Nigeria Breaking News Today Headlines Friday 15th November 2019
Here are some of the Nigeria Breaking News Today Headlines on some of the newspapers.
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Ebonyi impounds smuggled trailers of rice
Ebonyi State government yesterday said it had confiscated foreign rice loaded in two trailers smuggled into the state. The administration of Governor Dave Umahi had banned consumption of foreign rice when it came on board and immediately inaugurated a task force to monitor the influx of the commodity in the state. Yesterday, the task force,
Gunmen abduct NTA staff in Ogun
Gunmen have abducted an employee of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Abiodun Adenuga, in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State. Adenuga, who works at the Ijebu-Ode station of NTA, was allegedly abducted at his residence at Aiyepe, Odogbolu. New Telegraph learnt that the incident occurred about 10p.m. on Tuesday. It was learnt yesterday that
We need partnership with global technology giants –Osinbajo
…receives co-founder of AliBaba Group Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that there is need to create opportunities for Nigerians excelling in the technology space to partner with global technology giants. The Vice President stated this yesterday when he received a delegation of Chinese technology entrepreneurs led by co-founder of AliBaba Group, Jack
Millions of naira property destroyed in Lagos, Ogun fire outbreaks
…lawyer loses certificates Properties and goods worth millions of Naira were destroyed yesterday when fire gutted houses and shops in both Lagos and Ogun states. At Tejuosho in Lagos, fire razed a storey building, leaving scores of people injured while the building partially collapsed. The house is situated behind the popular Tejuosho Market at Yaba.
Ibadan Chiefs laud Makinde’s A’Court victory
The Council of Ibadan Mogajis (Chiefs) has urged Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, to keep his focus on the good service he was rendering in the state despite controversy being engineered by some political forces in respect of the ruling of the Court of Appeal on the petition filed against his election The
Buhari writes Scientific Magazine, says planting trees solution to conflicts
President Muhammadu Buhari says planting tree is part of the solution to conflicts in Nigeria and across the Sahel region. The President, in an opinion article published in Scientific American Magazine, in which more than 150 Nobel laureates have been published, opined that desertification – driven by climate change was exacerbating conflict in Nigeria. A
Sokoto PDP loses appeal against APC state lawmakers
The Court of Appeal, Sokoto Division, yesterday dismissed the appeals filed against the elections of the House Leader, Sokoto State House of Assembly, Hon. Bello Isa Ambarura and five other lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The candidate of the PDP in the February 23, 2019 elections into the Illela Constituency in the state
2019 UTME marred by biometric, browser failures – CPAN
Its cheap blackmail -JAMB The Computer-Based Test Centres Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (CPAN), has alleged that the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), was marred by both biometric and browser failures. Addressing newsmen yesterday in Abuja, the CPAN President, Maxwell Akwuruoha, who faulted earlier claims by
Osinbajo to declare open 2019 national advertising conference
The Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) has disclosed that the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, will declare open its 2019 national advertising conference in Abuja on Tuesday, November 26. Disclosing this at a press briefing on the forthcoming APCON 2019 conference in Lagos, the Acting Registrar of APCON, Mrs. Ijedi Iyoha, said this year’s
Reps seek speedy revival of coal industry
The House of Representatives, yesterday, urged the Federal Government to expedite action on the process of reviving the nation’s ailing coal industry. This was consequent upon the adoption of a motion of urgent national importance sponsored by Hon. Nnoli Nnaji (PDP, Enugu), calling for speedy action on the matter. Presenting the motion, Nnaji stated that […]
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