Breaking News in Nigeria Today Saturday 26th September 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Saturday 26th September 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Police arrest 17 teachers over exam malpractices
Seventeen teachers allegedly involved in examination malpractice during this year’s West African Examination Council (WAEC), have been arrested by the Police. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba, who presented the suspects to journalists at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, said some principals were among the culprits. According to Mba, the feat was …
COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu launches N5bn grant for low-cost schools
Lagos State Government in partnership with First Bank of Nigeria Limited yesterday launched a N5 billion Post-Coronavirus (COVID- 19) Recovery Support capital for education sector to support low-cost private schools across the State in mitigating the negative impact of the pandemic. The intervention fund, which targets over 2,000 private schools, was formally launched by Governor …
Ganduje cautions NBA against ethnic bigotry
Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, has cautioned the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) not to allow ethnic and religious bigotry to tear it apart. He said the internal wrangling in the NBA was one of the most unfortunate incident to befall the association which blows no one any good to neither the body, nor the …
Nigeria@60: We must unite, eradicate religious extremism –Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians especially religious leaders, to work towards building unity and eradicating religious extremism and intolerance from the country. Buhari made the call on Friday in Abuja, at the 60th Independence Day Public Lecture and Special Juma’at Prayer held at the Abuja National Mosque, with the theme; ‘Together Nigeria at …
Runsewe tasks youths on moral rebirth, nation-building
The Director General of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Segun Runsewe, has tasked youths on moral rebirth and nation-building, advising them to be agents of change and transformation that the nation needs to build a virile and morally transparent society. Speaking at a one-day Cultural Roundtable on Morality, Culture and the …
UBA launches new online entertainment platform, ‘RED Radio’
Pan- African financial institution, United Bank for Africa, (UBA Plc), has inaugurated its dynamic and creative online radio channel – RED Radio. RED Radio, powered by UBA, is a lifestyle web platform that has been set up to inform, educate, entertain and bring to the fore, the best of Africa. Much like its sister platform, …
Anambra guber: PDP alleges plot to change delegate list
Anambra State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has uncovered a plot by some party chieftains to falsify the list of delegates for the gubernatorial primary election in the state. To this end, the party leadership has warned that it will not take kindly to such plot, adding that the list of delegates has …
Obaseki’s re-election didn’t surprise us –Edo teachers
Teachers in Edo State have congratulated the state governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on his reelection for a second term in office, adding that the victory of the governor in the September 19 governorship election did not come to them as a surprise. In a statement signed by State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers …
Pa Fasoranti expresses fear over Nigeria’s future
The leader of the pan Yoruba socio-cultura group, Afenifere, Pa Rueben Fasoranti, yesterday expressed concern over the series of challenges facing Nigeria. Fasoranti disclosed this when hundreds of well – wishers converged on Akure, the Ondo State capital to celebrate with him on his 94th birthday, an occasion that was also used to launch the …
Oyetola flags off 206-hectare Int’l Trade Centre, Inland Port
The Osun State government yesterday inaugurated the construction phase of its proposed International Trade Centre and Inland Port, which is set to be the largest Free Trade Zone in South-West, when it becomes fully operational. Speaking at the ground breaking ceremony of the International Trade Centre and Inland Port, at Dagbolu, the site of the …
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