The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Saturday 7th August 2021
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 07/08/21
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Why we slashed LGs salaries, by Yobe govt
By Duku JOEL, Damaturu THE Yobe State government has said the decision to deduct from local government workers’ salary is a painful one which is better than sacking staff. This was in reaction to the outcry against deduction in salaries by staff. According to the State Commissioner for Information, Home Affairs and Culture, Abdullahi Bego,
Kashamu: 365 days without you
By Austin Oniyokor How time flies! So, it has been 365 dsince the late Senator Buruji Kashamu left us? He was larger than life. He was big – both in stature and life; and even bigger in death. Say what you want, there is no denying the fact that the late Senator Buruji Kashamu lived
EFCC arraigns man for N40.5m fraud in Maiduguri
By Duku JOEL, Maiduguri THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Maiduguri Zonal Command, yesterday arraigned one Muhammad Abdullahi Kulloma at the Borno State High Court for an alleged N40.5m fraud. The Suspect who was brought before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, was said to have committed the offence contrary
Plateau killings ungodly, inhuman, says Inter-Religious Council
THE Plateau State Inter Religious Council (IRC) yesterday condemned the recent killings and destruction of farmlands, houses and other properties in parts of the state. The council in a statement in Jos by its co-chairmen, the Rev. Pandang Yamsat and Alhaji Muhammadu Haruna, described the development as “ungodly and inhuman.” Yamset is a former president
800,000 infants die yearly from poor breastfeeding practices – UNICEF
By Rosemary Nwisi, Port Harcourt No fewer than 800,000 infants die annually around the world from poor breastfeeding practices, the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), said. UNICEF Nutrition Specialist, Rivers Field office, Ngozi Onuora, disclosed this at a one-day multi-media zonal dialogue, in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital to commemorate the years World breastfeeding
PIB: FG to hold town hall meetings after presidential assent – Sylva
By Jide Orintunsin, Abuja The Federal Government is to further engage oil-producing host communities in the Niger Delta on issues regarding the 3 percent of operational costs allocated to them in the recently passed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva disclosed this in Abuja on Friday while playing host
Human trafficking: Police rescue six Christian teenagers in hijab, male agent
By Bisi Olaniyi, Southsouth Bureau Chief Six female Christian teenagers, who disguised with hijabs as Muslims, and an alleged male agent of human traffickers, Innocent Godfrey, 20, have been arrested by the police in Edo State. The teenagers: Success Okogbowa, 17, Gift Osabuohien, 18, Endurance Edigho, 18, Gift Edigho, 17, Oghayero, 19, and Happiness Oliver,
Inspector, three bandits die as gunmen attack Imo police division
By Chris Njoku, Owerri It was another tragic lost to the Imo State Police Command on Thursday as an inspector attached to Orsu Police station was killed in a heavy bombardment during a gun duel with bandits. The bandits who stormed the police station on Thursday at about 9.35pm in their numbers threw explosives and
MESSI-MERIZED : What next after Messi, Barcelona unprecedented divorce
LIONEL Messi’s Barcelona career has come to an end because the cash-strapped Spanish club cannot afford to keep the Argentinian superstar, club president Joan Laporta said. In a dramatic news conference, Laporta said he was not prepared “to put the club at risk” by renewing Messi’s contract, with Barca facing huge financial problems ahead of
COVID-19 Delta variant not synonymous with Nigeria’s Delta state, says Okowa
By Elo Edremoda, Warri Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has explained that the ravaging COVID-19 Delta variant is not in any way synonymous with Nigeria’s Delta State, which he governs. The governor made the clarification Friday, during the commissioning of projects executed in Sapele and Ethiope West council areas of the state. He also tasked Deltans to
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