Nigeria news today headlines : Thursday 9th January 2020
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Buhari’s Demand For Credible Polls Questions Own Election – PDP
Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s demand for credible polls has raised questions on his 2019 election. Recall that President Buhari had on Tuesday demanded that INEC and the police ensure that the will of the people prevailed through free, fair, and credible elections. The party, in
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Kogi PDP Vice Chairman Slumps, Dies
Lokoja – Chief Kola Ojo, vice chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State, is dead. A statement by the state Publicity Secretary of PDP, Mr. Bode Ogunmola, in Lokoja on Wednesday said that Ojo slumped and died in Lagos Tuesday evening while playing lawn tennis. Ojo, a legal practitioner, was said to
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You Can’t Investigate Our Financial Transactions, Rivers Tells EFCC
P/Harcourt – The Rivers State government has warned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to desist from meddling in the affairs of the state government. In response to a statement attributed to the acting chairman of the anti-graft commission, Ibrahim Magu, that every judgment that barred it from investigating the Rivers State government must
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Oshiomhole Boycotts Monarchs’ Meeting To Resolve Feud With Obaseki
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said the minor review order released by the commission on January 3 has no immediate impact on end-user tariffs. Usman Arabi, NERC’s General Manager, Public Affairs Department, made this known in a statement in Abuja. Arabi said the order was to establish impact of the exogenous macroeconomic parameters and
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Jubilation As S/Court Affirms Bello, Okowa, Ikpeazu, Ishaku’s Elections
Paschal Njoku;Felix Igbekoyi Abuja / Asaba – It was jubilation in Delta, Abia, Taraba, and Niger states on Wednesday when the Supreme Court affirmed the elections of Governors Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, Darius Ishaku of Taraba State, Abubakar Bello of Niger State, and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State. The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal
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Suspense As Operation Amotekun Kicks Off In South-West Today
Lagos – There is suspense as the six governors of the South-West will today launch the Western Nigeria Security Outfit codenamed Operation Amotekun (leopard). The South-West governors had, at a security summit organised by the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria, said they would set up the operation following serial killings and kidnapping in the zone
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New FAAN Bill Seeks Unilateral Concession Of Airports By Minister
Lagos – It has come to light that the new Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Bill 2019 presently before the National Assembly gives the minister of aviation the statutory power to concession any of the airports. This is as the industry unions have vowed to protest the bill, saying that the aspect that talked
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12 Die, 26 Injured In Kano Auto Crash
Kano – A fatal road accident involving two vehicles at Tsaida village, near Gaya town, along the Kano-Maiduguri highway, on Wednesday, left no fewer than 12 dead and 26 injured. A statement by Kano command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said the victims included three children, a female, and eight male adults. The
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Buhari Has No Choice But To Leave In 2023 – Adeyeye
Senator Sola Adeyeye, a Professor of Biology, was the Chief Whip in the 8th Senate where he represented Osun Central Senatorial District. He featured as a guest on Channels Television where he spoke on latest developments in the polity such as rumoured Third Term agenda, state police, restructuring and other issues. TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI who monitored
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Wike Is Moving Rivers In The Right Direction – Nsirim
Pastor Paulinus Nsirim has just assumed duties as the first professional Journalist to be appointed as Commissioner for Information and Communications in Rivers state. In this interview with DANIEL ABIA, he dismissed the insinuations that the governor only concentrates development in Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpo local government areas where he comes from and that the
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