massacre of Igbo youths by security agencies at Emene-Enugu, last Sunday. Nwodo who spoke for the first time after the bloodbath said that Ohanaeze kept studied silence all the while to gather adequateRead More
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Revenue post-COVID-19: Zenith Bank GMD calls for promotion of non-oil exports
Group Managing Director/Chief Executive of Zenith Bank, Mr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu, has called for a concerted effort towards diversifying the country’s export base through the promotion of non-oil exports. He made the call during a Webinar, themed: ‘Prospects of Non-Oil Export During and Post COVID-19’, organized by the bank, yesterday. According to him, the onset ofRead More
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Edo 2020: APC chieftain, 3000 others defect to PDP in Ovia North East
THE All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, Wednesday, got a boost as a chieftain of the party in Ward 9, Okokhuo, Ovia North East Local Government Area, Mr. Frank Osayande, led over 3, 000 APC members to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, declaring their support for the reelection of Governor Godwin Obaseki. Osayande andRead More
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I won’t stop talking until the killings stop — Mailafia
…Why I resigned from NIPSS By Ebele Orakpo Dr Obadiah Mailafia, former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), a development economist, and a presidential candidate in the 2019 election under the umbrella of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), resigned from the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Plateau State. ManyRead More
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