The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Tuesday 25th August 2020
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 25/08/20
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UN to Buhari: join dialogue with force to end insecurity
By Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja Different approaches must be adopted in difficult situations President okay with UN support To end insecurity and killings in the Northeast and Northwest, the government should add dialogue to the use of force, the United Nations (UN)on Monday told President Muhammadu Buhari. There must be dialogue and political approach to military …
Police recruitment: IGP suspends entry requirements for applicants
By Precious Igbonwelundu, Oziegbe Okoeki, Lagos; Nicholas Kalu, Abuja; Sola Shittu, Gombe; Bisi Oladele, Ibadan; Chris Njoku, Owerri; Kolade Adeyemi, Jos; Osagie Otabor, Akure; Bassey Anthony, Uyo; Nsa Gill, Calabar; Fanen Ihyongo, Kano and Duku Joel, Damaturu Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu on Monday ordered that entry requirements be waved for applicants into the …
774,000 jobs illegal, say PDP Reps
By Tony Akowe, Abuja A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives on Monday described the 774,000 jobs to be created by the Federal Government in the 774 Local Government Areas across the country as an illegal scheme. It also said the scheme known as Special Public Works Programme …
Osihmen scores first Napoli goal
By Oluwamayomikun Orekoya Napoli began pre-season training on Monday with Victor Osimhen scoring his first goal in front of excited Gil Azzurri faithful at the Patini stadium. The former Lille striker, who became Napoli’s most expensive transfer in a 80 million Euro deal, found the net for the first time in a Napoli jersey, tapping …
Owner of Lagos crashed boat arraigned for manslaughter
By Adebisi Onanuga Owner of the boat which crashed in Lagos in July was on Monday arraigned at an Ikeja High Court. Happiness Elebiju is facing a 10-count charge bordering on involuntary manslaughter brought against him by the state before Justice Josephine Oyefeso. Twelve persons died in the accident. Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Mrs …
Fintiri to CAN chair: you’re in our prayers
From Onimisi Alao, Yola Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has assured the state Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Bishop Stephen Mamza that the government and the people are with him in prayers as he takes his treatment against COVID-19. Revd. Stephen Mamza who is also the Catholic Bishop of Yola, announced …
Lovers to undergo counseling for staging own kidnap
Agency Reporter A Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered a 20-year-old woman, Mary Idris, and her boyfriend, Olawusi Victor, 18, for faking her kidnap, to undergo two weeks counseling, to be supervised by the Registrar. Delivering her ruling, Chief Magistrate Adefumike Anoma, also ordered Idris and Victor to engage in two weeks community service to …
WASSCE pupil tests positive
Our Reporter Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State confirmed on Monday that a pupil writing the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) had contracted COVID-19. Emmanuel, who made this known at a news conference in Uyo, however did not mention the name of the pupil and the school. Read Also: CAN chairman tests …
Gunmen abduct students in Kaduna attack
From AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna One person has been reported killed while many others, including final year students of a Junior Secondary School, were abducted in Kaduna. The Nation gathered that gunmen on motorcycles on Monday, about 8am, invaded Damba-Kasaya community in Chikun Local Government Area of the state, and opened fire on the villagers. They …
Protests erupt in U.S. state after police shoot black man
Protests have erupted in the United States (U.S.) state of Wisconsin after police shot a black man many times while responding to what they said was a domestic incident. The man, identified as Jacob Blake, was taken to hospital for surgery and is now in intensive care, his family said. Video posted online appears to …
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