Breaking News in Nigeria Today Friday 13th November 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Friday 13th November 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Balarabe Musa: A life of service
FELIX NWANERI writes on the life and times of a former governor of old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, whose passage was announced on Wednesday It matters not how a man dies but how he lived. This, perhaps, captures the life and times of a former governor of old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, who …
Agunbiade: How #EndSARS protest was used to discredit me
Majority Leader of Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade, had his Ikorodu home invaded and looted by hoodlums during the violence that trailed the #EndSARS protests for allegedly keeping COVID-19 palliatives in his house. He however explains in this chat that, the attack was sponsored to assassinate him. WALE ELEGBEDE reports What do …
Lawan to IMF: Nigeria on path of growth, despite challenges
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, yesterday, said that Nigeria was on the path of economic growth, the prevailing socio-economic challenges in the country notwithstanding. Lawan expressed this optimism during the Nigeria/ International Monetary Fund (IMF) Article lV Consultation virtual exercise, saying that the exercise was a “veritable platform to share our experiences on steering …
Oyo Assembly reinstates 13 suspended caretaker chairmen
The Oyo State House of Assembly yesterday reinstated suspended caretaker chairmen of 13 Local Government and Local Council Development Areas (LCDA) in the state. Their reinstatement was announced after presentation of a report by Olusegun Popoola, Chairman, House Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the House had …
Why FG’s promoting ADR for business related dispute settlements, by Osinbajo
The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday said that the Federal Government has moved to promote the adoption of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) option to enhance speedy resolution of business-related disputes in the country. According to a statement made available to newsmen by his spokesman, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo made this disclosure while answering questions during a …
COVID-19: Active cases dropping, recovery increasing –PTF
The Presidential Task Force for the control of the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has raised the hope that the nation may be winning the war against the disease as it reported that its active cases were dropping while its recovery cases were on the increase. This came as it called for caution on …
World leaders mourn as Jerry Rawlings dies of COVID-19
Ghana’s former President, Jerry Rawlings, died yesterday morning from complications of COVID-19. The ex-president died at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, capital of Ghana, at the age of 73. Rawlings, a charismatic figure, led two coups, first in 1979, before twice being elected president in a multiparty polls. “A great tree has fallen and Ghana …
Reps query BPP over N22m welfare package, N57m travels
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Procurement has queried the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) over the expenditure of N57 million on local and international travels and N22 million on welfare packages for staff during the COVID-19 lockdown. The committee headed by Hon. Ali Ahmad (APC, Kano) issued the queries at a budget defence …
My reinstatement, an act of God – Ogundipe
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, yesterday described his reinstatement three months after his suspension as an act of God and victory for Nigerian University System. Ogundipe was suspended by the Federal Government along the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council, Dr. Wale Babalakin, following the setting up of a …
FG warns against illegal satellite campuses, fake foreign qualifications
The Federal Government has again, vowed to go after operators of illegal satellite campuses in the country, and holders of fake foreign qualifications, in a quest to promote moral and academic excellence. To make this happen, Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, who yesterday inaugurated the 34th National Standing Committee on evaluation of foreign qualifications, …
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