Thisday Newspaper News Today Monday 31st August 2020
Top Nigeria news Dailies Update from Thisday Newspaper News Today 31/08/20
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FG Earmarks N600bn to Boost Food Security
James Emejo in Abuja The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nanono, has said the federal government has resolved to inject over N600 billion as stimulus response into the agriculture sector. The intervention, which targets small scale farmers, seeks to ensure food security and sustainability. Speaking during a tour of Dangote Fertilizer Plant …
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Violence: Idanre PDP Petitions IGP, Urges Arrest of Hoodlums
Appalled by what it called harassment and brutalization of its members by hoodlums allegedly affiliated with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State have forwarded a petition to the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, calling for the investigation, arrest …
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Leadership Tussle Rocks NULGE as S’West Leaders Disown Deputy National Secretary
By James Sowole Leadership of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) in the six South West states, at the weekend cautioned their governors and members, not to relate with the former Deputy National Secretary of the union, Mr Razak Lawal, who they said had ceased to be employee of the union after retirement …
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Armed Forces Support Fund Bill will Strengthen Fight against Insecurity, Says House Spokesperson
By Udora Orizu The spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has said that the passage of the Nigerian Armed Forces Support Fund Bill will go a long way to strengthen the fight against insecurity in Nigeria. Kalu, in an interview with journalists in Abuja over the weekend, said the Bill intends to …
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PDP Wins All Ebonyi LG seats
By Benjamin Nworie The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all the 13 chairmanship and 171 councillorship seats in the just concluded local government polls in Ebonyi State. The election, which was conducted on Saturday, August 29, was adjudged free and fair with massive turnout of voters in the state. The election was initially scheduled …
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Bagudu Visits Flood-ravaged Communities, Pledges Govt’s Assistance
By Onuminya Innocent The Kebbi State Governor, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, on Sunday paid an assessment visit to the flood ravaged areas in the state. The governor, who was accompanied by officials of the state Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), led by its Chairman, Alhaji Sani Dododo, visited Augie, Argungu and Arewa Local Government Areas to …
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Fixing FFK’s Short Fuse
Former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, last week, bit more than he could chew, when he called a journalist stupid for daring to ask how his current tour of some PDP states in the South-south for peer review was being financed. For over two minutes, FFK as he is otherwise called, took the reporter …
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Glo Celebrates Yemi Alade, Other Music Stars
African Voices, the Globacom-sponsored magazine programme of the Cable News Network (CNN), this week celebrates the achievements of Nigeria’s energetic female music star, Yemi Alade, and two other highly talented youths who are spreading joy across the continent. This was revealed in a statement Glo Corporate Communications Office issued yesterday, justifying the decision of the …
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How Billionaire Businessman, Harry Akande, Battled Shoprite to Standstill
Billionaire Harry Ayoade Akande towers above many of his contemporaries, particularly because he has been in a warm embrace of fame for many decades. Beyond his famed status as a successful businessman, he has also remained very relevant owing to his uncommon brilliance, a quality that has endeared him to many across the globe. The …
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Report: Despite Gulping N243bn in Four Years, Amnesty Yet to Achieve Mandate
Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Even though the federal government spent a whopping N243 billion on the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) in the Niger Delta from 2010 to 2014, the programme has yet to achieve its objectives, a report by an international development firm has said. The report by Nextier Security, Peace and Development (SPD) described …
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