The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Thursday 10th June 2021
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 10/06/21
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Ogun embraces guidelines on self-injection for family planning
By Adekunle Yusuf To reduce preventable deaths among women of child bearing age as well as improve health indices, Ogun State Government has embraced the Federal Government’s guidelines for the introduction and scale-up of DepoMedroxy Progesterone SubCutaneous (DMPA-SC), a self-injection method of family planning. Handing over the document and advocacy brief to the Ogun Commissioner
Mastercard to boost Africa’s COVID-19 recovery efforts with $1.3b
By Adekunle Yusuf To save lives and preserve livelihoods of millions of people in Africa, MasterCard Foundation is deploying $1.3 billion over the next three years in partnership with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to hasten the economic recovery of the continent after COVID-19 crisis. The Saving Lives and Livelihoods
MTN to pay shareholders N9.40 dividend per share
By Collins Nweze MTN Nigeria Communications Plc, has announced the payment of N9.40 final dividend per share to shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2020. The dividend represents 18.7 per cent increase from 2019. MTN Nigeria’s Chairman, Ernest Ndukwe said “Despite the challenging operating conditions during the year, I am happy to report that
Africa Fintech Foundry, Access Bank promote ‘Women in Tech’
By Collins Nweze The Africa Fintech Foundry and Access Bank’s ‘W’ Initiative are hosting a fireside chat for ‘Women in Tech’ today. It is themed ‘Women in Tech: Driving diversity in the African tech industry’. Head of the African Fintech Foundry, Daniel Awe, said: “The African Fintech Foundry has always been committed to leading disruptions
Fraud examiners seek govt’s nod to fight corruption
By Collins Nweze The Chartered Institute of Forensic And Certified Fraud Examiners of Nigeria has called on the National Assembly to pass a Bill on its establishment to enable it tackle illicit capital flow, fraud and corruption. Speaking during a media parley in Lagos, Registrar/CEO, Chartered Institute of Forensic and Certified Fraud Examiners of Nigeria,
Operators assure on resilience of Nigerian capital market
The Association of Securities Dealing Houses of Nigeria (ASHON) has assured that the Nigerian capital market has the capacity to survive insecurity and macroeconomic challenges militating against investment opportunities. ASHON also proposed some measures by which the government can revive the securities market through enhancement of stockbrokers’ liquidity and implementation of some policies to boost
Fed Govt serviced domestic debts with N612.7b in three months
By Nduka Chiejina (Assitant Editor) The Federal Government has spent N612.71 billion from January to March 2021 to service domestic debt obligations. In a report released yesterday by the Debt Management Office (DMO), the government redeemed its Nigerian Treasury Bills (NTB) obligations by paying holders of mature NTBs N17.23 billion in January, N12.3 billion in
Northern women demand referendum to end insecurity
By AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna Northern women group, Jam’iyyar Mayan Arewa (JMA), has called for national conference or referendum to address the spate of insecurity, killings and banditry ravaging parts of the country, especially the North. Since the emergence of Boko Haram in 2009, Nigeria has variously suffered spates of attacks, insurgency, banditry, but recently the
Don’t give room for attention on station, IG warns policemen
By Precious Igbonwelundu Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba has warned policemen never to allow hoodlums wielding guns, sticks and machetes overrun their stations. He promised to kit them with anti-riot equipment, arms and ammunition as well as other weapons needed for effective policing through the Police Trust Fund (PTF). Baba spoke on
NJC panel to monitor governors’ compliance with judicial autonomy
By Eric Ikhilae, Abuja Members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) have resolved to end the strike they began over two months ago. Their leaders rose on Wednesday from a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting and issued a communique to suspend the strike. They were not specific on the date, but a senior
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