Breaking News in Nigeria Today Tuesday 17th November 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Tuesday 17th November 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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CBN, COCAVID to assist businesses looted in Lagos, other places
…as Osinbajo, Lawan, Gbajabiamila, Emefiele pledge to help rebuild Lagos Respite has finally come the way of owners of businesses looted and vandalised in Lagos by hoodlums during the hijacked protests against police brutality as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele on Monday said that bankers’ association in conjunction …
NJC to appoint 60 judges for appeal, industrial, federal high courts
…Says N110bn judiciary budget inadequate The National Judicial Council (NJC) is in the process of nominating 60 new judges for appointment in order to fast track the dispensation of justice. In the new recruitment, 20 judges each will be appointed for the Court of Appeal, National Industrial Court and the Federal High Court. Executive Secretary …
FG to establish 600MW solar coy in Katsina
*KTSG expends N2bn to connect 300 communities to National Grid The Federal Government has taken land in Daura and Kankia towns of Katsina State to establish a solar powered energy company that will generate 600 megawatt of electricity. The Katsina State government has already provided the land in Kankia and Daura where the equipment will …
Niger Corps members are COVID-19 free – NYSC
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), on Monday disclosed that none of the Batch B Stream 1 Corps members tested positive for COVID-19. This is as the Niger State Coordinator, Mrs Funmilayo Ajayi during the opening ceremony of the Batch B Stream 1 orientation course, said that 620 corps members, camp officials and camp marketers …
2023: Umahi will boost APC chances in Ebonyi – Mbam
Chairman, Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Chief Elias Mbam, Monday said Governor Dave Umahi will boost the chances of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023 general elections in Ebonyi State. Mbam, a chieftain of the APC in the state, was reacting to the plan by Umahi to defect to the party. Umahi had …
HoS: FG boosting digital drive to fight corruption, poor performance
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, on Monday said that the Federal Government was phasing out analogue operational systems and boosting digital drive to fight corruption and poor performance among Nigerian workers. Yemi-Esan disclosed this in Abuja, when she addressed participants during the Service-Wide workshop on performance management …
No Policemen will be killed like chickens again in Edo – CP vows
The Edo State Police Command, Mr. Johnson Kokumo said Monday that the command will no longer fold it’s hands and watch hoodlums kill policemen on active duty like chickens. He appealed to operatives of the command to go back to their various duty posts and ensure effective policing of the citizenry without bitterness after attacks …
Kaduna-Abuja road: Ndume urges Army to go after bandits, kidnappers
The Chairman Senate Committee on Army, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, on Monday urged the Nigerian Army to fish out bandits and kidnapper that reportedly killed 15 travellers along the Kaduna-Abuja Highway, on Sunday. At least 15 people were said to have been killed on Sunday and many others abducted when kidnappers reportedly blocked the Kaduna-Abuja …
Health Insurance Scheme: Kwara plans to capture 3.2m residents
Kwara State Health Insurance Agency (KW-HIA), recently launched by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has put necessary machinery in motion to capture no fewer than 3.2 million residents in its database for the provision of healthcare services. Executive Secretary of the Agency, Dr. Olubumi Jetawo-Winter, who briefed journalists in Ilorin, the state capital, on Monday, said the scheme …
Bye-election: Court slams N40, 000 fine on PDP candidate, Gbadamosi
Justice Chuka Obiozor of a Federal High Court in Lagos Monday slammed a fine of N40, 000 on the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the forthcoming bye-election to fill the vacant Lagos East Senatorial seat, Babatunde Olalere Gbadamosi. The fine was sequel to the withdrawal of a motion filed by his lawyer, …
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