The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Friday 6th December 2019
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 06/12/19
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168 Nigerians deported from Libya
By Kelvin Osa Okunbor National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday received fresh batch of 168 Nigerians deported from Libya. The distressed and stranded Nigerians were among the Voluntary Returnees who were assisted back to Nigeria by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) with the support of European Union (EU) as a special intervention
Shi’ites kick as court orders DSS to transfer El-Zakzaky, wife to Kaduna
A Kaduna High Court on Thursday ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to transfer the leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also called the Shi’ites, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, to the Nigerian Correctional Centre in Kaduna. This is to allow his lawyers and doctors have easy access to them. But
INEC sets January 25 for 28 rerun polls
Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed January 25, 2020, for the conduct of the 28 outstanding court-ordered rerun elections across in the country. The commission announced this yesterday in Abuja in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye. The statement said the
Buhari’s war against corruption
As the world marks the Anti-corruption Day on Monday, attention will focus on the efforts of the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration in battling the monster. Under the administration, three past governors have been convicted for crimes committed in office, CHINAKA OKORO writes Ex- governors under probe or on trial 1. Bukola Saraki (Kwara) 2. Ali
Aisha Buhari: President’s aides not defending govt
Robert Egbe FIRST Lady Aisha Buhari on Thursday lamented that ministers and public officers close to the Presidency were not doing enough to defend the President and the Federal Government. She said the public officers could not afford to “keep mute” while fake news merchants attempt to “take over the government.” Mrs Buhari spoke
Bukola Saraki smiles again
By Oladapo Sofowora Senate President of the 8th Assembly, Senator Olubukola Abubakar Saraki, might currently be facing quite a ?turbulent time. First, it was losing his bid to return to the red chambers during the just concluded general election. Last week, the court declared interim forfeiture of his highbrow properties in Ilorin, alleging it was
Anxiety in states over minimum wage
Less than four weeks to the expiration of the December 31 deadline by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and other labour unions to states to complete all negotiations on what they will pay their workers, only Lagos, Kaduna and Kebbi states have come up with their minimum wage offers. This may trigger a fresh industrial
Lagos okays N250m for research, innovation council
Lucas Ajanaku THE Lagos State government on Thursday said it has voted N250million for its agency for speeding up innovation, the Lagos State Science, Reasearh and Innovation Council (LASRIC) for use by innovators in the state. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu who spoke while declaring open, Art of Technology Lagos 1.0 at Oriental Hotel, Lekki, also
CBN appoints new Director Currency Operations
Collins Nweze THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced the deployment of Ahmed Bello Umar as the new Director, Currency Operations Department, with effective yesterday. Umar succeeds Mrs. Priscilla Ekwueme Eleje, who exited the bank having reached the statutory retirement age. A statement signed by the Director, Corporate Communications Department, Isaac Okorafor said
National Assembly raises Budget 2020 by N260 billion
Our Reporter IN a record time, the National Assembly on Thursday passed the 2020 budget 59 days after it was laid before them by President Muhammadu Buhari. The passage of the estimate is the fastest since the return of democratic government in 1999. The country will next year return to the January to December
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