The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Thursday 9th December 2021
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 09/12/21
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Army chief: repentant Boko Haram fighters not sincere
By Vincent Ikuomola, Okodili Ndidi, Abuja and Lucas Ajanaku ECOWAS worried over spread of terrorism ‘Terrorists, bandits using radio frequency spectrum illegally’ The anti-terror battle of the Federal Government may suffer a setback, it was learnt yesterday. The Army has raised the alarm that many repentant Boko Haram fighters are backsliding and subverting the war
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I sold human head for N25,000, says suspect
A suspected ritualist, Abideen Raheem, has admitted exhuming a body, severing its head and selling it to a friend for N25,000. Raheem, 42, was among 43 suspects paraded by the Oyo State Police Command in Ibadan yesterday. Speaking with journalists, the suspect said he sold the body part to a friend who needed it for
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‘Forex fluctuation takes toll on investment’
Capitaltrust, an asset management and financial advisory firm, has said the instability in the exchange rate has taken toll on the economy as several of investors have pulled out from investing. Speaking on the sideline of activities marking the 15th year anniversary of the firm at Eko Hotel and Suits, Lagos, its Chief Executive Officer,
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Lagos school shut after two die in truck accident
By Kofoworola Belo-Osagie, Tajudeen Adebanjo, Damola Kola-Dare, Oyebola Owolabi and Alao Abiodun Lagos State government yesterday shut Ojodu Grammar School following the protests by some parents after a truck crushed pupils to death on Tuesday. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu sympathised with the bereaved families, relatives, friends, management and staff of Ojodu Grammar school. He described the
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‘AfCTA will grow states’ export capacity by $1.2b yearly’
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Sector Matters and the Secretary, National Action Committee (NAC) on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Francis Anatogu has said the first goal of the implementation plan is to grow export capacity of every state to $1.2 billion focusing on specific products and service chains.
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Resist arbitrary charges, CBN tells bank customers
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has advised bank customers to resist arbitrary bank charges illegally imposed on them by Deposit Money Banks (DMBs). Reacting to claims by Igbo traders that depositors and other account operators with banks in Nigeria were suffering “unbearable” transaction charges. CBN governor Godwin Emefiele had called on bank customers to
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‘MTN now Nigerian company’
The National Coordinator, Progressive Shareholders Association (PSA), Okezie Boniface, has commended MTN Group for its decision to sell up to 575 million shares in MTN Nigeria to institutional and retail investors. He made the commendation at an Investors Forum held at the Lagos Marriot. Speaking at the investors’ forum, Boniface described the move as a
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Lagos unveils policy on clean, affordable energy
Lagos State has come up with an electricity policy statement to ensure residents enjoy affordable, cleaner, and uninterrupted power supply. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the policy presentation yesterday, hosted by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, lamented that lack of accountability and sincerity was affecting infrastructural development in the power sector. “For us to
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Ecobank Group posts N143.7b Q3 PBT
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) has announced N143.7 billion profit before tax (PBT) in its audited nine months ended September 30. The result represents 316 per cent growth from N34.5 billion reported in nine months ended September 30, last year. By the results filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), the bank triple-digit growth has resulted
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Sylva: Govt ‘ll scrutinise investors in divested oil assets
The Federal Government has said it will carefully scrutinise oil companies that will bid for the takeover of assets that Shell and other oil majors will be divesting from in the country. Shell and ExxonMobil had indicated their interests to divest from onshore and shallow water assets in the country. Speaking at a separate business
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