Breaking News in Nigeria Today Saturday 11th January 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Saturday 11th January 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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CTA chides Buhari on credible elections
Onwuka Nzeshi The Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA), an election monitoring group, has chided President Muhammadu Buhari over his recent pronouncements on the quality of elections in Nigeria and his charge to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that the outcome of elections reflected the true wishes of Nigerians. President Buhari had on Tuesday, called on INEC and the Nigerian Police to “be fair to Nigerians during elections” and urged the electoral umpire to “ensure that the game is played by the rules, without fear or favour”.…
FAKE BREWER: Government should assist me to employ Nigerians, not arrest me’
Juliana Francis A 34-year-old man, David Egbenagu Ozoemenam, has expressed anger over his arrest by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT) for allegedly manufacturing and selling poisonous alcoholic drinks in Lagos State. Ozoemenam, a Primary School Certificate Holder, said that instead of accusing him of manufacturing and selling poisonous alcoholic drinks, police and government should be looking for ways to assist him to improve his brewing business, so that he could become an employer of labour. According to the police, the suspect was arrested for manufacturing…
I estimated financial worth of my victims from their looks –Evans
There was an unusual heavy presence of security operatives on the premises of Ikeja High Court, Lagos, yesterday as the Lagos State Prosecuting team concluded its case against billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans and six others over the alleged kidnap of Chief Executive Officer of Maydon Pharmaceutical Ltd, Donatus Dunu. Evans is standing trial alongside: Uche Amadi, Ogechi Uchechukwu, Chilaka Ifeanyi, Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu and Victor Aduba before Justice Hakeem Oshodi. The six defendants were arraigned on August 30, 2017 on a two count charge of conspiracy and kidnapping.…
Customs generates N107.3bn in Rivers, impounds 333 bags of foreign rice in Owerri
Bayo Akomolafe and Steve Uzoechi The Area II Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Rivers State has generated N107.33 billion from imported goods in 2019. This is according to the command’s Public Relations Officer, Ifeoma Onuigbo Ojekwu, who noted that the revenue surpassed the last year target of N95.71billion by N11.64billion, which represents 112 per cent of the target. She also noted that a total of 24 seizures with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N1.27billion were recorded in the area of anti-smuggling. In the same vein, the…
I cried when Arsenal asked me to go, says Eze
Queens Park Rangers midfielder Eberechi Eze has lifted the lid on the challenges he encountered in his quest to realise his dream, including having to be released by Arsenal at age 13. The attacking midfielder is one of the most exciting talents in English football and this season, he has scored 10 goals and bagged six assists in 26 Championship appearances for QPR. The 21-year-old Anglo- Nigerian has been linked to a number of Premier League clubs lately, including Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea, following his sensational form for Rangers. Eze…
Navy recovers 30,000 jerrycans of PMS
Flora Onwudiwe The Nigerian Navy (NN) has recovered 30,000 jerrycans filled with petrol and also discovered distinctive manholes being dug by pipeline vandals at unique locations of Atlas Cove and its environs. The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Western Naval Command (WNC), Rear Admiral Oladele Daji, said: “we are following a report by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), that its pipelines have been breached, suffering losses of petroleum products worth billions of naira. “The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Lt. Gen. Gabriel Abayomi Olonisakin, directed Operation Awatse, an internal…
Lagos CP does not allow us to rest, policemen cry out
Juliana Francis Some policemen in the Lagos State Police Command have raised seemingly amusing complaints against the state’s commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, stressing that he is working them to their bones over issues that have to do with control of gridlock. These complaints emerged when Odumosu reeled out his achievements as the number one policeman in the state, having spent 55 days in office. The CP, while reeling out his achievements, mentioned that another set of 1000 policemen would be deployed to join the first set of 1000,…
Ondo residents laud initiative
Adewale Momoh With the launch of Operation Amotekun by South-West governors residents of Ondo State have described the move as a welcome development. Commending the initiative, some of the residents who spoke with Saturday Telegraph emphasised that the security strategy will go a long way in tackling the menace of insecurity in the region, particularly in Ondo State where insecurity has continued to raise its ugly head. According to Mr. Ebenezer Olasupo, a civil servant in the state who expressed optimism in the success of the indigenous security outfit…
Regina Daniels’ husband visits Antarctica for charity purpose
Ned Nwoko, husband of Nollywood actress, Regina Daniels, has visited the coldest planet in the world, Antarctica. Mr Nwoko, a former federal lawmaker, is in Antarctica to meet with research stations on how to partner on eradicating malaria in Africa. The 59-year-old shared pictures of his visit on Instagram Wednesday night. “Today I finally made it to the coolest place on earth, lowest point of the earth and t he largest wilderness on planet. We are live in Antarctica!!! I will be meeting with the various research stations…
We are more interested in protecting late Promise’s family –NFF
The Nigeria Football Federation says it has refrained from responding to the cacophony of falsehood and misrepresentation over its absence or otherwise from the final funeral rites of former Nigerian international Isaac Promise because it was most concerned with the safety and well–being of his immediate family. NFF’s Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire reiterated on Friday that the Federation has always, is presently and will always show concern on issues that affect Nigerian players (active, retired or departed), and has without recourse to noise and grandstanding, done its part for…
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