Breaking News in Nigeria Today Friday 25th February 2022
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Friday 25th February 2022 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Payment of ransom: How EFCC, Navy rejected Senate bill
CHUKWU DAVID reports on the rejection of a bill by the Senate to criminalize payment of ransom to kidnappers by the Nigerian Navy and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as well as opposition to the proposed Anti-money Laundery Bill by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) One of the greatest challenges facing Nigeria under
Electoral bill: CNPP asks Nigerians to step up pressure on Buhari
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has called on Nigerians to sustain the current pressure to get President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill as transmitted to him. In a statement signed by its Secretary General, Chief Willy Ezugwu, CNPP said there are two major reasons why the All Progressives Congress
2023: Adefolaju declares for Ifo Assembly seat
Following consultations with key stakeholders in his constituency, Hon. Ademola Adefolaju has declared his intentions to run for the Ifo Constituency 2 House of Assembly seat in Ogun State. Adefolaju said he decided to yield to the clarion call and aspire for the House of Assembly seat in order to give the people of Ifo
Gbajabiamila: Changing the face of Surulere
Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila’s commitment to his Surulere-I constituents is not new. But what is fresh is the pace and scale of impactful change the Lagos suburb and its residents are experiencing due to the myriad of interventions and empowerment from the lawmaker. WALE ELEGBEDE reports In an era of limited infrastructure and scarce working tool,
Raise independent panel to probe Novena University, ex-militant tells Dikio
A former militant leader in the Niger Delta region, ‘General’ Israel Akpos, has called on the interim administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd), to as a matter of urgency raise an independent panel to probe the allegation of scholarship financial misconduct against Novena University and its vice-chancellor. In a statement
Group to Obaseki: Reverse AAU multi-campus policy
A socio-cultural group, Esan Okpa Initiative (EOI), has asked Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State to immediately reconsider the recently announced planto make Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma a multi campus institution, arguing that it is not only a ploy to balkanize the institution and render it prostrate but also to undermine the Esan economy.
125 years after, £2.5m looted Benin artefacts return home
WhenonFebruary 9,1897, the rampaging British soldiers invaded one of Africa’s most sophisticated and organised empires, Benin Empire, looting in the process over ten thousand artworks, little did they know that one day the artefacts will find their way back to their original abode. The invasion was a punitive expedition by the British force of about
NUPENG expresses fear over Petroleum Industry Act implementation
The National Union of Petroleum and Gas Workers of Nigeria (NUPENG) has expressed concerns over the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). Re-elected Chairman of the Port Harcourt Council of NUPENG, Minai Samuel, voiced the union’s fears yesterday in Owerri during their quadrennial delegates’ conference. He said: “It is worrisome to operate with the
Lagos Motor Boat Club member appeals judgement affirming exclusion
A member of the Lagos Motor Boat Club, Babajide Coker, yesterday asked the Court of Appeal in Lagos to reverse a lower court judgement that struck out his suit seeking to sack the club’s trustees over his exclusion from the club’s 2020 election. Mr. Coker filed his appeal in suit FHC/L/CS/578/2021 following his dissatisfaction with
Study ties extreme heat to increased mental healthcare
Researchers in the United States said during periods of extreme heat, clinicians should expect to see an increase in patients requiring mental health services. According to the results of a new study led by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researchers, higher-thannormal temperatures during the summer season in the United States were associated with
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