Breaking News in Nigeria Today Thursday 18th March 2021
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Thursday 18th March 2021 on some of the nation newspapers .
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FG needs strong political will to get justice in Malabu oil scam – Suraju
Mr. Olanrewaju Suraju is the chairman of Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA). In this interview, he speaks on the ongoing trial of the controversial Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL245) scam, otherwise known as the Malabu oil deal, the need to take steps to curtail corruption in the sector, among other issues. WALE ELEGBEDE reports It
‘Why IGP places emphasis on community policing
A few months ago, when the #EndSARS protests swept across the nation, angry mobs, protesting against police brutality, went on a rampage, torching police stations, carting away arms and killing security operatives. Curiously, the Nigeria Police Station, Fegge, Onitsha, Anambra State was spared as residents protected it and its personnel from the rage. In this
Ndigbo in APC Lagos: Back to the trenches
In this report, ANAYO EZUGWU examines the leadership crisis rocking Ndigbo in the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) A house divided against itself cannot stand, this is the situation of Ndigbo in APC, a group within the Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC). The group is currently enmeshed in an internal
Insecurity: Reps appoint 40-member c’ttee to draft blueprint for FG
Worried by the prevailing insecurity in the country, the House of Representatives yesterday set up a 40- man ad-hoc committee to brainstorm and produce a blueprint on addressing the challenge, which will be forwarded to President Muhammadu Buhari within three weeks. The committee is comprised of all the ten principal officers and 30 other members.
President Buhari appoints Oyebode as ED, AfDB
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr. Oyetunde Oyetunde as Executive Director for Nigeria at African Development Bank (AfDB) in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire. Prior to his appointment, Oyetunde was Senior Special Assistant to Mr. President on Finance and Fiscal Policy as well as legal matters in the Office of the Chief of Staff
Bello: Women, youth participation in politics, imperative for national devt
Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, yesterday charged the All Progressives Congress (APC) Constitutional Review Committee to come forth with enabling provisions that would be favourable and inclusive of Nigerian youths and women. He said such a move would attract women and youths’ interest in the party. The governor stated this on Tuesday at the
Trade policy: Agbakoba writes CBN gov, seeks trade remedies legislation
A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has urged Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, to ensure the institutionalization of a protective trade regime for the country through legislation. Agbakoba, in a letter written to the CBN Governor yesterday on the nation’s trade policy and restrictive
NAFDAC: Strange illness in Kano caused by food poisoning
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) yesterday said the strange illness witnessed in Kano State recently was caused by food poisoning. NAFDAC’s Director- General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, confirmed this in an interview with Channels Television. The outbreak of the infection had led to the death of two persons and the
Eight UniAbuja students win N2.2m research grants
Eight undergraduate students of the University of Abuja have won N2.2 million as research grants from the university’s Centre for Undergraduate Research Fund. Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, who spoke at the maiden undergraduate research day with the theme: ‘Promoting National Development Through Research,’ yesterday in Abuja, pledged to increase investment on research
Evans: Absence of prosecution witnesses stall trial of alleged kidnap kingpin
The absence of prosecution witnesses yesterday stalled two of the trials of an alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, who is standing trial before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court, Lagos. In the first suit, Evans was facing trial alongside Victor Aduba, a dismissed member of the Nigerian Army. The defendants
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