The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Tuesday 15th June 2021
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 15/06/21
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New lease of life for out-of-school kids
FRANK IKPEFAN reports that kids hitherto out of school are having a new lease of life. Thanks to the Girls for Girls initiative started by the United Nation’s Children Fund in 2017. When Aisha Aminu, a teenager, lost her father at three years old, it looked as if her world had crashed. It was almost
PDP governors raise alarm over ‘frivolous borrowings’
By Emmanuel Oladesu and Anthony Bassey, Uyo Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors on Monday hinged the country’s worsening debt profile on frivolous borrowings by the Federal Government. They said the N36 trillion debt is grossly unsustainable given the nation’s earning and Gross Domestic Product (GDP). They added that the debt situation could plunge the country
Buhari, Gbajabiamila, Omo-Agege, Lalong salute Omatseye at 60
By Bolaji Ogundele, Sanni Onogu, Abuja and Kolade Adeyemi, Jos President Muhammadu Buhari, House Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, Deputy Senate president Ovie Omo-Agege and Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong, have extended their best wishes to The Nation Editorial Board Chairman Sam Omatseye, on his 60th birthday. In a statement by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on
Ekiti varsity students beat suspected robber to death
By Rasaq Ibrahim, Ado-Ekiti A suspected robber Sunday Oluwasola has beaten to death by students of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti (EKSU). The Nation gathered that Oluwasola with his robbery gang ransacked one of the students’ hostels opposite the university gate. Read Also: Tension as EFCC officials beat NBA chairman to pulp in Benue A source said
Police rescue 26 abducted kids in Ebonyi
By Ogochukwu Anioke, Abakaliki Police in Ebonyi on Monday said they rescued over 26 abducted children from their abductors. Commissioner of Police Aliyu Garba released the information in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, at a meeting with media practitioners on ethical reporting and advocacy to eliminate violence against women and girls. The workshop is
Gunmen kill 12, injure five in Plateau attacks
By Kolade Adeyemi, Jos, and Uja Emmanuel, Makurdi Gunmen have killed 12 persons in attacks on two communities in Plateau State. The hoodlums killed 10 in Kuru, two in Zogu, in Jos South and Bassa council areas, respectively. The attacks took place on Sunday, The Nation learnt. Local sources said 14 persons were killed, five
Abducted Ekiti farmer freed
By Rasaq Ibrahim, Ado Ekiti A farmer kidnapped at a farm in Iyemero Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Friday, Alhaji Jimoh Olodan, has been freed. Olodan’s abductors, on Saturday, demanded N30 million but a community source told the reporter that N2m was eventually paid to free the prominent farmer. He was said to have been found
Herdsmen kill two, abduct six in Akwa Ibom, Enugu
By Bassey Anthony, Uyo, and Damian Duruiheoma, Enugu Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed two persons in attack on two communities in Akwa Ibom and Enugu. Six persons were abducted. One Sylvanus Usen was killed in Ikot Atasung in Ikot Ekpene council area of Akwa Ibom. Usen’s brother Andrew was injured in the attack
Truck knocks down VIO man
By Gbenga Omokhunu, Abuja The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) ministerial task force on traffic management has condemned the attempt by a truck driver, Wilson Aniete, to kill the ‘Truck Timing Unit Head’ of the Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTD) on the Kugbo stretch of the Abuja-Keffi Road. The driver of the truck had at
Baba Ijesha: Yomi Fabiyi to release new movie, ‘Oko Iyabo’
By Alao Abiodun Popular Nollywood actor Yomi Fabiyi is working on a new movie titled “Oko Iyabo”. The Nation learnt that the movie script appears to be x-raying the travails of embattled Nollywood star, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha. The Nation reports Baba Ijesha was arrested by the police in April for alleged
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