Latest News in Nigeria Today Friday 20th November 2020
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Friday 20th November 2020 .
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Stray bullet: I feel distraught by vendor’s death — Gbajabiamila
Suspends trigger-happy security aide Orders immediate investigation By Levinus Nwabughiogu – Abuja Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has said he was devastated by the death of Ifeanyi Elechi, a vendor who was killed on Thursday by a stray bullet fired from his convoy. The speaker who described the incident as ‘horrific’ inRead More
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FG to provide additional relief for business, individuals in proposed finance bill 2020
In its continued determination to cushion the socio-economic condition in the country even as the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) is in progress, the Buhari administration will be offering more tax incentives to Nigerians especially through the forthcoming 2020 Finance Bill. Some highlights of the proposed bill include: 1. Reduction in duties on tractorsRead More
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Man bags 10-month jail term over impersonation, $600 fraud
A Federal High Court in Ibadan, on Thursday, sentenced an internet fraudster, Saheed Azeez, to 10 months imprisonment over impersonation and $600 fraud. Delivering judgment, Justice Patricia Ajoku said that Azeez was convicted and sentenced based on the evidence before her and the plea bargain agreement the convict had with the Economic and Financial CrimesRead More
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5 billion people lack access to anaesthesia, surgical care — Expert
By Ike Uchechukwu,Calabar The President-Elect, World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists, Dr. Wayne Morriss says 5 billion out of the world’s 7 billion population have no access to safe, affordable anaesthesia and surgical care. He maintained that the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to make the situation worse but tasked anaesthetics worldwide to work together toRead More
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PDP urges FG to do more in tackling security, economy
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Federal Government to take more proactive measures in tackling economy and security challenges confronting the nation. PDP National Chairman, Mr Uche Secondus, gave the advice while speaking with newsmen after the party’s national caucus meeting on Thursday in Abuja. “As the oldest political party in Nigeria, weRead More
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How my son died in police custody, 70-yr-old woman tells Abia Panel of inquiry
…SARS officers hanged, tortured me with pressing iron for not offering them N500,000, witness tells Ekiti panel By Ugochukwu Alaribe & Rotimi Ojomoyela A 70-year-old woman, Mrs Charity Ohalete, yesterday, told the Abia State panel on police brutality, extrajudicial killings and related matters how her son died in police detention in December 2018. Also yesterday,Read More
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Bandits kidnap 13, kill mobile policeman in Niger
By Wole Mosadomi Armed bandits, yesterday, reportedly kidnapped 14 people in Niger state and also killed a mobile policeman and injured another in Mariga Local Government Area of the state. Just about 12 hours after the kidnapping, seven others were also kidnapped in Shamuyanbu village in Kusherki District of Rafi Local Government Area of theRead More
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N’Delta leaders give condition for PAP termination
Leaders in the Niger Delta have agreed that the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) should end immediately after the integration of all the beneficiaries of the scheme. The leaders comprising traditional rulers, political leaders, past and present officers of the Ijaw National Congress (INC) and the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide reached the decision when theyRead More
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GTBank earnings rise to N328bn, as Access records 15.7% profit growth
By Peter Egwuatu Despite the economic challenges occasioned by the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Guaranty Trust Bank, GTBank Plc, has recorded improved performance posting a growth of 1.3 per cent to N328.4 billion in its gross earnings for the period ended 30th September 2020, Q3’20, as against N324.3 billion in the corresponding period of Read More
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Reps exonerate SDG boss over alleged N26.9bn COVID-19 spending
The House of Representatives Committee on Sustainable Development Goals, SDG, has given the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, SSAP-SDGs headed by Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, a clean bill over allegations that her office awarded N26.9billion COVID-19- related contracts. The lawmakers said no such money was appropriated by theRead More
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