The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Tuesday 10th August 2021
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 10/08/21
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Fed Govt: rising infections in Lagos, Akwa Ibom worrisome
By Moses Emorinken, Abuja The Federal Government expressed concern yesterday over the rising cases of COVID-19 in the country, especially in Lagos and Akwa Ibom states. It, however, expressed optimism that the worrisome development would be contained with the arrival of more doses of vaccines today and the resumption of vaccination across the nation
130,000 tested in Kaduna, says commissioner
By AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna Kaduna State Health Commissioner, Dr. Amina Mohammed-Baloni, has said more than 130,000 people have been tested for their COVID-19 status in the state. Mohammed-Baloni spoke yesterday while delivering a lecture at the Kaduna State University (KASU) in Kaduna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event was the
Stop managing COVID-19 cases, Osun govt warns private hospitals
By Toba Adedeji, Osogbo The Osun State government yesterday warned private hospitals across the state to stop managing COVID-19 cases. A statement by the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs. Funke Egbemonde, said the government was deeply concerned about the tragic outcomes from professional infractions by some medical facilities and the lackadaisical attitude
Unsolved murders: We need information, say Delta police
By Elo Edremoda, Warri The Delta State police command has emphasised the need for information to be made available to enable its men combat crimes, especially killing of innocent persons in the state. Speaking on the unresolved murders of some ladies in the state recently, in a conversation with The Nation, spokesman Bright Edafe
Gunmen abduct Niger Commissioner, demand N500m
By Justina Asishana, Minna; Rasaq Ibrahim, Ado-Ekiti, and Adekunle Jimoh, Ilorin Gunmen have abducted Niger State Commissioner for Information Alhaji Sani Idris. The development is coming two months after the abduction of the Tegina Islamiyya schoolchildren. Secretary of the State Government Alhaji Ahmed Ibrahim Matane confirmed that the commissioner was kidnapped yesterday about 1am
Ex-Delta justice commissioner denies affair with maid
By Okungbowa Aiwerie, Asaba The immediate past Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Delta State, Dr. Peter Mrakpor , a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has debunked reports on social media alleging that he had an extra-marital affair with the maid of his ex-wife Joan Mrakpor. He also denied that the alleged relationship
U.S court postpones trial of Abiodun’s aide to next year
By Alao Abiodun The fraud trial of suspended aide to Ogun State Governor Abidemi Rufai, who was indicted for alleged conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, has been postponed to 2022, The Nation has gathered. A fresh ruling of the court postponed Rufai’s trial by five months. Rufai was arrested at the JFK
IBB, Kalu, Ise-Iyamu, others pay tributes to Hosa Okunbo
By Bisi Olaniyi, Southsouth Bureau Chief, Benin and Elo Edremoda, Warri Eminent Nigerians yesterday paid glowing tributes to the late businessman and philanthropist, Capt. Hosa Okunbor. They include former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), Senate Chief Whip Orji Uzor Kalu, Edo State Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu, a chieftain of the All Progressives
Unmarried men, women responsible for spike in HIV infections, says NACA
By Moses Emorinken, Abuja A latest study by the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has shown that never married men and women contributed the largest number of new HIV infections in the country. The study also showed that never married women contributed more to be HIV infections than men. While never
Fed Govt, striking doctors’ meeting ends in stalemate
By Moses Emorinken and Grace Obike, Abuja The Federal Government and officials of the striking National Association of Resident doctors (NARD) returned to the negotiation table yesterday to find solutions to the union’s ongoing strike, which is on the ninth day today. But both sides could not reach a truce last night, after hours
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