Breaking News in Nigeria Today Thursday 3rd September 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Thursday 3rd September 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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MTEF: How interactive session turned to probe
CHUKWU DAVID reports on how the Senate Joint Committee on Finance and National Planning, turned its recent five-day stakeholders interactive session on the 2021-2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) to an investigative hearing The Senate on Wednesday, August 19, commenced what it tagged as “a five-day stakeholders interactive session on …
Youth empowerment‘ll reduce crime –Joseph
Hon. Kehinde Joseph, representing Alimosho State Constituency 11 in the Lagos State House of Assembly is the Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture. He speaks in this interview on the challenges faced by his constituents and the bill being considered by his committee on indiscriminate killings of animals in the state. WALE ELEGBEDE reports …
Stakeholders’ collaboration’ll end insurgency – Bulama
Waziri Bulama was the Deputy Director General (Coordination) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) in the 2019 elections and immediate past National Secretary of the party. In this interview, he speaks on the insurgency in the North-East, leadership style of the governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Zulum. JOHNCHUKS ONUANYIM reports …
Belly fat can increase risk of death from prostate cancer
Researchers in the United Kingdom (UK) said a bulging belly may be bad for the heart and could also up the risk of dying from prostate cancer. A new study being presented this week at the virtual European and International Conference on Obesity in Dublin from September 1-4, 2020, established a link between high levels …
Buhari blames middlemen, traders for high food prices
President Muhammadu Buhari has blamed the sudden spiral in food prices in the country on the activities of middlemen and traders, who serve as links between farmers and consumers in the value chain. In a statement made available to newsmen yesterday by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, the President expressed concerns over the rising prices …
Obasanjo canvasses increased budget allocation for NBTS
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday urged the Federal Government to increase budgetary allocation to the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) in view of the vital role blood donation plays in the wellbeing of the citizens. Obasanjo, who made the call when officials of the NBTS paid him a visit at his residence in Abeokuta, …
Gbajabiamila raises hope of resolving Nigeria, Ghana’s face-off
…as traders narrate ordeals The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, yesterday said he was hopeful that Nigeria and Ghana would arrive at a mutually acceptable resolution of the trade disputes that erupted some weeks back. Gbajabiamila, who led a delegation of lawmakers from the House, said this when the delegation …
NCDC trains 521 health workers on emergency COVID-19 response
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has trained over 521 frontline health workers on quick response to COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Public Health Physician and Epidemiologist in the NCDC, Dr. Everistus Aniaku, made this disclosure during a 10- day training programme for health workers on Emergency Responses Management (ERC) in Uyo. Aniaku expressed …
Northern lawyers dissociate selves from splinter Bar
… declares support for NBA Northern lawyers from about 40 branches of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) yesterday declared their support for a one United NBA. The groups, at the end of a stakeholders meeting on the state of the nation, held at the NBA headquarters in Abuja, distanced itself from the so called splinter …
Teachers to Uzodinma: We won’t go back to classes until we’re paid
Umbrella body of teachers in Imo State, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has said its members in primary and secondary schools in the state would not resume classes until seven months’ arrears of their salaries were paid even if government reopened schools in the state. The declaration was made by the chairman of the …
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