Latest News in Nigeria Today Friday 21st February 2020
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Friday 21st February 2020 .
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Buratai to troops: We are days away from finally defeating Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorism
You have done it before, you can do it again By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja Following recent heavy victories and bloody nose inflicted on several Boko Haram and ISWAP hideouts and bases as well as the neutralization of many of their Commanders, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai has declared thatRead More
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Almajiri menace: Poor fathers should beg for alms, not children — Emir Sanusi
Emir Kano, Muhammad Sanusi, on Thursday, said fathers who are too poor to cater for their children should beg for alms themselves and stop sending out their children as Almajiris.
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Exam malpractice: Adamawa state poly sacks 4 lecturers
YOLA—The management of the Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola, has terminated the appointment of four of its lecturers over alleged examination malpractices especially alteration of examinations results.
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Close ranks to save Nigeria from disintegration, OMPALAN urges Presidential aides
ABUJA—Elders of the nation under the aegis of Oil and Solid Mineral Producing Area Landlords’ Association of Nigeria, OMPALAN, have called on senior aides of President Buhari to bury their hatchet and present a common front in order to salvage the country from the menace of terrorism, corruption and all forms of lawlessness.
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FIRS seeks Lagos support to hit N8.5trn revenue target
By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, is seeking the cooperation of the Lagos Inland Revenue Service, LIRS, to realise its N8.5 trillion revenue target to fund the 2020 budget. Executive Chairman, FIRS, Muhammed Nami, who made this known during a courtesy visit to Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu at Ikeja, hadRead More
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Alleged ‘Husband Killer’ Maryam Sanda appeals her death sentence
Insists she was denied fair hearing By Ikechukwu Nnochiri Determined to live, daughter-inlaw to a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Maryam Sanda, has appealed against the judgement of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory that convicted and sentenced her to death by hanging. Maryam, who was on January 27, foundRead More
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E2%80%95-uzodinma/ Imo is financially distressed ? Uzodinma
Begs Buhari to refund N32bn spent on Federal Roads Says State is backward in education By Johnbosco Agbakwuru Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State on Thursday declared that the state was financially distressed and educationally backward. Senator Uzodinma, who was declared governor by Supreme Court on 14th January said that infrastructure in the state especiallyRead More
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Please don’t give us unfit Monarch, Anambra community begs Obiano
By Vincent Ujumadu Hundreds of indigenes of Isulo in Orumba South local government area of Anambra States yesterday stormed the Government House in Awka and pleaded with Governor Willie Obiano not to issue a certificate of recognition to someone who, according to them, was not fit to be their traditional ruler. The protesters, who wereRead More
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ICYMI: Unilag ex-lecturer jailed 21 years for raping admission seeker
An Ikeja High Court on Thursday sentenced a former part-time lecturer in the University of Lagos (Unilag), Akin Baruwa, to 21 years’ imprisonment for raping an 18-year-old admission seeker. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Josephine Oyefeso while sentencing 45-year-old Baruwa, described his action as heinous. Oyefeso held that the sentence shouldRead More
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Lagos tax boss denies existence of multiple taxation
Contrary to popular belief, the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), yesterday, said that Nigeria, and by extension Lagos State, does not have multiple taxation, but multiplicity of interface between taxable entities and tax authorities.
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