The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Friday 30th October 2020
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 30/10/20
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Panel to meet DisCos on electricity tariffs
By Frank Ikpefan and Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja Talks between the Federal Government and Labour on electricity tariffs increase will resume next week, Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), said on Thursday. The seven-man technical sub-committee set up to review the increase in electricity tariffs will meet with power Distribution Companies (DisCos) …
#EndSARS: Inside PMB’s parley with former Heads Of State, by Femi Adesina
Femi Adesina It was very touching, poignant, as President Muhammadu Buhari met with all living former heads of state on October 23, 2020, to discuss the state of the nation. For about two weeks, the country had been suffused with unrest, later violence, precipitated by what began as legitimate protests against police brutality, code-named #EndSARS. …
Pupils among 21 dead in Enugu crash
Agency Reporter The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Thursday said that 21 persons lost their lives in an auto crash on the old Enugu-Okigwe Road. The incident involved a low-bed articulated vehicle and a fully-loaded 608 Mercedes Benz bus conveying school children and their teachers. It happened precisely at the Nkwo Junction of the …
‘Our son is not involved in police brutality’
By Kunle Akinrinade A family has refuted the story making the rounds on social media that their son Femi Abogun was an operative of the disbanded police outfit, Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), notorious for visiting brutality on innocent people. At a press briefing held in Lagos, spokesman of the family, Ola Adewunmi said that Abogun’s …
Gunmen kidnap Professor in Anambra
By Nwanosike Onu, Awka Three men armed with AK47 rifles have abducted a female professor at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam, in Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State. Sources said the university teacher whose name was not disclosed was kidnapped along Enugwu-Agidi-Nawgu Road about 7pm on Wednesday The Nation gathered that she …
Bandits kill four, injure many in Muradun
By Sani Muhammad Sani, Gusau The Zamfara Police Command has confirmed killing of four persons in an attack by suspected armed bandits at Gidan Goga community of Maradun LGA. The police, in a statement by the Police Public Relation Officer PPRO SP Muhammad Shehu, stated the attack occurred on 29th October 2020 at about 2am. …
Nigerian policewoman recognised by UN for peacekeeping efforts
Our Reporter Chief Superintendent Catherine Ugorji of the Nigerian police and serving with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has been selected by the United Nations as one of two runners-up for the prestigious UN Woman Police Officer of the Year award for 2020. “Through both her words and actions, United Nations …
Police parade 23 suspects in Enugu
By Chris Oji Enugu The Police Command in Enugu State has paraded 23 suspects in connection with the hijack of the EndSARS protest and the violence that followed in the state. The police also recovered 13 machetes, a bag containing 36 different brands of mobile phones, suspected fetish charms, and N26,175 cash, among other items. …
I’ll not write about Nigeria
By Olukorede Yishau I’ll not write about Nigeria Where soldiers shot live bullets at harmless protesters And fatalities they expect not I’ll not write about Nigeria A giant with the feet of a dwarf I am speechless about our country. The last two weeks have been traumatic for me. I have cried, I have sighed, …
NURTW chief cautions youths
By Adeyinka Aderibigbe The National President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Tajudeen Baruwa, has cautioned the youths in the country against any further destruction and looting of private and public properties. He said the wanton destruction has already done more harm to the national economy. The NURTW boss in a …
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