Thisday Newspaper News Today Sunday 8th August 2021
Top Nigeria news Dailies Update from Thisday Newspaper News Today 08/08/21
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Yari’s APC Faction Insists on Validity of Old Membership Card
A faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara has called on its followers to disregard the purported nullification of their membership cards. The faction, under the leadership of a former Zamfara Governor, Alhaji Abdul’aziz Yari, made the call in a statement issued by its secretary, Alhaji Sani Musa, on Friday in Gusau. He
Gunmen Attack Passengers, Kill One, Abduct Others in Ekiti
Police in Ekiti State on Saturday confirmed a gun attack on travellers in the state on Friday night. Police spokesman, ASP Sunday Abutu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado-Ekiti, that the gunmen shot the driver of the vehicle, a LEXUS 330 SUV, dead. They took the two other occupants of the vehicle
Plateau Killings Against Islamic Teachings, Says JNI
The Plateau chapter of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) has described the recent killings in some parts of Plateau, particularly in Bassa, Jos South and Riyom local government areas, as “abominable” and against the teachings of Islam. Alhaji Sani Mudi, the Publicity Secretary of JNI in the state, said this in a statement on Saturday
PDP Chieftain Accuses Group of Hijacking Party in Katsina
By Francis Sardauna The Katsina State factional group of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Agyara group, has accused those it referred to as ‘Abuja-based members’ of the party of hijacking the party’s structures in the state. A member of the group and chieftain of PDP, Sani Umar Kankia, told journalists in Katsina that two stalwarts
Buhari Felicitates With Ngige at 69
By Deji Elumoye President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with Labour and Employment Minister, Dr Chris Nwabueze Ngige, as he marks his 69th birthday anniversary on August 8. The President, in a release issued Saturday by his Media Adviser, Femi Adesina, joined the medical profession, labour community, the legislature, where the celebrant served as Senator, and
Local Hunters Kill 20 Bandits in Niger
By Laleye Dipo Not less than 20 suspected bandits were killed last Tuesday by local Hunters in the Shiroro local Government Area of Niger state. The local Hunters also recovered several herds of cattle rustled by the bandits. The incident came on the heels of the restoration of armed security operatives to Bassa, Gurmana and
Umeoji, Soludo and the Verdict of Equity in APGA
Sunny Igboanugo There was this drunken lawyer that I met back then in Asaba, Delta State. It was during the tribunal case involving then Governor, the late Olorogun Felix Ibru and Eric Opia. Ibru became governor on the back of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), as against Opia’s National Republican Congress (NRC), the two political
APC Ward Congresses in Kwara, a Leading Model
Hammed Shittu in Ilorin Last week, the Kwara State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) conducted its ward congresses in all the 193 wards, alongside other states to ensure the day-to- day running of the party’s affairs at that level. The party had been enmeshed in crisis for over two years now without
Blessing Oborududu A Golden Silver
Before the start of Tokyo Olympics if there was one sport that Nigerians were hoping for a gold medal it’s in wrestling which had eluded the country since Atlanta ’96. But while all eyes are in the direction of African number one wrestling sensation Odunayo Adekuoroye for the expected gold, it was 32-year-old Blessing Obordudu
Ambazonia Refutes Claim of Alliance with IPOB
By Vanessa Obioha The separatist group in southern Cameroon, Ambazonia, has refuted claims that it has an alliance with the proscribed South-east separatist movement, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Reports emerged in May that the two separatist groups fighting for their own independent nation have joined forces to break up the countries where they
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