Nigeria news today headlines : Monday 31st August 2020
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FREE Download Independent ePaper – 31st August 2020
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Embrace APC To End Alleged Marginalisation, Lawmaker Tells Ndigbo
LAGOS – Reflecting on the recurring issue of marginalisation of the South-East people, the lawmaker representing Oshodi/ Isolo Constituency 2 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Honourable Jude Idimogu, has told Ndigbo that only the All Progressives Congress (APC) could give them a political voice Idimogu said it was unreasonable for Ndigbo to shun …
Monarch Points Agriculture As Solution To Impending Recession
UMUAHIA – Following emerging indications that Nigeria may slide into recession following the COVID-19 pandemic, a traditional ruler of Ata Igbo-Ukwu Umuzomgbo Autonomous Community in Arochukwu Council Area of Abia State, Eze Linus N. Mbah, has advised goverments at all levels to adopt realistic approach towards making agriculture an alternative source of foreign exchange earning …
N155bn Abuja-Kano Road Contract Over-Priced – Reps
ABUJA – Members of the House of Representatives are of the opinion that the contract for the construction of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano dual carriage way was over priced and awarded to Julius Berger Nigeria at the cost of N155 billion with a completion period of 36 months. They said at the time the contract was awarded …
Recovered N800bn Loot: SERAP Drags Buhari To Court Over Failure To Publish Details
LAGOS – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a non-governmental organization has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over failure to disclose information and documents relating to the names of people from whom N800 billion in looted public funds have been recovered, specific dates of the recovery, and details of projects on which the …
Anambra Is PDP State Without Governor – Okwenna
AWKA – Ifedi Okwenna, a governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) in Anambra, has said the state belongs to the PDP but that unfortunately, the party has not been able to produce the governor for more than 16 years. Okwenna, who stated this at the party’s secretariat in Awka …
AfDB: OAU Alumni Congratulate Adesina On Re-Election
OSOGBO – The old students of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), otherwise called Great Ife Alumni Association, has congratulated one of its’ members, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, who was re-elected as President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) at the 2020 Annual General Meeting of the continental bank. In a statement signed by the alumni’s Worldwide President, …
Okowa Lauded For Appointing Ogujor Delta Poly Rector
OGHARA – Otefe Women ( Egwheya R’ Otefe) have thanked the Delta State governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, for appointing Professor Emmanuel Apoyi Ogujor the Rector of the Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe – Oghara, remarking that the tenure of the workaholic administrator had brought visible transformation to the institution. The women also extolled the vision of …
FEMA Search Team Recovers Body Of Drowned 43-Year-Old Man
ABUJA – The body of one Mr. Garba Joseph, 43-year-old man from Akoka-Edo of Edo State, has been recovered by the FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Search and Rescue team after two days of intensive search from a flooded river around TradeMoore Estate, Lugbe, in Abuja. This is just as the Director General of FCT …
Edo: Police Arrest Two Over Attack On Ward Rally In Agbede
BENIN – Two persons have been arrested in Agbede, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State in connection with the attack of a ward rally by some gunmen. Sources had it the hell was let loose in the community over the weekend when some gunmen suspected to be political thugs allegedly attacked the people …
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