The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Friday 12th February 2021
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 12/02/21
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Security agencies won’t allow protest at Lekki Toll Gate, says Fed Govt
By Yusuf Alli and Onyedi Ojiabor, Abuja The Federal Government on Thursday drew the red line for #EndSARS protesters over their plans to re-occupy the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos. The government said it will crush any protest at the toll gate under any guise and warned Nigerians against participating in an action at the toll
‘Ex-service Chiefs as Ambassadors and why not?’
By Femi Adesina Almost everything in our country is accompanied by some sort of furore. You do, you are damned. You don’t do, you are damned. No wonder President Muhammadu Buhari often says in private conversations, when some tumults occur on certain issues: “Head or tail, you never win with some Nigerians.” And he then
If only we can get Yahaya Bello to be our next president
By Olukorede Yishau In times past, nation-states abound with gods. The ancient times are long gone and the tendency is to assume that there are no new gods on earth. Christians will even argue that with God, there is no need for gods again. Muslims are wont to argue that Allah is sufficient for us
Ortom: most killer-herdsmen not Nigerians
By David Adenuga, Bauchi Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom on Thursday said some herdsmen who wreak havoc in the country are not Nigerians. He urged President Muhammadu Buhari to push for a review of the ECOWAS protocol for movement of persons, goods and services within the West African sub-region. Addressing reporters in Abuja, the governor
How ex-Lagos Governor LK Jakande died, by sons
By Emmanuel Oladesu, Deputy Editor, Evelyn Osagie and Precious Igbonwelundu Family members recall his last moment Buhari, governors, Tinubu, others mourn Second Republic Lagos State Governor Lateef Kayode Jakande passed on peacefully on Thursday. He was never ill, his children and family members who relived his last moment said. Jakande, first civilian governor of Lagos
Lateef Kayode Jakande (1929-2021): Buhari, governors, others mourn ex-governor
By Raymond Mordi, Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja, Ernest Nwokolo, Abeokuta, Chris Njoku, Owerri and Toba Adedeji, Osogbo President Muhammadu Buhari, governors and other prominent dignitaries on Thursday mourned ex-Lagos State Governor Lateef Jakande who died at 91. Buhari, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, expressed the belief
Nigeria, China and roadmap to next 50 years
By Charles Onunaiju Bilateral relations and cooperation between Nigeria and China have grown phenomenally from its humble beginning 50 years ago. Since then, the relations have grown and have in recent times consolidated in the robust and dynamic bilateral cooperation between the two countries with an added impetus of the historic momentum of strategic partnership
Tony Momoh, the man who knew tomorrow
By Mack Ogbamosa If there was anyone who prepared himself adequately for his life career, it was Prince Tony Momoh. After attending a teachers’ training college to train as a teacher, he grounded himself in mass communication and law to make himself a well-rounded professional in both fields. He was a renaissance man; a man
Where was the genocide?
By Tochukwu Ezukanma SIR: To characterize a scale of mass-murder that defied the English lexicon, Raphael Lemkin coined a new word, “genocide”, from the Greek word “geno”, meaning tribe, nation or people and from the Latin word, “cide”, conjugated from “caedere” – to kill. He was writing about the Nazi policy of deliberate, systematic extermination
Police investigate man’s death near Igangan farm
By Yinka Adeniran, Ibadan Police in Oyo State are investigating the death of one Bashiru Akinlotan near his 12-acre cocoa farm in Igangan in the Ibarapa area of state. Akinlotan, 65, was found dead about 20 metres from his farm, which was set ablaze. There were speculations that he was strangled by herdsmen but when
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