Breaking News this Afternoon in Nigeria Friday 20th November 2020
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Corruption check: NGO exposes citizens to tracking of public projects in Kaduna
Sola Ojo, Kaduna A Kaduna-based non-governmental organisation, Legal Awareness for Nigerian Women (LANW) has trained Kaduna citizens on how to reduce corrupt tendencies in public expenditures by monitoring public projects within their communities. LANW had organised a two-day training for community monitors on tracking and monitoring of government projects in Kaura, Soba and Chikun local …
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Cement price drops in Enugu
The price of cement has dropped with about 25 per cent in Enugu, a market survey by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has revealed. A visit to some markets on Friday in Enugu, revealed that a 50kg bag of Dangote cement formerly sold at N3,800, was being sold at between N2,800 and N3,000. Mr …
The Sun Nigeria.
Thousands embrace family planning in Taraba
Sylvanus Viashima, Jalingo Contrary to previously held stereotype against family planning in the state, thousands of residents now embrace child spacing as a new way of life to ensure manageable family sizes and sustain healthy living in Taraba State. Heads of some Primary Health Care Centers in Jalingo and some beneficiaries who spoke to a …
The Sun Nigeria.
Anti-Pipeline Vandalism: IPMAN appoints Bina as Bayelsa Chairman
Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa The National Executive Council of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has appointed Hon. Bello Bina as the Bayelsa State Chairman/Coordinator of the Association. Bina is expected to use his position to tackle incidents of pipeline vandalism, crude oil theft and other criminal activities associated with the Oil and gas Sector through …
The Sun Nigeria.
Appetite for foreign products killing Nigeria’s economy – Minister
Laide Raheem, Abeokuta The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, has blamed Nigerians’ strong appetite for foreign products as responsible for low production and economic downturn. He also blamed overpopulation for the growing poverty in the country. Adegbite spoke in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, at a town hall meeting with the youths as part …
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World Toilet Day: CESDA partners NURTW on campaign against open defecation
Lukman Olabiyi The Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Development Awareness (CESDA) has partnered the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) to celebrate World Toilet Day and campaign against open defecation. World Toilet Day is an official United Nations international observance day on November 19, to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis. In a …
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Salami’s committee recommends appointment of EFCC boss outside police
Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja, Abuja The Justice Ayo Salami presidential panel investigating the suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has recommended that appointment of a new chairman for the anti-graft agency be done outside police. The panel also recommended two year exit plan for over 900 police personnel on secondment to …
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Strike: Govt officials feeding public with lies – ASUU
Felix Ikem, Nsukka The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nsukka Zone has accused federal government officials of entertaining the public with intentional lies following their inability to reach an agreement and resolve issues raised in the grievances by the union who are currently on industrial action since seven months ago. Dr. Igbana Ajir, the …
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Plateau beefs security for 60th anniversary of longest-serving Monarch in Northern Nigeria
Gyang Bere, Jos The Jos Joint Traditional Council, Plateau State has beefed up security in Jos Bukuru metropolis for the 60th anniversary of the longest serving traditional ruler in Northern Nigeria and Dagwom Rwey Jos South, Da Dr. Nga Dangyang Chairman of the Central Planning Committee, Hon. Gideon Davou Dandereng, who briefed Journalists in Jos …
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Newspapers vendors protest in Abuja over killing of colleague
Molly KILETE, Abuja Newspapers vendors in Abuja, embarked on a peaceful protest Friday over the killing of one of their members, Ifeanyi Elechi, who was shot dead by a security aide attached to the Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. Elechi, was said to have met his untimely death when he along his colleagues gathered …
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COVID-19: Pfizer requests emergency authorisation for vaccine in US
Pfizer and BioNTech are submitting an emergency authorisation request in the US which could allow its coronavirus vaccine to be used to treat high-risk populations in the country by mid-December. The UK has already ordered enough of the vaccine to treat 20 million people but it has not yet been approved by the Medicines …
2023: Vote us out if you’re tired of our faces, Lawan tells Nigerians
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has warned that there could be anarchy if the Senate is scrapped as being clamoured by some Nigerians. Rather, he challenged those who are not comfortable with the senators in the current 9th Senate to vote them out in 2023 if they don’t like their faces. Lawan stated …
Police arrest father for allegedly killing his 2 children in Niger
*Three others arrested for scooping fuel The Police Command in Niger has arrested a father, Abubakar Maibabo, for allegedly killing his two children at Maidabo village in Salka, Nasko Local Government Area. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Minna. Abiodun said that on November …
US election: Trump to host Michigan lawmakers as he presses dubious effort to overturn election
President Donald Trump will meet with the Republican leaders of the Michigan state legislature on Friday at the White House, as his campaign pursues an increasingly desperate bid to overturn the November 3 election amid a series of courtroom losses. Meanwhile, President-elect Joe Biden is scheduled to meet with the Democratic leaders in Congress, …
JUST IN: Abuja newspaper vendors protest, mourn slain colleague
*Say late vendor was to have held naming ceremony Friday *Speaker gave them N9,000 *Gbajabiamila confirms incident, suspends errant officer Caleb Onwe, Abuja Members of the Abuja Newspaper Vendors Association, on Friday shut down the popular Area 1, Garki Newspaper Distribution Centre to protest and mourn one of its own who was killed on Thursday …
India’s total coronavirus infections cross 9m
India crossed the grim milestone of 9 million coronavirus cases, with 45,882 new infections recorded in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Friday. India is only the second country to cross 9 million coronavirus infections, after the United States, but cases have slowed down in the country after hitting a peak …
Mexico marks grim coronavirus milestone, passes 100,000 deaths
Mexico, the most populous country in the Spanish-speaking world, has registered 100,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths within days of passing the grim milestone of one million infections, official data showed on Thursday. Mexico’s official death toll from COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the virus, is among the highest worldwide, and in the Americas lags …
Oil prices anticipate tight market by mid-2021 – Report
U.S. petroleum inventories are falling towards more normal levels as the glut earlier this year caused by volume warfare among OPEC+ members and the first wave of epidemic-driven lockdowns is gradually absorbed. Falling inventories are likely to herald a tighter production-consumption balance and a cyclical upswing in both spot prices and calendar spreads next …
US disease experts: Don’t travel for Thanksgiving
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday urged Americans not to travel during next week’s Thanksgiving holiday to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus as cases of COVID-19 spike around the United States. The travel advice is a “strong recommendation,” not a requirement, CDC official Henry Walke said on a call with …
Trump’s election lawsuits plagued by elementary errors
When President Donald Trump sends lawyers to court, it seems he’s not sending his best. Fighting to challenge an election he lost to President-elect Joe Biden, Trump has launched a barrage of lawsuits across the country. Top Republicans have stood behind him and said they will wait for those cases to be resolved before officially recognizing the …
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