Breaking News in Nigeria Today Tuesday 7th January 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Tuesday 7th January 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: Traffic diversion on Kara Bridge to resume weekend
T he Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr. Adedamola Kuti, yesterday, said that contractors had returned to all the construction sites in the state after yuletide. Consequently, he said that construction work had resumed on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway as traffic diversion for work to continue on the Kara bridge section would begin before weekend. Kuti told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the telephone that a large number of construction workers were back to site, while some were still returning. He said that the projects were picking…
CNPP gives EEDC 14-day ultimatum to reverse withdrawal of prepaid meter
Kenneth Ofoma ENUGU C onference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), Enugu State chapter yesterday issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) to reverse its directive to customers to dismantle their existing prepaid meters and buy a new one or be disconnected from service. CNPP said that the move was exploitative and callous and would be resisted by legal means, stressing that the new policy would amount to forcing people to pay for a new meter that would consume data quickly. Besides, it…
Edo APC tasks Oshiomhole, others on genuine reconciliation
Cajetan Mmuta BENIN C hairman of the Edo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Joseph Osagiede, yesterday, accused the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole of working against the peace process in the state, urged him to embrace true reconciliation. Osagiede, who assumed office yesterday said Oshiomhole was frustrating the peace moves of the Oba of Benin, HRM Oba Ewuare II, who had taken a far-reaching steps to approach President Muhammadu Buhari towards bringing peace among all the warring groups and the entire state.…
Ondo: APC gladiators in guber race tussle
TEMITOPE OGUNBANKE writes on the battle for Ondo State governorship poll among gladiators in the All Progressives Congress (APC) F or the people of Ondo State, 2020 is going to be an interesting year as the people of the state prepare to march to the poll for another governorship poll. The incumbent governor, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) will be celebrating his third year in office on February, 2020, a timing that indicates that the next governorship poll in the state is already at the door. It…
2020: Unlocking resources for road project completion
Worried over the slow pace of work on about 524 road and bridge projects in the country, Nigerians are calling on the central authority to ensure adequate funding for speedy completion. Dayo Ayeyemi reports I t is important to note that every state in the federation including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has at least three ongoing road and bridge projects. Among these, President Mohammadu Buhari, in a letter to Nigerians on New Year day, said that 47 of these road projects and bridges had been scheduled for completion…
Shiite protesters storm Abuja streets over Iranian General’s death
Caleb Onwe Abuja M embers of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) also known as the Shi’ites yesterday stormed the streets of Abuja protesting over the killing of Iran’s Military General, Qassem Soleimani, by the United States. The group, New Telegraph learnt, marched briefly at Wuse, Nyanya and Mararaba areas of the city, were also said to have burnt a United States of America’s’ flag. The angry protesters marched round the city chanting: “Death To America, death to America”. They also vowed to ensure that…
OPS: Border closure is short term solution
Taiwo Hassan T he organised private sector has said that border closure is a temporal solution to a long term problem. The group, at the Commerce and Industry Correspondents Association of Nigeria (CICAN) end of year workshop/retreat held in Lagos, with the theme: “Impact of Border closure on the Real Sector Business: Way forward in 2020,” explained that the current situation was not too good for the country’s fragile economy, saying that it had brought more hardship to the citizens. According to Mr. Afam Mallinson Ukatu, Managing…
Dickson urged to settle INC, IYC’s leadership crisis
Ola James Warri A Warri-based lawyer, Clarkson Aribogha, has pleaded with Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, to intervene in the leadership crisis between the Ijaw National Congress (INC) and Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) for permanent peace and co-existence between the two bodies. Aribogha who is also an Ijaw opinion leader also urged Dickson to use his good office to withdraw the court case concerning the body for a peaceful out-of-court settlement. According to him, the lingering leadership…
PDP chieftain seeks Secondus, Igbinedon’s intervention in Edo crisis
Cajetan Mmuta BENIN T he Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State is now engulfed in another round of internal crisis over proposed January 15 date for their congresses, as some members called on party’s National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, former Governor Chief Lucky Igbinedion to step into the matter. Coordinator of the PDP youths under the aegis of PDP Youths for Justice, Alhaji Musa Kadiri, said that already angry youths of the party yesterday threatened to hold parallel congresses and primaries if the processes leading to…
Sokoto APC faults Tambuwal’s 2020 budget
Umar Abdullahi Sokoto T he Sokoto State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday described the state’s 2020 budget as a chain of broken promises. Chairman of the party in the state, Alhaji Sadiq Isa Achida, stated this while briefing newsmen at the party’s secretariat in Sokoto. Achida recalled that Governor Aminu Tambuwal appeared before the state House of Assembly and presented what he called ‘Budget of Sustainable Social Economic Development and Inconclusiveness.’ He also described the 2020 budget as a non-event to…
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