Nigeria news today headlines : Thursday 28th November 2019
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Protesters Storm NASS Over Sowore, Anti-Hate Speech Bill
Ahmed Musa; Chinwendu Nnadozie Abuja / Minna – Angry Nigerians protesting the continued detention of the publisher of Saharareporters and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the last general election, Omoyele Sowore, on Wednesday besieged the National Assembly to demand legislative intervention in the quest for his release. The protesters also called
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Bakassi Boys Formed To Fight Us, Pave Way For RUGA In Ebonyi — IPOB
Awka – The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said that the Ebonyi State government formed the Bakassi Boys to fight its members, with the intention of overwhelming the separatists and paving way for the establishment of RUGA by the Federal Government. The IPOB said denials on the contrary notwithstanding, it had declared Bakassi Boys
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IPPIS: ASUU Says No Going Back On Non-Inclusion Stand
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said there is no going back on its stand concerning its refusal to be included in the Federal Government’s Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, national president of the union, told newsmen on Wednesday in Lagos that there is nowhere in the world where
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FG Gets 48 Hours For New Bank Guarantee To Meet P&ID’s Cost
Lagos – A London Commercial High Court presided over by Justice Christopher Butcher on Tuesday ordered the Federal Government to provide a new bank guarantee in 48 hours in respect to payment of an additional £30, 000 to Process and Industrial Development Limited (P&ID) by way of cost. The new cost will be paid within
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Gunmen Storm Taraba Communities, Kill Five Persons
Yola – Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State on Wednesday announced the demotion of the head of the civil service and many permanent secretaries with immediate effect as new reforms take place in the state. Fintiri took the decision when he received the report of the Technical Committee for Evaluation of the Civil Service
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U.S. Lawmakers Warn Buhari Over Harassing Journalists, Activists
Lagos – United States senator and Congressman have expressed concerns over increasing arrests and detention of journalists and activists who have spoken against corruption and insecurity in President Muhammadu Buhari’s government. In a jointly signed letter to the Nigerian Ambassador to the U.S., Justice Sylvanus Nsofor, dated November 25, 2019, Robert Menendez, a senator and
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Border Closure Responsible For Rising Inflation, FG Admits
Abuja – The Federal Government on Wednesday admitted that the closure of the nation’s borders was taking its toll on the economy, raising inflation level to 11.61 percent as at October 2019. It, however, insisted that what must be of utmost consideration to Nigerians was the benefit already accruing from the policy which has saved
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APC Govs Disappoint Oshiomhole, Shun Jos Meeting
Abuja – Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, embattled national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), was a disappointed man on Monday when he stormed Jos, Plateau State, venue of the Progressives Governors’ Forum meeting, apparently to forestall alleged plot by the governors to oust him as national chairman of the party. Recall that some state
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Day Of Honour For Bode George In Lagos
`LAGOS – Fifty three years after his death, the spirit of late Premier of defunct Northern Region, Sir Ahmadu Bello, came alive at the weekend in Lagos as the former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode Ibiyinka George, was awarded the title of ‘Garkuwan Matasan Najeriya’. Garkuwan Matasan Najeriya means
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Sacked Osinbajo’s Aides: Who Is Fooling Who?
LAGOS – About three weeks since President Muhammadu Buhari returned from his recent two-week trip that took him to Saudi Arabia for Lesser Hajj and then to London for a private visit, the fate of 35 aides of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, recently relieved of their duties by the presidency during the period, are still
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