Breaking News in Nigeria Today Wednesday 12th February 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Wednesday 12th February 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Lagos designs emergency response plans for Coronavirus, Lassa fever
…empowers 342 medical personnel Piqued by the spread of coronavirus and Lassa fever, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has that said that it has designed emergency response plans to prevent and tackle the ravaging scourge. Besides, the government said it has begun the training of 342 medical personnel as first level emergency responders for communicable diseases in the 20 local governments and 37 local council development areas of the state. Director-General of the agency, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, who disclosed this, said that the agency was closely monitoring…
Transcorp Group announces board appointments
Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp) has announced significant appointments to its board and executive management. Specifically, Owen Omogiafo has been appointed as President/GCEO of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc, with effect from March 25, 2020. She succeeds Valentine Ozigbo, who is retiring to pursue a career in public service, having served Transcorp for close to a decade. Owen is currently the MD/CEO of Transcorp Hotels Plc and has over two decades of corporate experience in organisational development, human capital management, banking, change management and hospitality. She holds a B.Sc.…
AIB: Engine failure liable for Air Peace, Max Air’s aircraft incidents
The Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria (AIB-N) has released two preliminary reports on serious incidents involving aircraft owned and operated by Air Peace Limited and Max Air. The Air Peace Boeing 737-500 aircraft, with nationality and registration marks 5N-BUJ, was en-route Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri on November 5, 2019 when the incident occurred at about 23,000 feet above Mean Sea Level (FL230). The report stated that the flight crew identified the occurrence as ‘severe engine damage’ and in response, carried out memory items before consulting the Quick Reference Handbook (QRH). According…
PDP to UN, EU: Democracy is dead in Nigeria
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, took its agitation over the nation’s democratic process to the headquarters of the United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU) in Abuja. The party also visited the French Embassy, calling for intervention on what it described as murder of democracy and miscarriage of justice in the country. Led by the Deputy National Chairman (North), Senator Suleiman Nazif, PDP submitted petition to the unions, detailing what it believed were the infractions committed by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government. PDP had, two weeks…
NNPC, USTDA sign $1.1m power deal grant
As part of efforts to address the power challenges in the country, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), yesterday signed a $1.1 million grant as part funding for the NNPC-Abuja Independent Power Project (IPP). The IPP, which was modelled to generate 1,350 megawatts (MW) of electricity, would sit on a 54.7 hectares of land in Dukpa in Gwagwalada Area Council of the FCT. The project would also leverage on the existing huge natural gas resources from the NNPC Upstream and the…
President: I’ll fight insecurity, bring prosperity to Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that his administration is fully determined to combat and defeat all acts of criminality, banditry and terrorism in the country. President Buhari assured Nigerians at home and abroad that their protection would continue to remain a key priority of his administration, as well as fighting corruption and bringing prosperity to Nigerians. Speaking at a meeting with the Executive Committee members of the Nigerian Community in Ethiopia (NICE) in Addis Ababa, the President appealed to all Nigerians to support and cooperate with security agencies, who are…
Okowa to public officers: Adhere to good governance
Delta Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has urged political office holders to be guided at all times by good governance and leadership principles. The governor made the call yesterday in Asaba while swearing in a former member of House of Representatives, Evelyn Oboro as Special Adviser, and the Chairman as well as members of the state’s Sports Commission. Also sworn in during the ceremony is a member of the state Judicial Service Commission, Chief Lucky Ekayama Loyibo. The Sports Commission has Chief Tonobok Okowa as Chairman, while Rev. Omatshola Williams, Chief…
Senate, Reps adjourn plenary over Longjan
The Senate and the House of Representatives yesterday, suspended legislative activities to mourn the death of Senator Ignatius Longjan, who represented Plateau South Senatorial District on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Late Longjan reportedly died at Turkish hospital in the nation’s political capital in Abuja after a protracted illness. This was as the apex legislative Chamber announced that it would devote today for a valedictory session for another former member, late Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu, who died on December 17, 2019. The Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie…
Supreme Court clears Lyon as Bayelsa Gov-elect
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the nomination of David Lyon as governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State. Lyon is billed for inauguration this Friday at Yenagoa to take over from Governor Seriake Dickson. The apex court, in a unanimous decision, dismissed the appeal filed by another governorship aspirant of the APC and former minister, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, challenging the nomination of Lyon as the APC flag bearer in the November 16 governorship poll. The court, in the lead judgement delivered…
Dickson: My legacy projects’ll be a reference point in Bayelsa
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, yesterday said that execution of various legacy projects by his administration in the last eight years would remain a reference point in the history of development in the state. The governor disclosed this during the commissioning of the Multi-Door Court House at the High Court Complex in Yenagoa, the state capital. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, noted that the governor also commissioned some high profile internal roads within the state capital, as well as the Ijaw Heroes Park. Dickson, who…
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