Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 25th January 2021
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 25th January 2021 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Thomas: FG saw a window of opportunity in unclaimed dividends
Managing Director/CEO, Legacy Insurance Brokers Limited, and visiting lecturer at West African Insurance Institute (WAII), The Gambia, Babatunde Thomas, in this interview, speaks on the economy, government’s plan to borrow unclaimed dividends and issues on the insurance sector. Sunday Ojeme reports What in your opinion is actually responsible for the slow pace of …
Insecurity: Row over Akeredolu’s quit notice to herders
Lawyers disagree over Akeredolu’s ultimatum to herders Can a governor give quit notice to occupants of forest reserves as being done in Ondo State? Lawyers say no, yes. AKEEM NAFIU reports Some senior lawyers have sharply disagreed on the legality of Ondo State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu’s directive to herders occupying government’s forest …
We’ve not fixed date for voter registration –INEC
T he Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied the news making the rounds that it would begin the registration of new voters from January 25. The commission’s Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, had announced last December that continuous registration of voters would begin in the first quarter of 2021 and would end six months …
Glo boosts growth in telecoms sector in Q3, 2020
Data grandmasters, Globacom, drove the growth in Nigeria’s telecommunications industry in the third quarter of 2020, according to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The data showed that the sector grew substantially in the quarter propelled by data subscriptions which rose by 23 per cent year on year to stand …
NIMASA plans entrepreneurship training for coastal communities
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is planning to introduce educational, entrepreneurship training and skills acquisition programmes in the area of fishing, clearing and forwarding and legal bunkering for people in the coastal communities. The moves was part of efforts to discourage youths in the area from criminal tendencies. The agency added …
ART chief decries N4bn palliative to airlines
…seeks merger President, Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative (ART), Dr. Gabriel Gbenga Olowo, has insisted that for the sake of survival, and given their limited strength, airlines in the country should consider merging as the current trend of owner/manager will not hold the industry. He equally expressed disappointment with the N4 billion given …
MBF faults Presidency, IGP on herders’ eviction
The Middle Belt Forum (MBF), yesterday, expressed misgivings over what it described as interferences by the Federal Government on the internal security issues in Ondo State, following the quit notice issued by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu to “criminal herders” to either vacate the state forest reserves or face the full wrath of the law. MBF …
N1.3bn debt: AMCON takes over Inducon’s assets
Citing the order of Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Lagos, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), yesterday, announced that it took over assets belonging to Dr. John Warimeme Abebe, the Chief Promoter of Inducon Nigeria Limited, at the weekend, over an indebtedness of over N1.3 billion. Head, Corporate Communications Department …
Fear grips Benue over leaked video of suspected Boko Haram insurgents
Palpable fear and tension have gripped the people of Benue State, especially those living along the coastal plains over a leaked video of suspected Boko Haram insurgents that has dominated the social media space camped in a forest in neighbouring Nasarawa State. The fear came against the backdrop of an alarm raised by Nasarawa …
Govs, Miyetti Allah parley over insecurity, quit notice
Following the expiration of the seven- day ultimatum given by Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu for herdsmen to vacate forests reserves across Ondo State, there are indications that the Presidency has intervened in the matter. The quit notice to the herders expired yesterday. Sources told our correspondent that Presidency officials have brokered a parley between South-West …
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