Breaking News in Nigeria Today Tuesday 17th December 2019
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Tuesday 17th December 2019 on some of the nation newspapers .
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200 days in office: Sanwo-Olu’s steady path to ‘Greater Lagos’
TEMITOPE OGUNBANKE reports on Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s 200 days in office as governor of Lagos State and the appreciable progress so far made by his administration It is 200 days that governors of the 29 states, where governorship elections held during the last general election were sworn-in as number one citizens in their respective states.
Clark backs NDDC Interim management committee
Contrary to complaints by some groups in the Niger Delta region over the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Interim Management Committee (IMC) inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari to oversee the forensic audit of the Commission, Chief Edwin Kiagbodor Clark, has said the Federal Government’s action was a step in the right direction. The elder statesman
Senate: Lawmakers move to amend Police Act
CHUKWU DAVID reports that the Senate has embarked on a legislative process to free female police officers from 51 years of discriminatory practices, by proposing an amendment to the Police Act containing the offensive regulations The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), prohibits discrimination of Nigerians on the basis
NAss’ll pass Buhari’s $30bn loan request –Lawan
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, yesterday, said that the National Assembly would pass President Muhammadu Buhari’s $30 billion loan request. This was as he assured that the Senate would never pass any bill not in public interest, saying that the passage or otherwise of Hate Speech Bill would be determined by the public.
PMB at 77: ‘Please tell Baba we are with him all the way’
I boarded a commercial airliner heading to Lagos from Abuja. I was already seated, and strapping my seat belt, when a young man approached me. He must have been in his late 20s, or at most, early 30s. I shook hands, greeted him warmly, and he slipped something in my palm. He went back to his
Sowore: FG guided by extant laws, court tradition, says Malami
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) yesterday said that the Federal Government was being guided by extant laws and tradition of the law in handling legal matters and related litigations. Malami’s position was in response to a media claim that a lawyer sent a letter to the AGF requesting
APC lifts suspension on Akeredolu, Amosun, Okorocha, others
The crisis in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is gradually being resolved as the National Working Committee (NWC) yesterday lifted the suspension placed on senior members of the party early this year. Those suspended earlier this year were the former governors of Imo and Ogun states, Senators Rochas Okorocha and Ibukunle Amosun, respectively. Also
Minister advocates Open Data Initiative in Nigeria
Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, has said that Nigeria needs to adopt Open Data Initiative in its public administration and transactions to keep abreast of global trend. Open data initiative was said to be regularly uploading in online platforms of non-sensitive government information such as agricultural prices, vehicle registration, data online
Dad’s brother leads kidnap gang to kill seven-year-old boy
… says victim’s father didn’t give him money to marry third wife Police in Ogun State have arrested four suspected kidnappers for allegedly killing a seven-year-old boy, Abdulmalik Musa, after collecting a ransom of N300,000 from his parents. Incidentally, one of the suspects, Farouq Seidu, is a younger brother of the victim’s father,
Women protest naked over Ebonyi communal crisis
Over 100 old women from Agubia in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State yesterday marched half naked to the Government House, Abakaliki, to protest the arrest of their sons by security agents. The women alleged that over nine of their sons have been arrested by security agents allegedly acting on the orders of a
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