The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Wednesday 16th December 2020
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 16/12/20
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Bello inaugurates 21 women as Kogi Local govt vice chairpersons
Agency Reporter Kogi State women have commended the State Governor, Yahaya Bello for inaugurating 21 women as vice chairmen of local governments in the state. They said the state has kept to 35% affirmative action on women inclusiveness in politics. They said it was encouraging that the governor has given women pivotal roles in his …
Banditry, COVID-19: Kano, Zamfara shut schools
Agency Reporter The governments of Kano and Zamfara on Tuesday announced the closure of schools in the states. Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, who made the announcement through his Education Commissioner, Muhammad Sanusi Kiru, did not give any reason for the closure. But sources the decision to shut schools (public and private) was to curtail …
Why I sacked Sanusi as Emir of Kano – Ganduje
By Gbade Ogunwale, Abuja Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje on Tuesday gave reasons why he dethroned Alhaji Muhammadu Lamido Sanusi as the Emir of Kano. The governor said he took the decision to save the system and the traditional institution from abuse. Governor Ganduje spoke at the presentation of a book on former President …
APC to security agencies: do better
By Jide Orintunsin, Abuja The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday urged security agencies to do better in securing the country. The Chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee and Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni said the weekend’s abduction of pupils in a Katsina school was a difficult moment for the country. He said in a …
X-raying junction expansion in Lagos
Many motorists especially those around Allen Avenue, Ikotun, Maryland and Lekki, have been witnessing remarkable improvement in movements with the replacement of the traditional roundabouts, writes ADEYINKA ADERIBIGBE When it identified junction expansion and traffic signalisation as replacement of the old and over-burdened roundabouts in many of its urban centres, not a few thought the …
A governor’s intervention
Editorial To most Nigerians, the greatest contradiction to the UN 16-day campaign for an end to gender-based violence that ended officially on December 10 was the public display of a seeming ‘reconciliation’ of Mr. Pius Angbo, a Channels TV reporter and his medical doctor wife, Dr. Ifeyinwa Angbo, barely 24 hours after the wife’s complaint …
Ex-Senators, ex-Reps press Tinubu to run for President
By Bisi Oladele, Southwest Bureau Chief, Ibadan A group of former senators, House of Representatives members and other politicians across the Southwest geo-political zone has urged the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to contest as president in the 2023 election. They spoke on Tuesday at the unveiling of the …
VIDEO: Lagos to Ibadan rail journey
Lagos to Ibadan rail: proof of pudding is in the eating
Life is gradually returning to the rail tracks leading from Lagos to Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. PAUL ADE-ADELEYE shares his experience After much talk, some animosity and a burst of determination, the Lagos to Ibadan rail line finally kicked off activities low-key on December 7. Although its maiden trip was mocked for recording generally …
Tinubu: Let’s take unemployed youths off the streets
By Duku Joel, Maiduguri The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has advocated that comprehensive social protection measures must be put in place to remove unemployed youths from the streets. Tinubu gave the advice when he paid a solidarity visit on Monday to Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum over the …
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