The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Wednesday 10th March 2021
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 10/03/21
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By Samuel Oamen Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has claimed the septuagenarian arrested by operatives of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) last Sunday is not the “wanted Wakili”. In a series of tweets, Fani-Kayode said the arrested old man is not the prime suspect. According to him: “One Isikilu Wakili, a foreign terrorist who
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Benin to understudy CBN’s Anchor Borrowers Programme
By Juliana Agbo, Abuja Following the successes recorded by the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) over the years, the Republic of Benin has indicated interest in the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) to boost its local rice production. The Minister of Finance and Economy of the Republic of Benin, Romuald Wadagni,
Buhari okays N5b for NIMC
By Blessing Olaifa, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday approved N5billion for the National Identity Managment Commission (NIMC) to enable it deliver the national digital economy project with appropriate infrastructures and attractive conditions of service in agencies saddled with the responsibility to do so. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami said there
Police rescue kidnapped driver in Osun
By Toba Adedeji, Osogbo The Osun State Police Command on Tuesday said that a driver and his passenger abducted by gunmen on Ibada-Akure Road have now been rescued. Gunmen on Saturday abducted the duo from a commercial bus marked KTP 331 RG after a gun duel with security operatives. The Nation reported that one of
Man jailed for cryptocurrency fraud in Makurdi
By Uja Emmanuel, Makurdi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Makurdi Zonal Office on Tuesday 9th March, 2021 secured the conviction of one, Victor Chinemerem Ogaraku, for cryptocurrency fraud. The 20-year-old was prosecuted by the Makurdi Zonal Office before Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi, Benue State on one-count
35 suspected Yahoo boys held in Lagos, Port Harcourt
By Yusuf Alli, Managing Editor, Northern Operation The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 35 suspects for alleged internet and computer-related fraud. According to a statement by the Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, all the suspects were picked up in the early hours of on
Lagos to inaugurate new oxygen plant soon
By Oyebola Owolabi The Lagos State Government will soon inaugurate an oxygen plant at the Gbagada General Hospital, Commissioner for Health Prof. Akin Abayomi said on Tuesday. Abayomi spoke at the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) in Yaba when he received 260 oxygen cylinders and a medical incinerator donated by the Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) to
CBN finances 82 projects worth N85.89b
By Nduka Chiejina, Assistant Editor, Abuja The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has financed 82 projects, valued at N85.89 billion through its Healthcare Sector Intervention Facility. The projects comprised 26 pharmaceutical and 56 medical projects across the country. Also on Tuesday in Abuja, the CBN gave out grants valued at N253.54 million to
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