Thisday Newspaper News Today Wednesday 20th January 2021
Top Nigeria news Dailies Update from Thisday Newspaper News Today 20/01/21
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FG Gives Niger N1.9bn to Boost Standard of Education, Literacy
By Laleye Dipo The federal government has released about N1.9 billion to the Niger State Government to boost the standard of education and literacy in the state. The Minister of State for Education Mr. Chukwuemeka Nwajuiba, who disclosed this in Minna on Tuesday at the flag-off of the “Better Education Service Delivery For All” programme, …
Masari’s Wife Donates Tricycles to Disabled Persons
By Francis Sardauna The wife of Katsina State Governor, Dr. Zakiya Aminu Masari, in collaboration with Bruder Hilfe Foundation has donated 80 hand-driven tricycles to physically challenged persons in 12 local government areas in Daura senatorial zone of the state. Mrs Masari, while presenting the tricycles to the beneficiaries on Tuesday in Daura, lamented the …
SDP Leadership Tussle: Court to Rule on Motion Challenging Jurisdiction March 22
By Alex Enumah Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of a Federal High Court, Abuja will on March 22 decide whether her court has jurisdiction to entertain a suit seeking determination on the authentic leadership of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Justice Ijeoma announced the date for ruling on Tuesday shortly after taking submissions on the Notice of …
Buhari Meets Beninese President in Abuja, Urges Good Neighbourliness
By Deji Elumoye President Muhammadu Buhari has stressed the need for Benin Republic to be a good neighbour to Nigeria. The President who spoke on Tuesday while playing host to his Beninese counterpart, Patrice Talon, stressed the importance of good neighbourliness, saying “the survival of your neighbour is also your own, and vice-versa”. According to …
Obiano, Ngige Hail Anyaoku on 88th Birthday
By David-Chyddy Eleke The Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, and the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, have hailed the former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, The Anambra State governor described Anyaoku as Anambra’s gift to the world. Obiano said this in a statement signed by the state …
NPHCDA: Nigeria Has Enough Storage Capacity for COVID-19 Vaccines
By Onyebuchi Ezigbo The Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib has said that the federal government has developed a comprehensive vaccine deployment plan with adequate storage capacity to the keep covid-19 vaccines. Shuaib who stated this at the yesterday’s briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in …
FUTA Confirms Death of Deputy Registrar
By James Sowole The Federal University of Technology Akure, (FUTA), yesterday confirmed that one of its deputy registrars, Dr. Amos Arijesuyo, who was the Head, Guidance and Counseling Unit, Students Affairs Division, died of injuries from the gunshots wound he suffered when his private vehicle was attacked along the Ilesa-Akure road in the evening of …
COVID-19: Don Decries Reopening of Schools
By Funmi Ogundare A Professor in the Department of History, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Kemi Rotimi, yesterday described the recent reopening of schools in the country as government pandering in the business interest of private school owners, as their businesses have been on hold for a long time. Rotimi, who was a guest at The …
Bala Mohammed: Between State and Country
By Emma Agu Last December, the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus and Sokoto State Governor Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal were in Bauchi State, to flag off the construction of four strategic road projects, within the Bauchi metropolis. Among the roads, the most prominent was the dualization of the 17.7 km …
PFN Tasks Christian Leaders on Bad Governance
By Sylvester Idowu The Vice President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) in South-south region, Bishop Simeon Okah, has challenged Christian leaders to rise against bad governance by always speaking up against it whenever necessary. The cleric, in an interview with journalists in Warri, Delta State, yesterday, assured stakeholders that the PFN is behind …
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