Latest News in Nigeria Today Tuesday 23rd March 2021
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Tuesday 23rd March 2021 .
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DIASPORA REMITTANCES: Access Bank to pay customers N5 for every $1 received
By Nkiruka Nnorom moeny market In a bid to promote diaspora remittances into the country, Access Bank Plc will be rewarding customers with N5 on every $1 received from their loved ones or associates abroad through foreign remittances. The N5 for every dollar cash back will be paid to Access Bank customers irrespective ofRead More
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Ganduje urges intending pilgrims to be good ambassadors
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has urged intending Muslim pilgrims from the state to be good ambassadors of the country. Ganduje made the call in Kano on Monday while declaring open the induction of potential pilgrims for the 2020/2021 Hajj operation. The governor, represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Usman Alhaji, Read More
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APAPA GRIDLOCK: Hoodlums attack Lagos traffic team over e-Call Up enforcement
*Why Nigeria loses N800bn monthly to port operations —Shippers association By Olasunkanmi Akoni, with agency reports EFFORTS to restore sanity to Apapa and environs may suffer set back, following violent attacks on the Lagos Traffic Management and Enforcement Team, in Apapa, by suspected hoodlums, over the implementation of the newly introduced Electronic Call-Up system inRead More
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Many S-Court decisions no longer make sense – Justice Rhodes-Vivour
…Urges FG to tackle corruption By Ikechukwu Nnochiri A retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, said yesterday that many previous decisions of the apex court should be laid to rest and never followed. Justice Rhodes-Vivour, who clocked the 70 years mandatory retirement age yesterday, spoke at a valedictory session the Supreme Court heldRead More
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2023: North can’t be threatened into submitting to separatist agenda — NEF
*Says vacation order to northerners in South brainchild of opportunistic politicians By Luminous Jannamike The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, yesterday, described as unfounded the fear that the recent manoeuvre by separatists in parts of the country will threaten the North’s political fortune, ahead of the 2023 elections. NEF’s spokesman, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, who stated thisRead More
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ANTI-OPEN GRAZING LAW: Ondo Amotekun nabs 9 herders, 100 cattle
*We owe no apology to nobody —Akeredolu *As Ibarapa youths protest remand of OPC members By Dayo Johnson & Ola Ajayi NINE herders, with over 100 cattle, were arrested, weekend, by operatives of the Ondo State Security outfit, codenamed Amotekun, for violating the state government’s open grazing law. The herders and their cattle were arrestedRead More
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Rethinking Federal Role in Nigeria’s university system
By Ladipo Adamolekun Preamble The Federal Government’s hijack of regional universities in 1975 was consistent with the centralism and uniformity that the military imposed on the country during their close to 30 year-rule. The universities at Nsukka, Ife, and Zaria – established by regional governments in 1960, 1962, and 1962 respectively – were taken overRead More
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Buyers react as FG concludes sale of 57 marginal fields
By Udeme Akpan Nigeria’s 2020 marginal fields round is gradually coming to a close, with many indigenous companies emerging as winners of bids for the 57 fields on offer. A marginal field is any oil and gas field with relatively small reserves reported annually to the government and has remained unproduced for a period ofRead More
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Imo govt revokes 49 plots belonging to Okorocha’s elder sister
By Chidi Nkwopara It is not yet Uhuru for the Senator Rochas Okorocha family and friends, as Imo State Government, yesterday, announced the revocation of 49 plots linked to the Senator’s elder sister, Mrs. Geraldine Obinali. Government’s position was made public vide a public notice issued by the management of Imo State Housing Corporation andRead More
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Insecurity: Economy in dire straits — Gbajabiamila
By Tordue Salem If not quickly addressed, the heightening insecurity in the country will wreck the country’s economy, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has warned. To stem the tide, Gbajabiamila advised there is need to articulate a national long-term social and economic development framework, with a broad acceptance by critical stakeholders, toRead More
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