The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Saturday 16th January 2021
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 16/01/21
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Hundreds of thousands of people leave Britain due to pandemic
Agency Reporter Hundreds of thousands of people have left Britain as fallout of the pandemic on the economy, according to a study released on Friday. There is an “unprecedented exodus” of workers born outside Britain, researchers at London’s Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence said. “It seems that much of the burden of job losses during …
2023: Desperate politicians sponsoring Kanu to scuttle Igbo presidency, group alleges
By Okodili Ndidi, Abuja A group of Igbo professionals under the aegis of Coalition of South East Professionals Network in Nigeria and Diaspora (CSEPNND), has alleged that ’desperate’ politicians are sponsoring the leader of the proscribed separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to scuttle the chances of the zone to produce the …
Uganda election: Museveni surges into early lead
Agency Reporter Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni’s main challenger in Thursday’s election, Bobi Wine, alleged yesterday that the military besieged his home, as votes were still being counted. “We are under siege. The military has jumped over the fence and has now taken control of our home,” Bobi Wine, tweeted. Museveni, who is seeking a sixth …
Ohanaeze not divided in any way, youth wing declares
By Nwanosike Onu, Awka The youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, says there’s no crisis in the body. The group told reporters Friday in Awka, Anambra State, that the election that brought Prof George Obiozor as the President General was peaceful, free and fair in all ramifications. In a statement …
The uninterested presidential aspirant
Sentry A Coalition of civil society groups has been told by a governor in the Northeast to drop the idea of promoting him as a possible presidential candidate in 2023. Sources say the campaigners had gone all the way from Abuja to the governor’s state to inform him of their readiness to tour the nooks …
C’River secures $20.4m grant in World Bank funded SFTAS programme
By Nsa Gill, Calabar Cross River State Government says the implementation of its 2021 budget will be assisted by the $20.4million recently secured in grants from the World Bank funded SFTAS programme of the Federal Government of Nigeria SFTAS is State’s Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability, a product of mutual agreement between the Federal Government …
Kwara: How Bolarinwa was edged out
Sentry It is no longer news that the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has allegedly removed the Kwara State chapter chairman of the party, Bashir Bolarinwa, from office and replaced him with his erstwhile deputy, Samari Abdullahi. What observers of the politics of the state are waiting to find out is how …
Lagos will give Kanu befitting burial, Sanwo-Olu assures
Agency Reporter Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured of full participation in all the funeral programmes of the former Military Governor of the State, Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu (rtd). Sanwo-Olu said the state has set up a four-man committee headed by Information and Strategy Commissioner Gbenga Omotoso, to work with the bereaved family and other …
Niger schools resume January 25
By Justina Asishana, Minna Niger has picked January 25 as resumption date for 2020/2021 academic session in primary and secondary schools across the state. Commissioner for Education, Hajiya Hanatu Jibrin, in a statement, explained the shift from January 18 to 25 is to enable all schools put necessary protective measures in place while parents, students …
Police now stealing thunders?
UnderTow After the widely reported release last week of a couple kidnapped alongside a third man in Owo, Ondo State, the Nigeria Police Force, Ondo State Command, stole the thunder of the victims. They talked tough and said many encouraging words. Indeed, the media reported that the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and …
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