Nigeria news today headlines : Friday 28th August 2020
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FREE Download Independent ePaper – 28th August 2020
On the cover of DAILY INDEPENDENT Newspapers for today, Friday, 28th August 2020: Council Of State Ratifies Pardon For Ambrose Alli, ‘Coup Plotters’. More stories inside. Read or download the full Independent ePaper for Friday, 28th August 2020 –
Osifo Festus Emerges PENGASSAN President
Comrade Osifo Festus of Total Nigeria Plc in the early hours of Friday 28th August, emerged the 16th President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria,PENGASSAN. He defeated his sole challenger, Comrade Roland Frederick of Shell Petroleum by 200 to 183 votes. A total of 384 delegates drawn from the association’s …
Ugwuaji Land Dispute: Enugu Sets Up Panel Of Inquiry
The Enugu State Government has constituted a six-man Panel of Inquiry into the disputed land in Ugwuaji Community, in Enugu South Local Government Area of the state. In a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Simon Uchenna Ortuanya, the panel which has Chief James Ikeyi, SAN, as Chairman, is to establish the …
Edo CP Parades Suspected Killers Of 100 Level UNIBEN Student, Uwaila
BENIN – Mr. Johnson Kokumo, the Edo State Commissioner of Police, on Wednesday evening paraded the six persons suspected to be involved in the rape that led to the death of a 100-Level Microbiology student of the University of Benin, Uwaila Vera Omozuwa, in a church in Ihovbe quarters in Benin City, the Edo State …
Human Rights Group Vows To Unravel Cause Of Fire Incident In Onitsha
NNEWI – A human rights group, Society for Justice for all Nigerians (SJN), has vowed to conduct a private investigation to uncover the remote cause of a fire incident that occurred August 23, 2019 at Purity Bureau de Change, a popular money changing outfit located at No. 22, Okwei Street, Odoakpu Onitsha. Daily Independent gathered …
How Police Extorted N.3m From Me –Lagos Surveyor
LAGOS – A Lagos – based surveyor, Bayo Benson, has narrated how policemen allegedly abducted, humiliated and extorted N300, 000 from him. Bayo alleged that the policemen who abducted him said they were acting under instructions of a Deputy Commissioner of Police based in Abuja simply identified as Yari. The surveyor also accused the police …
BREAKING: Trump Throws Weight Behind American Police On Brutality
President Donald Trump of the United States has publicly given his tactical support to the brutality being displayed against American residents, especially the black population by the police. Praising the police towards the end of his campaign speech at the Republican National Convention late Thursday, Trump noted that the cops stay awake all hours to …
NAHCOM Chairman To Lift Hajj Operations To Best Standard
ABUJA – The Chairman, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Zikrullah Kunle, said the commission is taking necessary measures to improve hajj management for the benefit of Nigerian pilgrims. Kunle disclosed that the commission is determined to lift hajj operations to the best international standard. He made this known when he paid an unscheduled visit …
Illegal Mining Kingpins Allegedly Attack Anambra Assembly
AWKA – Chairman, Anambra State House of Assembly Special Taskforce on Environmental Degradation and Chief Whip of the 7th Legislature, Lawrence Chukwuweike Ezeudu, has alleged that the institution of the state Assembly is under attack by two illegal mining kingpins. He said that the outright disrespect and contempt of the state Assembly by Osita Agina …
Justice For Uwa: Obaseki Lauds Edo Police Command For Arresting Suspects
Governor Godwin Obaseki has hailed the Edo State Police Command for arresting the suspects involved in the rape and gruesome murder of a 100-level Microbiology undergraduate of the University of Benin, Miss. Uwa Omozuwa. The governor, in a statement, commended the state Police Command for following through with the case and working to ensure the …
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