Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 15th March 2021
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 15th March 2021 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Eastern rail project’ll create 50,000 jobs –Amaechi
The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, has said that the Eastern railway project flagged off Tuesday last week in Port Harcourt, River State, would create about 20,000 to 50,000 jobs for the youth. Amaechi in a statement by his Media Assistant, Taiye Elebiyo-Edeni, said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s major aim for investing in rail
Marketers decry implementation of FG’s deregulation policy
Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has said that oil marketers may soon run out of business due to an increasing cost of operation in the face of a small profit margin. The marketers, who decried uncoordinated manner in which government’s deregulation policy was being implemented, said it has left oil marketers without
Benue: Police arrest one over ex-CP’s wife’s murder
Benue State Police Command yesterday said they had arrested suspect in connection with the murder of Mrs. Eunice Aghanya, wife of retired Police Commissioner, Ebezimako Aghanya, in Makurdi. Eunice was murdered in her residence behind Kismet Hotel off David Mark bypass in Makurdi, by assailants who reportedly trailed her home. The state Police
NDDC board: Edo youths issue 72-hour ultimatum to Akpabio
Edo youths under the umbrella of Edo Restoration Movement at the weekend issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, over what it tagged exclusion of Edo State from the NDDC board. The group protesting at the state office of the commission in Benin City, carried placards with
Nigeria’s challenges’re surmountable, says Osinbajo
Olaoye Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the challenges facing the country were surmountable and stepping stones to its great future. Osinbajo stated this today in Owerri at a special interdenominational thanksgiving service to mark the first anniversary of the administration of the Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma. The Vice-President, who delivered
N2.4bn fraud: EFCC detains Ondo lawmaker, Clerk
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has detained the Clerk of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Mr. Bode Adeyelu and three others staff for alleged N2.4 million seminar fraud. Detained with the Clerk of the Assembly was a lawmaker representing Akoko South West I in the House, Felemu Bankole. Also, two civil
£2.556bn fraud: CBN faults Petro Union directors over fictitious bank’s documents
Foluso Ogunmodede The nation’s apex bank—Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the weekend faulted a statement of account by a giant oil firm, Petro Union Oil and Gas Company Limited and its four directors in a case of £2.556billion alleged fraud initiated against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), describing the
We’ll arrest killers of traveller on Iju-Ikere Road –Police
i Police have promised to hunt and apprehend those who attacked passengers in a commercial vehicle on Iju-Ikere Ekiti Road in Ekiti State. On Saturday evening, the gunmen attacked the travellers with sporadic shootings and killed one in the process. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Sunday Abutu, explained that the vehicle
Disquiet over Ibori’s £4.2m recovered loot
£4.2m Ibori loot: Falana, Ozekhome, Layonu, others protest FG’s plans AKEEM NAFIU writes that lawyers have kicked against the Federal Government’s planned deployment of the recovered £4.2million looted by a former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, to service some ongoing road projects across the country “The £4.2million does not belong to the
A president of Igbo extraction in 2023, my last wish – Amaechi
Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, a former Minister of Aviation, is the only minister of Nigeria’s First Republic, who is still alive. He is 92 years presently but full of regrets that the Nigerian federation, which he is one of its founding fathers has derailed from the purpose for which it was founded as a united
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