Breaking News in Nigeria Today Wednesday 18th December 2019
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Wednesday 18th December 2019 on some of the nation newspapers .
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2023: I’ll frustrate desperate politicians – Buhari
P resident Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to frustrate desperate politicians who intend to use their offices and resources to win elections in 2023 general election. The President, who stated this yesterday to mark his 77th birthday anniversary, decried that democratic process was slowing down his government. Speaking on preparations of his government to
Reps reject six-year single tenure for president, govs, legislators
T he House of Representatives yesterday killed a bill seeking to provide for a six-year single term for the president, governors and members of the national and states houses of assembly. The bill was sponsored by Hon. John Dyegh (APC, Benue). Leading debate on the general principles of the bill, Dyegh informed that
Court hears Kalu’s bail motion pending appeal against conviction
A former Abia State Governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, yesterday urged Justice Muhammed Liman of a Federal High Court in Lagos to admit him to bail pending the final determination of his appeal against his conviction over alleged N7.1 billion fraud. Arguing the motion, Kalu’s lawyer, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), drew the court’s attention
Buhari signs N10.954trn 2020 budget into law
…sends new borrowing plan to NASS soon P resident Muhammadu Buhari has signed a record N10.594 trillion budget into law. The president, while performing the ceremony yesterday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said that with the current global oil market outlook, the Federal Government remains optimistic to finance the 2020 budget
Buhari has done much for Nigeria’s future – Tinubu
N ational Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday said that President Muhammadu Buhari had done much to chart a new course for Nigeria and placed her on the pathway to a better future. In a goodwill message to commemorate Buhari’s 77th birthday, Tinubu said that throughout the president’s public
PDP to President: Show commitment to electoral reform, not promises
T he Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s birthday promise to bequeath Nigeria a legacy of free and fair elections is diversionary until he signs the amendment to the Electoral Act. President Buhari, yesterday, promised that the 2023 general election would be free and fair. But PDP, in a statement
Court orders DSS DG, AGF to explain Sowore’s continued detention
T he Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday ordered the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi; and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), to explain why the Convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, is still being detained after he was granted bail by a
CBN pumps N69bn into Edo palm oil scheme
…vows to deal with smugglers of commodity Obaseki: Initiative’ll create 600,000 jobs T he Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has invested N69 billion into the Edo State Oil Palm Programme (ESOPP). The apex bank’s Governor, Godwin Emefiele, who disclosed this at the launch of the programme in Benin City, yesterday, said
NBS: Rise in food prices pushes inflation to 11.85%
Lagos, Ondo record decrease in food prices T he consumer price index (CPI) which measures inflation recorded 0.24 per cent point higher in November, settling at 11.85 per cent (year-on-year). The current figure released yesterday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is higher than October figure of 11.61 per cent.
Ortom’s wife flags off maternal, new-born health week
W ife of Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, Eunice, yesterday flagged off the second round of maternal, new-born and child health week in Makurdi, the state capital. Performing the ceremony at Fiidi Primary Health Centre (PHC), Mrs. Ortom charged mothers to actively take part in the immunisation exercise to promote a healthier society. The
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