Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 28th December 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 28th December 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Demarketing of Abia State won’t distract me – Ikpeazu
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State believes that no amount of criticism will distract his administration or put him under pressure as he is focused on repositioning the state. In this interview, he speaks on the Enyimba Economic City project and how his administration is addressing the challenges of infrastructure in the state, among other …
Looking with a sense of optimism towards 2021
Mary Beth Leonard I was proud to arrive in Nigeria and begin my third ambassadorial posting last November. 2020 will long be remembered as the year of the pandemic COVID-19, and we will look back and honour the lives of the more than 1.5 million people worldwide who lost their lives to this vicious …
Kankara, conspiracy theories and 2023 scheming
Were it an unserious issue, it would’ve been a case of differentstrokesfor differentfolks, for theseeming insensitive disposition of politicians to the Kankaratragedyof thepenultimateweek. Politicians, disesteeming Nigerians’ lives when scheming for elective positions, used the period of seizure of students of the Government Science Secondary School (GSSS) in Kankara, Katsina State, for politicking, to advance their …
Insecurity: What Nigerians expect of Buhari
In his Christmas message to Nigerians last week, President Muhammadu Buhari told a beleaguered nation that solutions to the security challenges were not as simple as people thought. Rather, Buhari said that he would remain focused on following the complex, multidimensional route to reducing the incidents of insecurity to the barest minimum. The President …
FG: We’ll sanction airlines over passengers’ COVID-19 default
The Federal Government through the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has issued a stern warning to foreign airlines operating into Nigeria from the United Kingdom and South Africa that failure to adhere strictly to the new travel rules will attract penalties. The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, over the weekend, issued new travel …
Oshiomhole plotting to overturn Obaseki’s victory –Edo govt
Ex-APC chair distances self from plot Benin Edo State Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, has accused the former National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, of plotting to overturn the victory of Governor Godwin Obaseki at the September 2020 election through the judiciary. Shaibu said the plan was being …
LCCI: Nigeria’s economy faces bleak output in 2021
…hinges recovery on oil price, production Following the devastating impact of COVID-19 on global and domestic economy in 2020, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has predicted that Nigeria’s recovery to growth trajectory is expected to commence properly in Q2 2021. The chamber noted that the country’s business environment would remain …
Forex: CBN sells $3.96bn to BDCs in nine months
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) sold foreign exchange amounting to $3.96 billion to the Bureaux De Change (BDC) segment of the foreign exchange market between January and September this year, latest data released by the apex bank shows. Findings by New Telegraph indicate that this figure is $6.46 billion (62 per cent) less …
RMAFC chair: New revenue sharing formula out in 2021
Chairman, Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Chief Elias Mbam, yesterday said the commission has started the process of coming up with a new revenue sharing formula. He said the commission was already working on the new sharing formula and that the formula would be out in 2021. Mbam disclosed this in Item …
PDP, APC at loggerheads over state of the nation
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) were engaged in a verbal war at the weekend over the state of the nation, using indices such as the economy, level of poverty and insecurity in the country. The altercation followed a recent editorial published by Financial Times of London which portrayed …
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