Breaking News in Nigeria Today Thursday 5th November 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Thursday 5th November 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Why S’East deserves additional state – Okorie
A chieftain of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Chekwas Okorie, in this interview with Felix Nwaneri, speaks on the way out of the impasse over the #EndSARS protests and the pledge by the ad hoc committees of both chambers on constitution review to look into demands for new states What is your take on the #EndSARS protests …
Budget 2021: Distrust as MDAs appear before Senate c’ttee’s
CHUKWU DAVID reports on how some Senate standing committees held the ongoing 2021 Budget defence with Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of government without inviting the media for coverage The Senate commenced defence on the 2021 Appropriation Bill on October 20, with the Ministry of Works and Housing kickstarting the exercise, when the minister, Babatunde …
Popoola: Elected officials should be accountable to the people
Joel Popoola, a digital democracy campaigner, is the founder of Rate Your Leader app. In this interview, he speaks on the need for elected representatives to be responsive to the electorate. WALE ELEGBEDE reports What gave you the idea for Rate Your Leader? On some level, the idea has been with me for a very …
U.S. Election: Millennias, youths set to influence future politics –Expert
The voting strength of youth is expected to play a crucial role in deciding the results of the 2020 United States Presidential election, an expert has said. According to Dr. Elizabeth Matto, director of the Centre for Youth Political Participation at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University in New Jersey, the interest of …
Sanwo-Olu signs executive order to rebuild Lagos, inaugurates committee
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State yesterday signed an Executive Order inaugurating an 8-man Lagos Rebuild Trust Fund Committee to urgently oversee recovery process from wanton destruction of lives and property occasioned by the hijacked protests against police brutality in the state. The governor explained that when the Trust Fund Bill would be passed by …
Court fixes Nov 16 for perjury suit against Obaseki
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday fixed November 16, for hearing in an alleged perjury suit brought against Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki. The trial judge, Justice A. R Mohammed, fixed the date for hearing following a request by counsel to the plaintiffs, Chief Akin Olujimi (SAN). The plaintiffs, the All Progressives Congress …
#EndSARS: FG adjusts upwards salary of policemen – IGP
The Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, yesterday said that officers and men of the force will continue to enjoy Health Insurance Scheme of the government even after their retirement. He also said the force is working in collaboration with the Police Service Commission(PSC) to ensure that officers who lost their lives and those in-jured …
Obaseki to hold sombre inauguration, 2020 Alaghodaro summit
The Edo State Government has said that the swearingin ceremony of Governor Godwin Obaseki for second term in office, billed for November 12 and the 2020 Alaghodaro Summit would be somber and without fanfare. This is in line with the prevailing mood of the country following the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the …
North Dakota candidate wins weeks after dying of COVID-19
Election officials in the upper mid-western state of North Dakota yesterday said a 55-year-old candidate who died of COVID-19 in early October, has been elected to a seat in the state legislature. Officials said David Andahl, a Republican candidate for the state’s 8th District legislative seat, contracted the virus during a surge in infections and …
Reps disagree over INEC budget defence
Members of the House of Representatives committee on electoral matters yesterday disagreed with the chairman, Hon. Aishatu Dukku (APC, Gombe) on the modality to be adopted in engaging the management of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) on the 2021 budget defence. Trouble started when chairman of the committee, Dukku had, after making her opening remarks, …
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