Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 18th January 2021
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 18th January 2021 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Luggage: Court orders Emirates Airlines to pay customer $1.630m, N50m
Barely 14 years after his luggage containing $1.630million was lost in transit while on Emirates Airlines to China, justice has come the way of a businessman, Mr. Orji Prince Ikem at the weekend as a Federal High Court in Lagos ordered the Emirates Airlines to refund the missing $1.36million. Besides, the court presided by …
A nation of forums
NGF, PDPGF, PGF, others blocs battle for political relevance In this report, WALE ELEGBEDE writes on the plethora of political groups and forums set up by various elected political office holders, and the relevance or otherwise of such groups With advancement into the civil rule, politicians who have held particular public offices, or …
Police arraign couple over possession of Indian hemp
The Police at the weekend arraigned husband and wife, Asaolu Sheu (65) and Asaolu Jemilat (45) before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court over an alleged possession of Indian hemp. The defendants of unknown addresses are facing a charge of illegal possession of Indian hemp. The prosecutor, Inspector Oriyomi Akinwale told the court that the …
Safety protocols amid schools’ reopening
The Federal Government last week announced that schools in the country were free to open today. The announcement came few days after the government toyed with the idea of extending the resumption date, which was announced in December by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, led by the Secretary to the Government of the …
FG’s early breach of agreements with ASUU
Within two weeks of the conditional suspensionof thenine-monthstrike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Unionof Universities(ASUU), the Federal Government has stuck to her notorietyof floutingagreementswillinglyreachedwith the intellectual union. As intellectuals, the union was wise when it said the strike would be ‘conditionally suspended’ and would be reactivated should the Federal Government renege. …
2023: APC-PDP ‘alliance’ on Igbo president
The election of Prof. George Obiozor as President- General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo comes at an opportune moment, as leaders of the South-East attempt a united front for the presidency in 2023. The choice of Obiozor, a former Nigerian ambassador to the United States, followed a historic political concave in Abia State centred on the …
Bandits kill Catholic Priest, kidnap brother, 17 others in Niger
*CAN describes killings as unfortunate Armed bandits on Friday night abducted and killed a Catholic Priest of the Diocese of Minna, Reverend Father John Gbakaan Yaji in Tufa village along Lambata-Lapai road of Niger State. In a similar situation, 17 people were on Saturday night kidnapped by bandits in three communities in Bassa/Kukoki ward of …
How 4 MOPOL personnel were killed by suspected bandits – FHQ
…says attack on convoy was repelled The Force Headquarters (FHQ), Sunday night, announced the death of four personnel attached to the Police Mobile Force (PMF), during a fierce encounter with suspected bandits who attacked their convoy along the dreaded Birnin-Gwari Funtua Highway last Friday. It, however, insisted that the attack was repelled by officers deployed in …
Poll: APC sweeps all 44 Kano LGs
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has made a clean sweep of the 44 councils and their 484 councillors in the just concluded Local Government Elections in Kano State. The Chairman, Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC), Professor Garba Ibrahim Sheka stated this while addressing newsmen at the Commissions’ headquarters in Kano on Sunday. …
Yellow fever kills 112 persons in Benue
At least 112 people from Ogbadibo and Okpokwu local government areas of Benue State are reported to have died from yellow fever since the outbreak of the disease in September 2020 to date. The state’s epidomiologist, Dr. Terungwa Ngise, who confirming the incidence in an interview, said emergency interventions had been mobilized to the affected …
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