Breaking News in Nigeria Today Wednesday 14th October 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Wednesday 14th October 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Appointment of justices: Senate clarifies exclusion of S’East
CHUKWU DAVID reports on the clarification by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Opeyemi Bamidele, on the exclusion of the South-East from the recent nomination of additional justices of the Supreme Court Recently, the National Judicial Council (NJC) selected eight jurists and forwarded their names to President Muhammadu Buhari for …
Kuye: PDP’ll defeat APC in Lagos East by-elections
Chief Taiwo Kuye is a member of the South- West Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caretaker Committee. In this interview, he speaks on the forthcoming Lagos East senatorial by-election, the state of the PDP in Lagos, among others. WALE ELEGBEDE spoke with him How prepared is your party for the forthcoming senatorial and state House of …
Nasarawa Assembly not a rubber stamp – Omadefu
Hon. Mohammed Omadefu is the member representing Keana State Constituency in the Nasarawa State House of Assembly. The House Committee Chairman on Information, Internal Affairs and Special Duties, in this interview with Cheke Emmanuel, speaks on the recent suspension of some top public servants in the state and other sundry issues. Experts: The opposition has …
#EndSARS: FG okays protesters’ five-point demand
Following the public protests against the various forms of human rights violations by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and the consequent disbandment of the unit by the Inspector- General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, the Federal Government, yesterday, conceded to the demands of Nigerians, which include halting use of force against protesters and unconditional release of …
CAN wants redeployed officers probed, bad eggs sanctioned
…seeks total reform of security agencies The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on the Federal Government to investigate all men of the disbanded Special Anti- Robbery Squad (SARS), and ensure anyone found guilty of corruption was sanctioned. Displeased over the automatic deployment of the disbanded SARS operatives to other units of the Nigeria …
Egbin records shortfall, mulls $40m investment in turbines
Nigeria’s biggest power generation firm, Egbin Power Plc., yesterday, declared that it recorded a shortfall of about 360 megawatts (MW) generation. Chairman of the company, Temitope Shonubi, who declared this during the launch of 20 electricitypowered buggies and 500 electric-powered bicycles at the plant in Lagos, revealed the company’s plan for fresh $40 million investment …
2021 Budget: Reps want increase in capital expenditure
The House of Representatives yesterday began deliberations on the 2021 Appropriation Bill with majority of them calling for a beef up of the capital component, expressing concerns on the high ratio of recurrent expenditure, despite the huge infrastructure deficits in the country. President Muhammadu Buhari had, last Thursday, laid before a joint session of the …
FG votes N71.15bn for railway projects in 2021 Budget
The Federal Government has budgeted N71.15 billion in the 2021 Budget as counterpart funding for ongoing railway projects across the country. The projects include Lagos- Kano, Calabar-Lagos, Ajaokuta-Itakpe-Aladja, Port Harcourt-Maiduguri, Kano-Katsina-Jibiya-Maradi in Niger Republic and Abuja-Itakpe and Aladja Warri Port and Refinery/ Warri New Harbour. To rehabilitate existing railway tracks, the government is expending N10 …
COVID-19: No rapid test kit passed validation test – Medical Lab Council
The Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN), yesterday said none of the COVID-19 Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) kits submitted by some vendors passed its validation test. MLSCN, while noting that 43 brands of RDT kits earlier submitted by some vendors for validation were in its second batch of pre-market validation of COVID-19 test kits, …
NACA: $2.4bn needed to identify, treat 540,000 persons
…as $6.2bn was spent in 3 years The National Agency for Control of AIDS (NACA), has said $2.4billion was needed to identify and treat additional 540,000 Persons Living with HIV (PLHIV), in order to reach the UNAIDS target for epidemic control in the next three years. According to the Agency’s 2020 Quarterly HIV Factsheet presented …
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