Latest News in Nigeria Today Friday 20th December 2019
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Friday 20th December 2019 .
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E2%80%95-adedayo/ How Nigerian press contributed to collapse of First Republic ? Adedayo
Dr Festus Adedayo, a Special Adviser on Media in the former Abiola Ajimobi administration in Oyo State, on Thursday said that the Nigerian press contributed to the collapse of the First Republic.
Adedayo said this on Thursday in Ibadan during the unveiling of the Book, “70 years of Progressive Journalism: The Story of Nigerian Tribune.”
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the unveiling of the book was in commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the African Newspapers of Nigeria PLC, Publishers of the Tribune Titles.
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Gov Emmanuel launches science park project 12 years after its conception
The Akwa Ibom state governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, has flagged off the construction of a science and technology park in the state, 12 years after a former governor of the state, Obong Victor Attah conceived the idea.
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Make embassies your first point of call, Nigerian envoy urges visiting govt officials
The Nigerian ambassador the Ghana Amb. Femi Micheal Abikoye has urged visiting government officials to make the Nigerian embassies and foreign missions their first point of call when they travel on official trips.
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OSM rejects Senate President-led APC National Reconciliation Committee
The Obaseki/Shaibu Movement (OSM), a support group for the re-election of Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki and his Deputy, Rt. Hon. Philip Shaibu, has rejected the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan-led All Progressives Congress (APC) National Reconciliation Committee, purportedly constituted by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), to resolve the lingering crisis in the APC and foster peace and unity among members.
In a statement, Convener of the group, Hon. Damian Lawani, protested the constitution of the committee, noting that some of those selected as members are interested parties in some of the crisis flashpoints, which calls to question their neutrality in carrying out their assignment.
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Heated moments as US Democrats clash in presidential debate
The United States Democratic candidates attacked the country’s President, Donald Trump but also clashed sharply with one another during the Democratic debate, where a smaller field allowed lesser-known hopefuls to shine against the frontrunners.
One day after Trump’s ignominious impeachment, seven candidates united on Thursday to declare the president must be defeated at the 2020 ballot box.
“We need to restore the integrity of the presidency,” said frontrunner Joe Biden, who accused Trump of “dumbing down” the office “beyond what I even thought he would do.”
Senator Bernie Sanders, who is second in the standings, blasted Trump as “running the most corrupt administration in the modern history of this country,”
Fellow Senator Elizabeth Warren said the president ignores the poor, to do “everything he can for the wealthy and the well-connected.”
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But after calls for greater moral leadership from the White House and crisp back-and-forth about trade policy, health care and how to lift more Americans out of poverty, the debate took a more aggressive tone with a series of heated clashes between candidates.
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Ugwuanyi constitutes Board of Enugu State Housing Development Corp
Reappoints Agu GM/CEO
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Monday, constituted the board of Enugu State Housing Development Corporation (ESHDC) and appointed Justus Nwabueze Ugwu as Chairman.
In a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Simon Uchenna Ortuanya, Gov. Ugwuanyi reappointed Mr Chukwuemelie Lambert Agu, as the General Manager/Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation.
Members of the board, according to the statement, include Juliet Chioma Aduma, Amoge Martha Ngwu, Virginia Nnenna Onyeka, Uchenna Joseph Okolo, Hycinth Anayo Ewoh and Bernard Akonam Aneke.
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Corbyn makes history, but it is yet unwritten
THE Labour Party was born in 1900 by trade union and socialist parents and what its leader, Jeremy Corbyn tried to do in this month’s British elections, was to return it to its origins which emphasise a social pact between the state and the people. He tried to return Britain to the path of collective welfare for all, not one of dog eat dog or every man for himself and God for us all.
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Innoson: Mixed reactions as Buhari announces Hyundai manufacturing plant proposal
Victor Ogunyinka
Nigerians are sad. Good things make people angry, bad things make them angrier, there are too many suspicions everywhere. Most recent was after President Muhammadu Buhari announced that Hyundai Engineering Company Limited has submitted a proposal to establish a vehicle manufacturing plant in Nigeria.
While some see it as a step in the right direction, others were raged, angry and won’t keep calm, they queried the Federal Government on its support for Innoson vehicles, the first indigenous vehicle manufacturing company.
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Court grants forfeiture of 25 properties belonging to Yar’ Adua Foundation, others
A Federal Capital Territory High (FCT) Court (No.3) Maitama has ordered the final forfeiture of twenty-five properties belonging to Shehu Yar’Adua Foundation and 24 other registered entities.
The court presided over by Hon Justice Baba H. Yusuf granted the final forfeiture request by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) due to their owners’ alleged failure to pay their taxes as at when due, for which the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) had to prepare a schedule of tax obligations against them.
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Club World Cup: Wily Jorge Jesus’ Flamengo seperates Klopp’s Liverpool from title
Jurgen Klopp’s impact on Liverpool during four years in charge has been transformative, but the man in the opposing dugout in Saturday’s Club World Cup final has needed just a few short months to make history at Flamengo.
Jorge Jesus was only appointed by the Rio de Janeiro giants in June, the arrival of the white-haired 65-year-old Portuguese coach raising eyebrows in Brazil.
He immediately made his mark and in the last month has seen the country’s best-supported side win the Copa Libertadores for just the second time and then claim a first Brazilian title in a decade, finishing 16 points clear.
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