Latest News in Nigeria Today Thursday 12th December 2019
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Thursday 12th December 2019 .
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Nigeria’s politics is broken, Buhari’s third term speculation betrays it
TODAY, as you read this, voters in the United Kingdom are going to the polls to elect a new government. Although the opinion polls predict a majority win for the ruling Conservative Party, the outcome is not a given. In a country where only 16 per cent of the population identifies strongly with one political party or another, where 40 per cent of the electorate are swing voters and where volatility at the polling booth is rife, with voters increasingly likely to vote for different parties at different elections, the British politics is genuinely competitive and contestable. This is not only in terms of the absence of entry barriers in the political market but also in the sense that voters cannot be taken for granted or treated as dim, gullible and easily biddable.
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BREAKING: TCN begins maintenance, promises to restore power nationwide
By Udeme Akpan
Barely a few minutes after the suspension of strike by the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has intensified efforts, targeted at completing maintenance and restoring power supply to consumers nationwide.
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The managing director, TCN, Mr. Usman Mohammed, did not respond to telephone calls and text messages.
However, a reliable source in the company, said: “The system collapse was caused by the strike.
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Presidential election: Algerians exercise constitutional right
After mass protest force the long-term president, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to resign in April this year, Algerians exercise constitutional rights by going all out to vote in a new president.
Algerians go to the polls on Thursday to elect a new president, her third attempt this year to hold a voting session.
Turnout is expected to be low, as the country’s protest movement is boycotting the vote, rejecting it as a farce.
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FG to establish community museums to boost tourism – Lai Mohammed
The Federal Government has announced plans to establish community museums as part of efforts to ensure that local communities benefit from tourism.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the plan on Thursday at the ongoing 4th World UNWTO/UNESCO World Conference on Tourism and Culture in Kyoto, Japan.
A statement on the event was made available to newsmen in Abuja by Mr. Segun Adeyemi,
Special Assistant to the President (Media) Office of the Minister of Information and Culture
”In Nigeria, we observed that tourists stay in the big cities when they visit.
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Alleged video capture & killing of soldiers by Boko Haram is false – Army
… says it’s the handiwork of IPOB
By Kingsley Omonobi
The Nigerian Army has described a trending video purporting that Boko Haram terrorists captured and killed several troops of Operation Lafiya Dole in the North East, as false and the handiwork of members of the outlawed Independent Peoples of Biafra.
It said the video is aimed at discrediting the Army and sowing seeds of discord among troops of South East extraction in the Nigerian Army.
This is contained in a statement signed by Col Sagir Musa, Acting Director, Army Public Relations titled, “Video Clip Portraying The Alleged Capture and Killing of Some Nigerian Soldiers By Boko Haram Terrorists on 10 December 2019 is False”.
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NUC Visiting Registrar tasks FCE registry staff on excellence
THE Visiting Registrar/Scholar, National Universities Commission, NUC, Mr Olujimi Olukoya, has urged registry staff of the Federal College of Education, Technical, Yaba, Lagos to identify catalysts for excellence and imbibe them if they want to go far in their chosen fields.
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FG should use National Health Act to fast track UHC — Anthropologist
Mrs. Abieyuwa Abel, a Social Anthropologist, has called on the Federal Government to use the National Health Act (NHA), 2014, to fast track Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Nigeria.
Abel made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday in Abuja.
She was speaking ahead of the commemoration of International Day of UHC, slated for Dec. 12.
NAN reports that on Dec. 12, 2012, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) unanimously endorsed a resolution urging countries to accelerate progress toward UHC.
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Electricity workers suspend strike
Nigeria’s electricity workers have suspended a strike that engulfed a major part of the country in darkness for a little more than 24 hours.
One of the major distributors in Lagos, Eko Electricity Distribution Company on Thursday morning confirmed the development and its readiness to commence business immediately.
Dear customer, National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has suspended its strike. Our offices and payment channels are open for business.
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Corruption remains a serious problem in Nigeria, reveals SERAP survey
A new public survey released today by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) shows that corruption remains a serious problem in Nigeria, and affecting majority of Nigerians, despite Nigerian authorities’ oft-repeated commitment to address the problem.
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War hero kicked out of Navy for being bisexual gets his medals back
A British veteran forced from the navy because of his sexuality is being offered his medals back and an apology from the Ministry of Defence (MOD) over his treatment.
Joe Ousalice, 68, says he was ‘made to feel disgusting’ for who he was after a court-martial found him guilty of ‘conduct prejudicial to good order and naval discipline’ in 1993.
He had served for almost 18 years as a radio operator before his discharge, which saw him stripped of his long service benefits and his medals, some of which he earned for duty in Northern Ireland and the Falklands War.
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