Breaking News in Nigeria Today Friday 18th September 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Friday 18th September 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Edo: Obaseki, Ize-Iyamu go head-to-head
Tomorrow’s governorship election in Edo State promises to be an interesting but fierce battle as political gladiators go neck-and-neck into a poll that has been characterised by intrigues and a tensed build-up, FELIX NWANERI reports It is a deciding weekend for the people of Edo as voters in the state file out tomorrow to elect …
Personalities, factors that’ll shape Edo guber election
CAJETAN MMUTA reports that the supremacy battle between a former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and Governor Godwin Obaseki, influence of moneybags and godfathers, federal might and eggheads of the Peoples Democratic Party (APC) will shape the outcome of tomorrow’s governorship election in Edo State All appears set for …
Security on the spotlight
Ahead of tomorrow’s governorship election in Edo State, WALE ELEGBEDE writes that with the tense atmosphere in the state, adequate security should be put in place for a free and fair election Violence is not alien to elections in Nigeria and it is believed that the election hostilities are promoted by political actors to win …
Diri sues for understanding over Bayelsa, Rivers boundary dispute
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, yesterday called on the Rivers State Government to show understanding in order to amicably resolve the dispute between the Oluasiri Clan in Bayelsa and their Kalabari neighbours in Rivers State. The Oluasiri communities in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State and their Kalabari Ijaw kinsmen are locked in dispute …
Fayemi inaugurates youth devt committee
…as PDP tackles gov over killings, kidnapping Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has declared that youth empowerment is a panacea for curbing crime in the society. The governor reiterated the commitment of his administration to youth development and empowerment agenda. The governor, who spoke in Ado-Ekiti at the inauguration of State Youth Development Committee, …
WHO: 41,000 health workers infected with COVID-19
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the 2020 Patient Safety Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that over 41,000 health workers have been infected with Coronavirus in Africa. WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, made this known in her message to mark this year’s World Patient Safety …
PDP to security agents: Don’t replace poll results
Leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned against the use of plain cloth security personnel to replace result of Edo governorship election. PDP National Chairman, Price Uche Secondus, who led leaders of the people in a peaceful protest to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), alleged that in past …
… Buhari to decide Ogundipe, Babalakin’s fate –Minister
The Federal Government has promised to look into the findings submitted by the Special Visitation Panel it set up to look into the management crisis at the University of Lagos. Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, who made this known while receiving the report from the panel headed by Prof. Tukur Sa’ad, yesterday, in Abuja, …
COVID-19 curve flattening, says PTF
…appeals to JOHESU to shelve strike The Presidential Task Force on the control of coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) in the country has said that the nation was flattening the curve of the disease considering the consistent drop in number of reported cases in the country. This came as the body appealed to the striking Joint Health …
Non-oil tax revenue defies COVID-19, says FIRS boss
In spite of the global economic upheaval caused by the COVID- 19 pandemic, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has continued to record significant increase in collectable tax revenue from the non-oil sector of the economy. Executive Chairman, FIRS, Mr. Muhammad Nami, disclosed this in Abuja during a courtesy call on the Minister of Finance …
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