
Nigeria news today headlines : Tuesday 1st September 2020
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COVID-19: Plateau Now ‘Hot Spot’ – PTF
Dr Sani Aliyu, Coordinator, Presidential Task Force (PTF), has said that Plateau State is now the COVID-19 hot centre as more cases are being confirmed in the state. Aliyu, who spoke at the PTF daily briefing on Monday in Abuja, said that the state was leading in confirmed cases because it was testing more. He …
FREE Download Independent ePaper – 1st September 2020
On the cover of DAILY INDEPENDENT Newspapers for today, Tuesday, 1st September 2020: COVID-19: ASUU Warns Against Reopening Tertiary Institutions. More stories inside. Read or download the full Independent ePaper for Tuesday, 1st September 2020 –
There’s Need To Bring War Against Insurgency To A Closure –Bulama
Arc. Waziri Bulama is the immediate past National Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In this interview, he commended the efforts of Borno state Governor, Prof.Babagana Zulum and also demands closure of the war against insurgency in the North East. TONY EZIMAKOR brings the excerpts: How will you assess the administration of Prof …
Forbes Award: Another Feather To Okunbo’s Cap
The axiom that a golden fish has no hiding place was confirmed in the life of Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo, CEO of Ocean Marine Security Ltd last week as the renowned and reputable business magazine, Forbes, announced his nomination as a recipient of the 2020 Forbes Best of Africa award. Interestingly, the honour is coming …
Disregard APC’s Boast Of Prepared Election Result, PDP Encourages Edo Voters
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged voters in Edo State to come out en masse on September 19, 2020, and cast their ballots for the party’s candidate, Governor Godwin Obaseki. The PDP advised its supporters to disregard underhand tactics being deployed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to discourage them from coming out to …
APC Shouldn’t Be Entangled In Politics Of Bitterness — Buhari
ABUJA – President Muhammadu Buhari has decried the politics of rivalry and bitterness that sometimes characterise the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), saying that the development, most times, cost the party the opportunity to gain control of certain offices. He said this on Monday in Abuja while inaugurating a tripartite consultative committee made up of …
FG Rejects Plans By MultiChoice To Sack Workers
LAGOS – The Federal Government on Monday said it would not tolerate any move by South African company, MultiChoice, to lay off Nigerian workers in its employ under any guise. This followed a meeting between the management of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and the management of MultiChoice on Monday. The commission had summoned MultiChoice …
Why Infectious Rate Of COVID-19 Is Low In Nigeria — FG
ABUJA – As cases of the coronavirus infection continue to drop in Nigeria, the Federal Government has suggested that the trend might be due to the over-exposure of citizens to malaria infections. Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, made the assertion in Abuja …
NLC, Aviation Unions Protest Concessioning Of Four Airports
OLUSEGUN KOIKI ; CHIDI UGWU; AHMAD T I J JANI ABDUL LAGOS / ABUJA / KANO – Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and aviation unions on Monday shut down Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria’s (FAAN) headquarters in Lagos, and its offices in major airports nationwide, protesting plans by the Federal Government to concession four international airports …
Kogi: Supreme Court Affirms Gov. Bello’s Election
PASCHAL NJOKU; SAMUEL OGIDAN ABUJA – The Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the election of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. The verdict of the apex court was the outcome of the petition by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Engineer Musa Wada, challenging the election of Bello as the validly elected …
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