Breaking News in Nigeria Today Wednesday 26th August 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Wednesday 26th August 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Rekindling hope for needy students
In keeping with its vision to raise students, who will become stars in their chosen career, The Vale Tutorial College (T VTC), Ibadan, a foremost Upper Sixth Form College founded by Mrs. Funso Adegbola, daughter of the late Chief Bola Ige, has continued to offer quality A’Level education and breaking new grounds with the students …
If The Rain Could Fall Upwards
Book Title: Crest of Humanity Author: Dr. Chukwunyere Chukwu Publisher: Noblediv Limited Year of publication: 2015 Number of pages: 206 Reviewer: Adeniyi Taiwo Kunnu The initiation into the circle of humanity has always been by words. From giving a child a name and nurturing same in the course of growth, words …
SON destroys N450m LPG cylinders, roofing sheets
Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) yesterday in Lagos destroyed substandard LPG cylinders and roofing sheets worth over N450 million A breakdown of the products, which SON said were imported from China and Turkey, included 4×40 containers of LPG cylinders of various sizes, 15 rolls of aluminum roofing sheets, and 15 bundles of fake corrugated …
Troops kill two bandits, arrest 154 in Zamfara, Katsina
Troops of the Nigerian Army under Operation Sahel Sanity have arrested 154 suspected bandits and recovered 38 firearms in Zamfara and Katsina states. The troops also killed two suspects during different encounters. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Benard Onyeuko, disclosed yesterday at a press briefing at Special Super Camp 4, Faskari, …
Dad, two sons, in-law die in Calabar explosion
At least four people lost their lives when adulterated kerosene exploded in Cross River State. The incident occurred on Monday night at Ikot Ekpo community, Calabar. The victims were a 45-yearold man, his two sons and an in-law. They were identified as Esuabana Thomas Okon (father), Okon Esua Thomas (14) and 12-year-old Edet …
Ogun: Police kill serial killer, Spartan
Police in Ogun State yesterday shot dead a notorious suspected serial killer, Feyisola Dosumu, popularly known as “Spartan.” The suspect was declared wanted by the oolice on Friday, July 31, for allegedly killing no fewer than seven people at Ogere and Iperu Remo, the hometown of Governor Dapo Abiodun, in Ikenne Local Government Area …
Bayelsa gov swears in 25 cabinet members
BayelsaStateGovernor, DouyeDiri, yesterday told his new commissioners, who were sworn in Yenagoa, that service to the people was the essence of their appointment. The governor also charged them to work towards actualising the dreams of the state’s founding fathers. Speaking during the swearing in of 24 new commissioners and a Special Adviser on Political …
A’Ibom Assembly passes fiscal responsibility bill into law
A Bill for the establishment of the Akwa Ibom State Fiscal Responsibility Board read for the third at yesterday’s plenary and passed into law by the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly. This follows a report submitted by the Chairman of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation, Hon. Uduak Odudoh, a member representing …
Presidential Amnesty students give FG 7-day ultimatum
Presidential Amnesty students, under the aegis of the National Association of Presidential Amnesty Students (NAPAS) yesterday issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government and Presidential Amnesty Programme over non-payment of their outstanding allowances. This was contained in a communique issued in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, at the end of their joint meeting with …
Kogi guber: Supreme Court decides Bello, Wada’s fate Aug 31
The Supreme Court yesterday fixed August 31 to deliver judgements in two separate appeals seeking to nullify the election of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. A panel of the apex court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Ibrahim, fixed the date after all the parties adopted their final briefs …
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