The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Sunday 30th August 2020
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 30/08/20
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The Sum of our Education
Oyinkan Medubi Going by the state of things, all the educated folks in this country are owing the schools that nurtured them an explanation. They have not given a good account of themselves. Luckily, my education is not yet complete SO, reader, as we were saying, the Nigerian’s multi-split personality, which makes him …
Trump attempts the whitewash of America
Brian Browne AFTER the Democratic Party Convention, I believed America had fallen into grave danger. After the Republican Convention this past week, I am now convinced of it. President Trump and his Republican cohort put on a convention immodest in all of its substantive aspects. Yet, I must give the Republicans credit. Their convention …
My prison memoirs
By Wole Soyinka FOR the avoidance of any doubt, I wish to confirm that I initiated the request to the National Executive of the Nigerian Association of Authors to put off the commemoration that is being planned for a 50th anniversary of my prison memoirs THE MAN DIED. This is only partly due to …
Femi Fani-Kayode’s futile lordliness
Barometer For asking him who was bankrolling his suspected wanderlust around the government houses of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) controlled states, self-confessed irascible lawyer, Femi Fani-Kayode, underwent a flurry of mental strains that culminated in his hauling Daily Trust reporter, Eyo Charles, over the coals. In many sinister epithets too black and underdeveloped to …
Sanwo-Olu our hero in battle against pandemic —Alaafin
Our Reporter HIS Imperial Royal Majesty, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Atanda Adeyemi lll, Iku Baba Yeye, the Alaafin of Oyo, has described the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, as the hero of the fight against the scourge of the Coronavirus in Nigeria. He said the global outbreak of the Coronavirus Pandemic has brought many …
Mali: ECOWAS, junta strike deal on transition programme
Vincent Ikuomola, Abuja THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Malian military junta have reached an agreement on transition programme. The junta, which had earlier held on to a three-year programme have now settled for the formation of a civilian transitional government to run the affairs of the country in the …
Oyo up for grabs for APC in 2023, says Alao-Akala
From Bisi Oladele, Southwest Bureau Chief A former governor of Oyo State Adebayo Alao-Akala has declared that the state is up for grabs for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general elections. He declared this at the enlarged reconciliation committee meeting of the party held in his Bodija, Ibadan residence yesterday. The …
Edo 2020: Leaders assess Obaseki’s, Ize-Iyamu’s chances
As the candidates intensify campaigns at the grassroots, ‘Dare Odufowokan, Assistant Editor, reports on the chances of PDP’s Governor Godwin Obaseki, and APC’s Osagie Ize-Iyamu, in the Edo State governorship election. ON the 18th of July, 2020, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) published the final list of candidates for the September 19 …
Ngige, INEC REC lead protest against Anambra monarch
From Nwanosike Onu, Awka Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige and the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Imo State, Prof Emeka Ezeonu, on Saturday led protest against the alleged imposition of the traditional ruler of Alor, Igwe MacAnthony Okonkwo. The Monarch of Alor, is one …
Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases rise to 53,727
By Dayo Mustapha Nigeria now has 53,727 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 250 new cases recorded on Saturdaay night According to a tweet from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, 41,314 patients have now been discharged, with 1,011 patients losing their lives to the Coronavirus pandemic. The tweet revealed that Plateau State had the …
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