Latest News in Nigeria Today Saturday 20th March 2021
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Saturday 20th March 2021 .
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Picking the bills is not enough
By Francis Ewherido I read a post where a friend was talking about housewives who inflate children’s school fees to dupe their husbands. She was condemning the act, which actually is most condemnable. But my interest was not in the fraudulent behaviour of these women. I wondered why these men do not know the fees ofRead More
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Ibori, Okowa, Obasanjo, Ribadu, Atiku, UK; Anti-graft “Politricks”
By Tony Eluemunor Question: How serious is Nigeria’s anti-corruption fight? Answer: That depends on the accused, the accuser and the amount of prejudice (bias, preconception, prejudgment, predisposition, partiality) and the “politricks” involved. Item1:Bureau of Public Enterprise (under Nasir el-Rufai) chose the management-contract option to enhance NITEL before privatisation and advertised for OPERATORS ONLY, not CONSULTANTSRead More
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The death of Taboos: Sexual predators prowling in high and low places
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo A man sat beside a lady in a public bus and performed lewd sexual acts. When the lady raised the alarm, the man, eyes bulging, claimed he was only fiddling with his body. “What’s your problem with my body?” he asked the offended woman. Our society is degenerating. The scaffolds of taboosRead More
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SARS Probe Panel: How DPO, other officers framed, killed colleague — Petitioner
By Tordue Salem – Abuja A lawyer and petitioner at the Independent Investigative Panel on the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Daniel Dashe, on Friday told the panel how three police officers at Denton Police Division, Lagos State allegedly detained their colleague, Maxwell Dul Kate, on trumped up charges, and tortured him to death in 2019.Read More
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Benin Republic Chief to FG:Stop senseless killings in Nigeria, emulate us, ban open grazing
•Says majority of Nigerian refugees in Benin Republic have returned home Farmersherders clashes occur every year in neighbouring communities James Ogunnaike, just back from Benin Republic By James Ogunnaike The Ologunba of Ogunba Kingdom, Egelu in Benin Republic, Oba Adul Wahab Adio Ogunji has appealed to the Nigerian government to end the killings in resultingRead More
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See Lagos COVID-19 vaccination centres nearest to you
Below is the full list of the eighty-eight COVID-19 vaccination centres spread across the 20 local government areas of Lagos State. S/N LGAs Wards Facility 1 Agege KEKE Sango PHC 2 Agege ORILE Powerline PHC 3 Ajeromi/Ifelodun OLUWA/AKERE Akere PHC 4 Ajeromi/Ifelodun OWOYEMI LAYENI PHC 5 Ajeromi OWOYEMI Signals Operation Command Clinic 6 Ajeromi ALAYABIAGBARead More
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SELF DETERMINATION:We can no longer stop our youths – Yoruba leaders warn
Yoruba youth leader, Mr Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, who came to prominence after he issued an eviction notice to criminal herders in Ibarapa area of Oyo State last month has declared that it was time for the Yoruba to have their own nation to be called Oodua Republic, saying this is the year of freedom for Yoruba nation. Speaking at an event which video has gone viral, Sunday Igboho lamented that the Yoruba ethnic group had been marginalized under the present government and he would soon lead other Yoruba youths to declare freedom from the Nigerian state.
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Ekuta, first Nigerian judoka to qualify for Tokyo Olympics
True to her name ‘Enku Ewa Ekuta’ which means ‘God will open the way of success’, Enku Ekuta achieved her greatest success yet early in 2021 when she qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first Nigerian female judoka to do so in 17 years since the last Nigerian woman, Catherine Ekuta her mother, qualifiedRead More
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Gov Ganduje of Kano swears in new Permanent Secretary
Hajiya Aminatu Muhammad, has been sworn-in as a Permanent Secretary in the state Civil Service, at a ceremony at Government House, Kano, on Friday, by Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje
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Approval of $1.5bn for rehabilitation of Port Harcourt Refinery is another Financial Jamboree-Onuesoke
By Ephraim Oseji Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and former Delta State Governorship aspirant, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has described Federal Government approval of $1.5bn for the rehabilitation of Port Harcourt refinery as another financial jamboree. Recalled that the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva while briefing newsmen at the end of the Federal ExecutiveRead More
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