Latest News in Nigeria Today Thursday 4th February 2021
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Thursday 4th February 2021 .
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Policeman killed, 3 Chinese expatriates abducted from mining site in Osun
By Shina Abubakar FOLLOWING a misunderstanding between some labourers and some expatriates at a mining site in Osun State, three Chinese expatriates have been reportedly kidnapped. It was gathered that fight ensued between the expatriates and labourers, mainly from the North, on Monday, at a mining site located in Akere village, Ifewara in Atakumosa-West localRead More
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Protests rock Edo, Bayelsa as women, youths ask herdsmen to vacate settlements
…Accuse herders of killing, kidnapping, rape …Youths give killer herdsmen 14 days to vacate Edo forests …We pay compensation of N100,000 for any cow killed — Ikpeazu By Samuel Oyadongha, Gabriel Enogholase & Ozioruva Aliu Women and youths, yesterday, protested in Edo and Bayalsa states against killer herdsmen, who they accused of raping their girlsRead More
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$12bn Paris Club Windfall: How 36 states, 774 LGAs ran into $3.2bn liability with Ned Nwoko
WHEN an acclaimed Interim Management Committee, IMC, of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, ALGON, January 10, raised the alarm that authorities of the 774 local government areas in the country were in the dark over an ostensibly decided plan by the Federal Government to deduct money running into billions of naira from their statutory allocations in the next 10 years, starting from 2021, and pay same as consultancy fees to popular politician and lawyer, Prince Ned Munir Nwoko, and other professionals, not a few Nigerians were startled by the disclosure
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AGPC secures $260m financing for $650m gas processing facility
By Emeka Anaeto ANOH Gas Processing Company Limited (AGPC), a gas processing company established by the Nigerian Gas Company (NGC) and Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc (Seplat) on a 50-50 basis has successfully raised $260million in debt to fund the completion of the AGPC Gas Processing Plant. The financing was more than 50percent oversubscribed. TheRead More
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Uncertainty in Ikirun over monarch’s health
Shina Abubakar – Osogbo There is palpable tension in Ikirun, headquarters of Ifelodun local government of Osun State over the health of Akirun of Ikirun, Oba AbdulRauf Olawale Adedeji. The popular monarch was said to have been admitted into the intensive care unit of the state specialist hospital, Asubiaro, Osogbo late evening on Wednesday overRead More
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DSS warns against ethnic, religious violence in Lagos, Sokoto, Kaduna, Rivers, Oyo, S-East, others
The Department of State Services, DSS, has again warned against plans by some persons and groups to exploit some fault lines to cause ethno-religious violence in some parts of the country.
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Sunday Igboho apologises to Ooni, insists Yoruba must protect territories against kidnapping
By Victor Ogunyinka Following what many described as an unguarded statement, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has apologised to his imperial majesty, Ooni of Ife. Igboho in a viral video vented that the Ooni of Ife along with other Yoruba leaders have failed in speaking truth to power. In his retraction video, IgbohoRead More
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Regional autonomy’ll address Nigeria’s diversity challenges, Agbakoba tells Buhari
Former President of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, said yesterday that regional autonomy will address Nigeria’s diversity challenges.
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No plan to field Jonathan in 2023 — APC
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has denied a widespread rumour that it was planning to field former President Goodluck Jonathan as its candidate in the 2023 presidential election.
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EVICTION: Afenifere, MBF, PANDEF, Amechi tackle NEF
Regional groups in the country, yesterday, took on one of their northern counterparts, the Northern Elders Forum, for calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to protect Fulani herdsmen in the south against attacks, saying the call was not only divisive and unfortunate but also shameful and disappointing.
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