Breaking News in Nigeria Today Saturday 7th November 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Saturday 7th November 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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CJN swears in 8 new Supreme Court Justices
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad, yesterday swore in eight new Justices appointed to the apex court bench by President Muhammadu Buhari. Administering the judicial oath on them, the CJN cautioned them not to allow their personal ambitions to becloud their sense of judgement. He advised them to see themselves as God’s …
Obasanjo, Jonathan to address Nigerian Diaspora parley in Germany
Former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, alongside other eminent Nigerians across the globe, will gather on November 11 to 14 for this year’s annual general meeting of the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation Europe (NIDOE). With the theme: ‘Towards Homeland Development’, the event, which holds both physically and virtually, is being hosted in Dortmund, Germany, …
#EndSARS: Why Amotekun can’t perform police functions –Ekiti commander
The Ekiti State Commander of the South- West security outfit, Amotekun, Brig Joe Komolafe, yesterday said road monitoring was not part of the responsibility of the security outfit as stipulated in the law establishing Amotekun. Komolafe said there were places where both Amotekun and police have similar responsibilities. He said: “There are laws that established …
INEC: 2019 election report recommended e-voting, online registration
The report of the 2019 general elections of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has recommended for adoption electronic voting and early/special voting for election duty and other related officials, as well as improvement of voter registration process to accommodate online registration, in future elections. The report, contains two documents, the report of the 2019 …
U.S. election: Biden inches closer to White House
Democrat Joe Biden expanded his narrow leads over President Donald Trump in the battleground states of Pennsylvania and Georgia on Friday, putting him on the verge of winning the White House three days after polls closed. Biden has a 253 to 214 lead in the state-by-state Electoral College vote that determines the winner, according to …
2023: El-Rufai disowns campaign posters
…says Kaduna not safe yet Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has disowned campaign posters of him as vice presidential candidate in the 2023 presidential election running with Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi. Responding to questions from State House Correspondents, after meeting with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to discuss the destruction that …
FG planning Intermodal Transportation through railways –Amaechi
The Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, yesterday, said the Federal Government plans to implement intermodal transportation in Nigeria through multiple railway projects already captured in the N13.08 budget estimates. Amaechi stated this at the National Assembly, during a budget defence session with the joint committee on Transportation, explaining however that the projects were planned to …
WAEC: We spent N1.5bn to conduct 2020 WASSCE
TheWest AfricaExaminations Council(WAEC), yesterday claimed it spent over N1.5 billion to conduct the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations(WASSCE). The Head, WAEC National Office in Nigeria, Mr. Areghan Patrick, who disclosed this in Abuja, at the 2021 budget defence before the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Services, said over 1.5 million …
Sacked LGs officials to Malami: Disrespect to court orders, bad omen
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has been urged to put an end to the rampant disrespect to court judgements, orders and pronouncements by politicians in the country. Sacked local government officials in Imo State made the call while interacting with journalists in Owerri, the state capital. Deposed elected …
EndSARS: Police arraign 6 protesters in Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command yesterday arrested and arraigned six protesters who had assembled at the gate of the National Assembly Complex to resume the suspended EndSARS protest. The protesters, Oluwatoyin Adeniji, Yashidu Bashiru, Abdulsalam Zuberu, Kabiru Kazali, Paul Akinwumi and Chomo, who were arraigned at the Wuse District Magistrates Court on five-count, …
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