Breaking News in Nigeria Today Thursday 1st April 2021
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Thursday 1st April 2021 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Baba-Ahmed: North is the biggest victim of Nigeria’s present structure
Hakeem Baba-Ahmed is the Director of Publicity and Advocacy, Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF). In this interview monitored on Arise Television, he speaks on the state of the nation and rising insecurity, among others issues. ANAYO EZUGWU reports Governor of Benue State has said that insecurity is threatening the 2023 general election and that if the
Anambra guber: Okafor promises to make Nnewi industrial hub
An aspirant for the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Hon. Nonso Okafor, has promised to use the instrumentality of government to harness the industrial and commercial potentials of the Nnewi industrial city. Hon. Okafor, a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, representing
PDP must overhaul its leadership ahead of 2023 – Afegbua
Prince Kassim Afegbua is a former Commissioner for Information in Edo State and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In this interview, he speaks on the leadership of the party and what the opposition should do ahead of the 2023 general elections in order to salvage Nigeria. FELIX NWANERI reports You have been
Youth recruitment: You’re unfit to be president, Bode George tells Tinubu
Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has asked former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to forget his presidential ambition following comment he made in Kano about youth employment. He said the comment indicated that Tinubu was unfit to be president of the country. George in a statement
Customs patrol team impounds 13 locally-fabricated vans
The Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT), North Central Zone, Sector 3, Ilorin, Kwara State, yesterday said it has made a single catch of a convoy of 13 pick-up vans carefully, technically and locally-fabricated for the purpose of smuggling activities. Revealing this during a news briefing in Ilorin, Coordinator of JBPT, Comptroller Olugboyega Peters, said the
LASTMA officers, others to wear body camera
Officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority and others in the Lagos State Law Enforcement Training Institute (LETI) will now be using body cameras as Governor Babajide Sanwo- Olu has finally approved the use of the device to enhance their safety while on duty. The governor also approved a mass training for the state’s
Uzodinma, Imo PC shut down pro-democracy summit over Okorocha
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) chaired by the Vice- President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday observed a minute silence in honour of two former ministers; Senator Bode Olowoporoku and Alhaji Umaru Muhammad Baba. Osinbajo chaired the council meeting because the President left for London on a two-week medical vacation yesterday. He was scheduled to return to
Akwa Ibom LG boss urges FG’s intervention in communal crisis
The Chairman of Ini Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Isreal Idaisin, has cried out to the Federal Government to intervene in the protracted Nkari boundary crisis as members of the communities now move about with weapons. Idaisin had reported that the age-long attack on the people of Nkari community by the neighbouring
NEXIM shifts focus to women, youths, SMEs with N10bn Seed Fund
The Nigerian Export- Import Bank (NEXIM) has moved to support women and youth exporters with a seed fund of N10 billion under a new programme coined Women and Youth Export Facility (WAYEF). The bank also announced a partnership with Afreximbank with which $50 million Project Preparation Fund (PPF) would be mobilised for Nigeria. The objective
Tax: Lagos extends deadline on annual returns
In furtherance of the commitment to continuously mitigate the effect of COVID-19 on taxpayers in Lagos State, Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has extended filing on Individual Annual Tax Returns by an additional two weeks starting from April 1 to April 14, 2021. In accordance with the provisions of Section 41 of the Personal
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