Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 17th February 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 17th February 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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NASS committed to solving insecurity – Lawan
P resident of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, yesterday, assured Nigerians that the National Assembly would continue to work with President Muhammadu Buhari to find lasting solutions to the current insecurity in the country. According to a statement by Ezrel Tabiowo, Special Assistant (Press), to President of the Senate, Lawan stated this while at Malumfashi in Katsina State, to grace the occasion of the Constituency Empowerment programme sponsored by Senator Bello Mandiya representing Funtua Senatorial District in the Senate. He commiserated with the people of Katsina over the recent…
Nasarawa, development partners move to tackle Almajiri
N asarawa State government has expressed its readiness to partner development partners and corporate organisations to address the challenges of out-of-school children otherwise called Almajiri. Senior Special Assistant/Focal Person, Human Capital Development to Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, Habiba Balarabe Suleiman, stated this at a meeting with Ambassador Mariam Sani Suleiman, founder of Mariam Foundation, yesterday in Lafia, the state capital. She said state government was making effort to take out-of-school children off the streets and provide them access to education. According to her, the increasing number…
FIRS: Nigeria lost N1.3trn to waivers in 5 years
…as NNPC asks Senate to boost FG revenue by law T he Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Mohammad Nami, has disclosed that Nigeria lost about N1.3 trillion to three investors through tax waivers in the last five years. Nami, who disclosed this in Abuja, during the maiden meeting of the Senate Committee on Finance with heads of revenue generation agencies of the government, tasked the Upper Chamber to tackle through legislation, the issue of revenue leakage via waivers. That was as the…
APC has not provided leadership – Shittu
…says Ajimobi will destroy APC as Deputy National Chair F ormer Minister of Communication and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Adebayo Shittu, has decried crises in the party and expressed regret that APC has not provided leadership. Shittu, who spoke to journalists in Abuja on wide range of issues concerning the ruling party, blamed some members of its leadership for the lingering crises rocking the party at the various levels. His words: “We worked tirelessly to ensure that we build a…
NDDC: Ojougboh warns against destabilising IMC
E xecutive Director of Projects (EDP), Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, yesterday warned rumour mongers to desist from making attempts to destabilise the interim management committee (IMC) of the commission. He said the IMC was working together as a team. In a statement made available to journalists, Ojougboh said the three-man committee set up by President Muhammadu Buhari led by Acting Managing Director, Dr. Joi Nunieh, was working together as a unit. The statement reads in part; “Those rumour mongers who…
Ekiti NBA seeks compulsory mental test for Amotekun commanders
T he Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Ekiti State has canvass mandatory test to ascertain mental stability of prospective operatives of the Ekiti State Security Network Agency called Amotekun. This, the lawyers’ body suggested would be part of recruitment process into the security outfit, saying the process, if employed would bring sanity to the initiative for a desirable and expected performance of the Amotekun personnel. NBA said the step became sacrosanct in view of incessant misconduct of conventional security agencies and unwarranted incarceration and killings of innocent…
Ihedioha: Group urges Imo residents to pray over Supreme Court’s judgment review
G roup of young professionals and businessmen under the aegis of Imo Concerned Citizens Forum (ICCF) at the weekend, called for fervent prayers from Imo indigenes for God’s intervention on the state’s political logjam. The group also condemned what it described as “an attempt to use the Imo House of Assembly, an institution that should be the representative of the people, to stampede, cajole and intimidate Imo citizens from freely expressing their right to freedom of expression.” The Convener of the Forum, Chief Kingsley Onwubiko, who made the call…
Abiodun chides taskforce over extortion at border towns
O gun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has said his administration would protect petroleum marketers against extortion and harassment by security agents. In order to curtail excesses of security men and paramilitary officers along the border towns in the state, Abiodun also said a special, dedicated telephone number would be activated for citizens to lodge complaints. He spoke while reacting to complaints by members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), South-West Chapter, who visited him at his office in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. IPMAN had embarked on…
Buhari condemns reprisal in Katsina
P resident Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the latest round of attacks on farmers by bandits in Damkar and Tsanwa villages of Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. The president, who made the condemnation yesterday, was reacting to the incident in which many homesteads were razed by fire and many people killed in the affected areas at weekend. Buhari warned that; “No one in the country has a right to take laws into his hands by the way of self-help or revenge. According to him, “killing people in…
NNFM Plc: Increasing costs cripple earnings
Operating environment for manufacturing sector, like other sectors of the economy, has remained very challenging with enormous economic and security issues also hitting the financials of Northern Nigeria Flour Mills Plc. CHRIS UGWU writes The daunting challenges posed by strong macro-economic headwinds, which include erratic supply of public electricity, falling naira to forex rates, weak logistics, insecurity and other high cost of operations have continued to make the business operating environment difficult especially for the real sector of the economy. However, while it is…
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