Breaking News in Nigeria Today Thursday 30th January 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Thursday 30th January 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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We must resist plot by foreign interests to destabilise Nigeria – Odeyemi
Comrade Oladimeji Odeyemi, a security analyst and a counter-terrorism expert, is the Convener of Coalition of Civil Society Groups Against Terrorism in Nigeria. In this interview with WALE ELEGBEDE, he speaks on the position of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on security in the North-East and the war against insurgency, among others The recent killing of the chapter Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Rev. Lawan Andimi, by Boko Haram has generated lots of reactions from Nigerians including…
N4.5trn debt: AMCON devices new recovery measure
Recalcitrant bank debtors under Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) surveillance have a fresh legal battle to face this year, New Telegraph learnt over the weekend. AMCON has resolved to criminalise debt cases with links to insider abuse as a means to fast track recovery, an insider source told this medium. The interventionist agency is battling to recover N4.5 trillion owed various banks. In the debtors’ list released by the agency, 20 top debtors account substantially for the bulk of N4.5 trillion debt. “There was a meeting here in my…
Defection: PDP may head to court against Imo lawmakers
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may challenge the defection of some of its elected lawmakers in Imo State to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Chigi Collins, on Tuesday, led seven other PDP lawmakers to the APC. About three other PDP lawmakers had earlier joined APC since Senator Hope Uzodinma became governor of the state following the nullification of the election of former governor, Emeka Ihedioha by the Supreme Court. But PDP said the action of the lawmakers was in breach of section…
FG intensifies work on Lagos-Badagry Expressway
The Federal Government says it is committed to the delivery of Lagos -Badagry Expressway, especially the section from Agbara to Badagry in 2021. Speaking during the inspection of the project in Badagry yesterday, the duo of Director of Highways, South West zone, Mr. Funsho Adebiyi, and Federal Controller of Works for Lagos, Mr. Adedamola Kuti, said the entire stretch of the road would be reconstructed from Eric More to Badagry to Seme Border. Except Okokomaiko to Agbara section, which is being rehabilitated by the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA), Adebiyi…
Illegal registration: JAMB indicts 38 CBT operators for cyber fraud
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), yesterday handed over 38 operators of various Computer Based Test (CBT) centres and 43 exhibits drawn from the six geopolitical zones to law enforcement officers, for alleged registration cyber fraud using the Virtual Private Network (VPN). The operators were accused to have extended the VPN to illegal outposts to register some candidates for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and those seeking admission through Direct Entry (DE). VPN extends a private network across a public network, and enables users to send and…
Presidency mocks Abaribe, PDP over call for resignation
The Presidency has described the call on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign from office as lacking any basis or logic. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, dismissed the call made by the Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, insisting that Buhari was tackling the insecurity challenge facing the nation as much as possible. According to Shehu, the challenges confronting the nation today were part of the mess left by Abaribe and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party. “Just because some characters think that President…
2023: Time’ll determine my presidential ambition, says Bode George
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has said that time will determine whether he will run for the 2023 presidential election or not. Speaking in Lagos yesterday when some youth groups paid him a solidarity visit, George said many Nigerians mooted the idea of presidency to him but he is still keeping his card to his chest. Different coalitions, groups and individuals have recently urged the PDP chieftain to throw his hat into the ring ahead of the 2023 race. George, who just…
A’Ibom community lauds FG’s intervention in erosion crisis
Residents of Etim Umana and Anua communities in Uyo metropolis, Akwa Ibom State have expressed satisfaction with the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) for commencing work at the gully erosion sites in the communities. The gully sites projects were formally handed over to the contracting firm, Nigerpet Structures Limited yesterday by Akwa Ibom State governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, who was represented by the state Commissioner for Environment and Petroleum Resources, Ekong Sampson at the ceremony heralding the take-off of permanent construction work. The governor charged the construction firm…
DPR organises sensitisation workshop for LPG stakeholders
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) yesterday organised a workshop for stakeholders and the Liquefied Petroleum and Gas marketers on the growing spate of LPG plant fire explosion in the country and the need for them to be more conscious of the problem.The Operations Controller of DPR in Bayelsa State, Ufondu Ejiro, while declaring open the workshop with the theme: “Compliance to Regulation, A Sure Way to Sustainable Business,” in Yenagoa, the state capital, said that the workshop was organised as part of the Federal Government gas penetration policy. She…
Edo APC crisis predates proclamation of 7th Assembly –Speaker
The Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Hon. Frank Okiye, yesterday traced the crisis rocking the House over the failure of 14 members whose seats were declared vacant to return to the Anthony Enahoro Legislative Chamber eight months after. He said there were already crisis before Governor Godwin Obaseki issued a proclamation letter to the House to inaugurate the lawmakers. While addressing a press conference yesterday in Benin, the state capital, Okiye blamed the failure of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to campaign…
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