Latest News in Nigeria Today Friday 26th February 2021
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Friday 26th February 2021 .
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My $1.9b in Minnesota bank by Femi Adesina
By FEMI ADESINA Let’s have a comic diversion today from weightier matters of our national life. Because what I want to discuss can only be comic, if not also idiotic and otiose. Yes, you read the headline right. The money I allegedly stashed at a bank in Minnesota, United States of America. Not millions ofRead More
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UPDATED: Gunmen abduct 300 female students in Zamfara
By Ibrahim HassanWuyo About 300 female students of GSS Jangebe in Zamfara state have been abducted by gunmen last night, the BBC HAUSA Service has reported. The state government or police authorities, are yet to react to the development. READ ALSO: Bandits invade police station, kill DPO, inspector in Sokoto village However, the BBC HAUSARead More
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Breaking: Gunmen kidnap schoolgirls in Zamfara
By Nwafor Sunday Barely nine days Kagara students were kidnapped in Niger state, gunmen Friday stormed GSS Jangebe, Zamfara state and abducted a good number of schoolgirls. The number of the kidnapped students could not be ascertained as at the time of filling this report. But BBC Pigin confirmed the story. Details later: Breaking! WeRead More
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JUST IN: Court orders interim forfeiture of Rochas Okorocha’s properties
By Nwafor Sunday Barely four days after the Imo state police command arrested and released the senator representing Imo West constituency, for breaking into a government sealed ‘Royal palm spring estate’, High Court in Owerri on Thursday ordered an interim forfeiture of all properties allegedly ‘acquired illegally’ by Rochas Okorocha, while he was inRead More
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Kagara kidnapping: Niger governor accuses FG of abandonment
By Wole Mosadomi Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State has accused the Federal Government of abandoning the state to its fate in efforts to rescue abducted students and staff of Government Science College, Kagara. At least 27 students, three teachers and 12 family members were abducted by bandits who stormed the school penultimate Wednesday.Read More
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SEC: Oando to appeal court judgment
By Obas Esiedesa Oando Plc, yesterday, said it would appeal Thursday judgment of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, which declined jurisdiction to hear three fundamental rights suits by the Group Managing Director of Oando Plc and its Deputy, against their sack from the company by the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC. Justice GiwaRead More
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Nigeria’s health sector will emerge stronger from COVID-19 — Gbajabiamila
Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila says Nigeria’s health sector will emerge stronger at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, going by efforts aimed at repositioning the sector. Gbajabiamila said this when he received a report on stakeholders roundtable in the health sector, organised by the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs onRead More
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Passage of PIB’ll unlock midstream gas opportunities, says FG
MINISTER of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Timipre Sylva, said, yesterday, that the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, would unlock several midstream gas opportunities and enhance domestic gas utilisation. Sylva spoke at the ongoing 12th Nigerian Gas Association, NGA, International Conference 2021, in Lagos. He said the Federal Government was ready to collaborateRead More
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Bonny Light hits $65.36pb, as OPEC+ mulls oil production increase
By Prince Okafor Nigeria’s grade of crude oil, Bonny Light, yesterday, witnessed a marginal rise of $1.63 cent, or 2.56 percent rise to $65.36 per barrel from the previous day, giving further relief to the nation’s budget benchmark, even as Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries Plus (OPEC+) mulls oil production increase. This development, accordingRead More
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Buhari rules out amnesty for bandits, insurgents
By Anayo Okoli, Dapo Akinrefon, Davies Iheamnachor, Chimaobi Nwaiwu, Chinonso Alozie & Ibrahim HassanWuyo President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, ruled out amnesty for bandits and insurgents terrorising the country. The President stated this at the meeting of northern governors and traditional rulers in the north over the security situation in the region at Sir Kashim IbrahimRead More
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