Breaking News in Nigeria Today Wednesday 11th March 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Wednesday 11th March 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Senate: How Buhari’s loan request caused rift between Lawan, Abaribe
CHUKWU DAVID reports on how the $22.7 billion foreign loan request by President Muhammadu Buhari, provoked quarrel between the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan and the Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe at plenary last week There was tension on the floor of the Senate last Thursday, when bickering ensued between the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and the Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, over President Muhammadu Buhari’s $22.7 billion loan request. The disagreement, notwithstanding, the apex legislative Chamber still approved the loan and promised that it would…
El-Rufai appoints Sanusi vice chair Kaduna investment board
Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, yesterday appointed Muhammadu Sanusi II into the board of the Kaduna Investment Promotion Agency (KADIPA). The appointment is coming barely 24 hours after Sanusi was dethroned as Emir of Kano, by the Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. A statement from the state government said that “the appointment is part of the reconstitution of the board of KADIPA, which is statutorily chaired by the Deputy Governor, and has as internal members other senior officials of the Kaduna State Government.” The statement which was signed by…
When foes turned to friends
Politicians believe that there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies but permanent interest. Apparently, this is the reason why friends turn to foes and foes to friends, especially during election periods. Prior to the 2003 elections, three jolly friends Ibikunle Amosun, Gbenga Daniel and Dapo Abiodun, worked for the emergence of one of the (Daniel) as governor of Ogun State. But political aspirations divided them prior to 2007 elections; Daniel and Amosun became political opponents, which extended to the 2011 elections. In 2019, Amosun as a siting governor worked…
Flowing with the political tide
There is no doubt that times are changing and there is the need for people to engage in meaningful ventures rather than hoping on handouts from politicians. Some of these hangers-on, who usually seize the opportunity of any political gathering as time of merriment given the presence of the benefactors, experienced the shock of their lives at a recent birthday bash for the father of chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress in one of the south eastern states. As expected, political hangers on saw the event as an opportunity…
Constructive criticism not jibes
The existence of opposition is indispensable to the functioning of parliamentary political systems, as uncensored public criticism and the threat of being thrown out of office, prevents rulers from acting with impunity. Though it is the right of a democratically elected government to govern, it is also the duty of that government to do so in a manner that contributes to the consolidation of democracy. It is against this backdrop that the opposition’s main role is to question the government of the day and hold it accountable to the public.…
Pondei: A teacher takes up NDDC’s assignment
One word rings out for Prof. Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei as he mounts the saddle as the Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The professor of Virology knows too well that his assignment at the foremost interventionist agency has nothing to do with viruses. Rather, it has everything to do with human and infrastructural development of the Niger Delta region. To succeed in his new task, he has no choice but to adopt teamwork as a password. Considering the operating environment at the NDDC, there can be…
WAEC gets HNO
T he West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has named a new Head of National Office (HNO) for Nigeria’s council. He is Mr. Patrick Ehidiamen Areghan. Areghan succeeded Mr. Olutise Isaac Adenipekun, who retired from the services of the Council on 5th March, 2020. Areghan, who hails from Egbele, Uromi in Esan North East Local Government Area of Edo State, attended Egbele Primary School, Uromi from 1968 to 1973; Esan Grammar School, Uromi from 1973 to 1978. A graduate of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), where he obtained B.Sc. (Hons) Degree…
FG sacks 2EDs, appoints 3EDs at NIMASA
•New DG assures stakeholders of cabotage implementation Two Executive Directors at the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Rotimi Fasakin, executive director operations and Gambo Ahmed, executive director, maritime labour and cabotage services, have been sacked by the Federal Government. Their tenures ended yesterday with the former Director General of the agency, Dr Dakuku Peterside, who handed over to Mr. Bashir Jamoh, the new chief executive officer of the agency. Also, three new executive directors were appointed to replace them. Jamoh, the former executive director, Finance and…
Strike: Reps meet ASUU, finance, labour ministers today
The House of Representatives has moved to resolve the disagreement between the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as it meets today with the leadership of the union, the ministers of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, her labour and employment counterpart, Senator Chris Ngige. Also invited to the meeting is the management of the Salaries and Wages Commission. The decision followed the adoption of a motion of urgent national importance sponsored by Hon. Dachung Bagos on the impending strike of the Academic Staff Union…
Arewa youths: Sanusi was dethroned as Kano Emir
Youths from the northern part of the country under the auspices of Joint Action Committee of Northern Youth Associations, yesterday said that the deposed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, was removed because of lack of committed leadership in the north. The youth associations then added that they would hold President Muhammadu Buhari responsible for any break down of law and order in the region. A statement by the group signed by the Convener of the association, Murtala Abubakar, also said that the deposition was not only reckless, but dangerous…
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