Nigeria news today headlines : Monday 13th January 2020
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Police Lose Rifle To Angry Youths In Kwara Over Land Dispute
Abuja – The police in Ilorin, in the wee hours of Sunday, lost a rifle to irate youths in Egbejila, an Ilorin community hosting the state’s International Cargo Airport, after an alleged illegal deployment of officers to intervene in a land grab attempt that has spawned a four-year litigation, going by investigations by Daily Independent. The
Buhari’s Daughter Wrong To Use Presidential Jet –Falana
Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has said the children of the President have no right to convert the Presidential jet to personal use. He, therefore, berated the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, for saying by tradition all members of the first family had the right to use the
God Will Punish Election Riggers, Wike Tells Armed Forces
P/Harcourt – Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has declared that Heaven and Nigerians would never honour members of the Nigerian Armed Forces engaged in the snatching of ballot boxes and rigging of elections. Speaking during an inter-denominational church service marking the 2020 Armed Forces Remembrance Day at the Saint Peter’s Anglican Church, Rumuepirikom, on
Another Rockets Hit Iraq Military Base Hosting US Troops
Airbase north of Baghdad targeted with rocket barrage, wounding four Iraqi soldiers, as US-Iran tensions simmer. Rockets slammed into an Iraqi airbase north of Baghdad on Sunday where US troops have been based, wounding at least four Iraqi troops. No immediate information about American casualties was reported. At least six rockets struck the Al Balad base, which hosts
Apologise To Nigerians, Afenifere Tells Buhari
Temidayo Akinsuyi; Akinwunmi King Lagos – Reactions have continued to trail the use of a presidential jet by a daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, Hanan, to attend a private function in Bauchi State on Thursday. Photographs of Hanan disembarking from a presidential jet went viral on social media at the weekend while opposition party, civil
Tension In Imo As Supreme Court Rules On Guber Poll Today
Owerri – Ahead of today’s Supreme Court ruling on the governorship election in Imo State, palpable tension and anxiety have enveloped the state over the possible outcome. Our correspondent who monitored the situation in the state reports that groups of individuals now discuss the issue in most public places such as eateries, beer parlours, motor
Flight Diversion: Why NAMA Is Yet To Calibrate Navigation Aids At Lagos Airport
Lagos – Besides, it was reliably gathered that the publicised January 16, 2020 date for the calibration of the troubled equipment may not be possible after all as the management is yet to get calibration aircraft for that purpose. Investigation by Daily Independent revealed that the efforts by the management to get the installed equipment
PDP Accuses APC, Buhari Of Bungling National Unity
Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Buhari presidency of bungling national unity through their alleged exclusionist policies, divisive comments, disregard for rules, political witch-hunt and failure to bring perpetrators of violence to book. The PDP lamented that all efforts by well-meaning Nigerians and groups
Senate Committee Asks Buhari To Sack Customs CG Over Fraud
Osogbo – A member of the National Assembly, Senator Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi, has alleged that there is massive fraud going on in the Nigeria Customs Service. He accused customs officers of allowing contraband goods and firearms into the country, thus worsening the state of insecurity, especially in the Northern part of Nigeria. Fadahunsi, who was
Flight Diversion: Why NAMA Is Yet To Calibrate Navigation Aids At Lagos Airport
Lagos – More details have emerged as to why the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) is yet to calibrate the navigation aids installed at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos four months after. Besides, it was reliably gathered that the publicised January 16, 2020 date for the calibration of the troubled equipment may not be
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