The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Thursday 19th November 2020
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 19/11/20
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By Dayo Mustapha 1. Precious Achiuwa Achiuwa was born September 19, 1999 in Port Harcourt, Nigeria and grew up playing soccer. He moved to the United States and in eighth grade focused on playing basketball. On May 17, 2019, Achiuwa committed to play college basketball for Memphis Tigers under head coach Penny Hardaway. Achiuwa was …
Fed Govt, ASUU and future of students
By Elizabeth Ogunwale Sometimes it is the smallest decisions that can change your life forever. This is not to say that the biggest doesn’t but that the smallest decisions which you had no high hopes for could turn tables around. In recent time, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has gained both popularity and …
Dokpesi urges Fed Govt to release #EndSARS protesters and unfreeze their accounts
By Tajudeen Adebanjo DAAR Communications Plc Founder High Chief Raymond Dokpesi on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to release all detained #EndSARS protesters. He also called for the unfreezing of their accounts by banks, an action taken on the order of the court. He alleged that the protests were peaceful until the government-sponsored hoodlums attacked …
2023: Umahi’s defection raises presidential zoning stake
By Raymond Mordi; Sanni Onogu, Victor Oluwasegun, Tony Akowe, Jide Orintunsin, Abuja; Mike Odiegwu, Port Harcourt; Ogochukwu Anioke, Abakaliki and AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna Governor urges APC, PDP to zone ticket to Southeast Wike knocks colleague as Buhari applauds action Which zone takes the presidential ticket of the major parties in 2023? This question has been …
Reps probe insurance of grounded NIS aircraft
By Tony Akowe, Abuja The House of Representatives has expressed shock over claims by Nigerlink Insurance Brokers Plc it insured two grounded Dornier 228 aircraft belonging to the Nigeria Immigration Service(NIS) without knowing they were not operational. The two 14- seater Dornier 228-101-5N-AUZ(FER) and 228-101-5N-AUW (FER) were insured at N198, 500 million in 2015 and …
Has microphone been turned off on NDDC probe?
By Fredrick Nwabufo Sir: Probe. This is another word for political manoeuvring, horse-trading, chicanery and blackmail – in the Nigerian milieu. Probes are launched here not for righteous ends but for some predetermined recidivist motives. In particular, the so-called ”corruption probes” are themselves felonious panels set up to exact vengeance, broker deals or cause distraction …
ASUU, Ngige, Nwajiuba and others
By Chijioke Uwasomba This is not a time to play coy or quibble as the government of Muhammadu Buhari unleashes its arsenal on the university system in Nigeria. We have gone through this road before with dire consequences for the country. The current dog fight between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the …
Progressives governors commiserate with Plateau
Our Reporter The Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum and Governor of Kebbi State, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, has led some governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on a solidarity visit to Plateau State. They were there to commiserate with the government over the looting and destruction of public and private properties by hoodlums, who …
Kogi debunks report on ‘strange disease killing over 50 people’
By James Azania, Lokoja Kogi State Government on Wednesday debunked a report that a strange disease killed over 50 persons in Olomaboro Local Government. Health Commissioner Dr. Saka Audu, in an interview monitored on Wednesday on Channels TV, said the deaths could only have been recorded in neighbouring Enugu State. He said it was impossible …
CSO picks holes in Fed Govt’s budget
By Frank Ikpefan, Abuja The Centre for Social Justice and Citizens Wealth Platform has picked holes in the N13.08 trillion budget for 2021 presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly last month. It said the budget estimates are “suffused with unclear expenditures”, describing some of the line items on the budget as “frivolous, …
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