The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Sunday 17th January 2021
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 17/01/21
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Ugandan President Museveni wins sixth term
Agency Reporter Uganda’s long-time president, Yoweri Museveni, is to rule the county for another term having been re-elected with 58.64 per cent of the vote in Thursday’s polls, the country’s electoral commission announced yesterday. The new term will be his sixth as president. Read Also: Uganda’s Bobi Wine declares self President-elect Provisional Presidential results from …
Oyo-Ogbomosho highway: Stop giving building approval on right-of-way, FG tells Oyo govt
Agency Reporter The Federal Government has implored Oyo State Government to stop giving approval for erection of buildings and other structures on the right-of-way of the Oyo–Ogbomosho highway. Mr Funsho Adebiyi, the Director of Highways, Federal Ministry of Works, made the appeal on Saturday, in Oyo town. He said this while addressing newsmen after an …
Minister approves use of 20 centres for NIN enrolment in FCT
Our Reporter Communications and Digital Economy Minister Isah Ali Pantami, on Saturday approved the activation of 20 NIN enrolment centres within the FCT, to make the process easier, beginning from tomorrow, Mr Kayode Adegoke, Head, Corporate Communications of NIMC, Abuja, said. Similarly, the minister ordered the closure of enrolment activities at the National Identity Management …
#EndSARS: 12 injured staff of Nigerian Correctional Service get N3m medical support in Edo
Agency Reporter Twelve staff of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Edo Command, were on Saturday given cheques for more than three million naira to support their treatment for injuries sustained during the #EndSARS protest. The Controller of command, Mr Felix Lawrence, presented the cheques to the beneficiaries in Benin. He thanked the workers for their commitment …
Many feared dead, injured in Anambra communities renewed crisis
By Emma Elekwa, Onitsha Some persons were feared dead while several others sustained varying degrees of injury in a renewed crisis between Umueri and Aguleri communities in Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State. One building, four vehicles and two motorcycles were reportedly set ablaze in the crisis which has lasted for decades. The …
#EndSARS: How clergyman lost fiancee, tooth to police brutality
By Adebisi Onanuga There were shocking revelations at the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS and Related Abuses on Saturday. A deacon with the Apostolic Church, David Komolafe, told the panel how he lost a tooth and fiancée to police brutality while a housewife revealed how the minions of …
Tailors sewing fake Amotekun uniforms arrested in Oyo
Our Reporter Some tailors allegedly involved in sewing of fake uniforms of Oyo State Security Network, known as Amotekun, have been arrested by the security outfit. Chairman of the Amotekun Corps, Gen. Kunle Togun (retd.), who disclosed this in an interview on Ibadan based radio station, ‘FRESH 105.9 FM Political Circuit,’ said the tailors who …
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Gridlock: FG to organise another tripartite stakeholders meeting
Agency Reporter Mr Funsho Adebiyi, Coordinating Director, Highway Construction and Rehabilitation in Nigeria, on Saturday re-emphasised Federal government’s commitment to taming the incessant gridlock and truck menace on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Adebiyi during an inspection tour of the ongoing Lagos-Ibadan Expressway rehabilitation and reconstruction project said that the federal government was reconvening another tripartite meeting. …
COVID-19: Like the Boys Scout, ‘be prepared’
By Edward Ihejirika AS a public health physician, development and health policy management consultant I like to state unequivocally that vaccines save lives and clearly people need to take vaccines this time to stay alive but what is more important are the protocols advised for prevention. This alone can cut down the spread of Covid …
Popular crossdressers, James Brown, Bobrisky lock horns on social media
By Alao Abiodun The feud between two popular Nigerian cross-dressers, James Brown and Idris Okuneye popularly called “Bobrisky” appears not to be ending soon. James Brown, on Friday, called out Bobrisky. He alleged that Bobrisky threatened him, stating that Bobrisky reached out to him recently and he had assumed that the crossdresser simply wanted to …
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