The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Sunday 25th July 2021
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 25/07/21
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Biafra: Ohanaeze begs Clark over IPOB outburst
By Innocent Duru and Okodili Ndidi, Abuja The Igbo apex socio-cultural group, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Saturday apologised to the leadership of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) over the outburst of the proscribed indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on its National Leader, Chief Edwin Clark. The separatist group had on Friday blasted Clark for
Tension in PDP as governors, Secondus, NWC squabble
By Yusuf Alli, Managing Editor, Northern Operation, ‘Dare Odufowokan, Assistant Editor, and Mike Odiegwu, Port Harcourt Secondus seeks second term; Wike, others insist on sack before December Governors rally state chairmen Church leaders, party bigwigs fail in bids to reconcile duo •There’s nothing of the sort, says Wike’s aide All is not well in the
We prefer Igboho dies in Benin prison than be extradited — Lawyer
By Oyebola Owolabi People working behind the scenes on agitator’s behalf, says Sanwo-Olu Wife: How he was arrested at Cotonou airport The legal team and supporters of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a. Igboho, will prefer that he dies in Benin Republic than allow him to be handed over to the Nigerian government, his lawyer,
The Igboho/Kanu anticlimax
By Idowu Akinlotan IT is too early to determine just how the arrest and extradition trial of Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Igboho, would play out. Picked up in Cotonou as he made to board a plane to Germany in company with his wife last Monday, the three-week Scarlet Pimpernel’s fugitive journey that began on July
10 years after graduation, woman begs UNIUYO to release certificate
•Says her job with Lagos State under threat; denied promotion •Over 600 students suffering same fate – OSSCEILA What could delay a student’s certificate for a whole nine years, even when she has fulfilled all requirements? This is the question the management of University of Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State needs to answer, as one of their
APC leads as Lagos, Ogun hold LG polls
By Emmanuel Oladesu, Deputy Editor; Tajudeen Adebanjo and Ernest Nwokolo, Abeokuta • Wins in Bariga, Iru-VI, Onigbongbo, 17 others • Apathy, logistics problems mar elections • Ogun PDP boycott is to save face, says Abiodun The All Progressives Congress (APC) were on the front foot Saturday night after the local government elections held in Lagos
‘Our 53 years in jail without trial’
Ibrahim Apekhade Yusuf in a chance encounter with three victims of police brutality under the now infamous Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) captures their harrowing experiences in prison custodies in Agodi (Ibadan) and Ibara (Abeokuta) prisons respectively for a cumulative period of 78 years until they regained their freedom with the help of some public-spirited Nigerians
‘How In The Name of Our Father came to be’
The longlist of Nigeria Literature Prize for 2021 is out. The eleven names on the list are all home-based Nigerian authors. Among them is The Nation’s seasoned journalist and multiple award-winning columnist, Olukorede Yishau. He speaks to EDOZIE UDEZE on the composition of the list, the rigours that went into writing and producing his entry
ADEJUMOKE ODULAJA: Many die out of carelessness
Adejumoke Odulaja is a wellness coach lawyer, past chairman, Inner Wheel District 911 and Chief Executive Officer, Goldcard Spa, Wellness and Fitness Centre. In this interview with Yetunde Oladeinde, she speaks on why women as caregivers need to take their health seriously among other issues. Why do you think people need to take their health
WNBA STAR CHINEY OGWUMIKE: We are proud of our IGBO heritage
Chiney Ogwumike is a WNBA player for the Los Angeles Sparks, the first Black woman to host an ESPN radio show, and now she is releasing a new documentary on the WNBA during the pandemic. And her sister Nneka Ogwumike? No. 1 pick in the 2012 WNBA draft too, was stoped from playing for fatherland
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