Breaking News in Nigeria Today Tuesday 16th February 2021
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Tuesday 16th February 2021 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Service Chiefs to Nigerians: We’ll end security challenges
Security chiefs, yesterday, reassured Nigerians of government’s commitment to ending insecurity across the country. National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd) made the commitment on their behalf in Kaduna at a town hall meeting of security chiefs, state governors and major stakeholders on the protracted insecurity in the North-West of the country. Monguno said
Secondus: External forces behind alleged PDP crisis
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has said external forces are behind the alleged crisis in the party. Secondus, who spoke to journalists in Abuja, yesterday, accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of sponsoring crisis in PDP. “There is no crisis in the PDP. It is all plots
DPO presides over APC membership registration
The proxy war between Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq and Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, over the control of the All Progressives Congress (APC) structures in Kwara State, finally blew open yesterday. The minister revealed that in Shao, Kwara North Senatorial District, the APC registration materials were taken to a police station
Sanwo-Olu orders probe into brutalisation of protesters
LCC: Why we must commence operation now Disturbed by the allegations of right abuses and harassment of protesters who were arrested by the police at the Lekki toll plaza on Saturday, Governor Babajide Sanwo- Olu has ordered a full scale investigation into the allegations to ensure officers responsible for the act are dealt with
WTO job: PDP, Atiku, Secondus, Okowa, Obi celebrate Okonjo-Iweala
The confirmation of former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okojo-Iweala, as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has continued to attract reactions across the country. The main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), its National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus and the party’s 2019 presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, expressed joy at Okonjo-
Okonjo-Iweala makes history, becomes 1st female, African WTO DG
…says ‘we’ll get global economy going again’ Buhari, Lawan, Atiku, Kalu, Okowa celebrate ex-Minister Two-time former Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has added to her already impressive list of credentials, becoming the first woman and first African to be appointed as Director General (DG) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The
Exit of a “red neck” eagle
As part of activities to mark the change of guards at the Nigeria Air Force (NAF), a fly-out parade was held recently at the NAF Base in Abuja to honour Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (rtd) and mark his final exit from the Service. ONWUKA NZESHI reports It was a fly-out parade like no other.
Lagos, Abuja, PH airports get ACI’s health accreditation nod
Stories, Wole Shadare Three of Nigeria’s biggest gateways, Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport and Port- Harcourt International Airport, have been given a clean bill of health in meeting industry best practices by the Airport Council International (ACI). To this end, two airports, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja and the
Husband stabs wife to death over alleged infidelity
A 46-year-old man, Olatunji Sobola, has allegedly stabbed his 38-year-old wife, Monday Sobola, to death over a claim of infidelity. The suspect, an official of Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun State, was arrested on Saturday, February 13, at Owode-Egba in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the state. The state Police Public
BRT bus rescues stranded passengers, catches fire
About 45 passengers escaped death yesterday as a mysterious fire gutted a fully loaded Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) bus around Anthony bus stop, Ikorodu Road. This was as the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) warned residents against storage of inflammable items in their homes, public places, to reduce the rate of loss of
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