Find out what is making headlines all over the country from the
covers of The Guardian, Vanguard, The Nation, The Punch and BusinessDay.
Find out what is making headlines all over the country from the covers of The Guardian, Vanguard, The Nation, The Punch and BusinessDay.
For today, December 7 2016:
THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER
Corruption war in danger as Senate tweaks law for immunity
Nigeria’s
battle to exit the league of corrupt nations will suffer a setback as
the Senate plans to amend the 1999 Constitution to protect lawmakers
from all criminal and civil cases.
It’s risky to talk about Nigeria now, says Jonathan
Former
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday at Gbaramatu Kingdom, Delta
State, said it is unsafe to talk about events and situation of things in
Nigeria.
Senate queries North East rehabilitation agency over suspected N2.5b fraud
The
Senate has uncovered a N2.5 billion suspected fraud in the activities
of the Presidential Initiative on the North East (PINE), which is
mandated to reconstruct and rehabilitate communities destroyed by Boko
Haram insurgency.
VANGUARD NEWSPAPER
Rivers Rerun: PDP, APC at each others’ throats
Ahead
of Saturday’s parliamentary rerun elections in Rivers State, the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC,
were, yesterday, locked in a war of words over alleged plans to unleash
violence.
RCCG’s Holy Ghost Congress: Adeboye assures on security, medicare
AS
the 19th Holy Ghost Congress of the Redeemed Christian Church of
Nigeria kicked off Monday evening at the old Congress Arena, the General
Overseer of the church, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye has cautioned
Christians against entanglement with sin, urging all to desist from
every appearance of evil.
Allegations of Rape in IDPs Camps: Policemen, prison officer, 2 others arrested
Inspector
General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, said, yesterday, that following the
investigation ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari into alleged human
rights abuses against internally displaced persons, IDPs, in the
North-East, two Army officers and an Air Force officer have been
indicted.
THE NATION NEWSPAPER
12 kids rescued from pastor’s home
Twelve
children were rescued by the Lagos State Government from the custody of
a Pastor, Onoyngu Chibuike, the founder of Voice of Salvation
Charitable Organisation, who had been operating an illegal orphanage in
Ojo since 2010.
PDP BoT chair: no talks with Tinubu
There
has been no alliance or party formation talk between the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, PDP Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman Walid Jibrin,
said yesterday.
Corps member died of kidney infection, says NYSC DG
Oladepo
Ifedolapo Rachel, the corps member, who died last week in Kano State,
suffered from kidney related disease, it was learnt yesterday.
THE PUNCH NEWSPAPER
AGF sends anti-graft court bill to N’Assembly
Indication
emerged on Tuesday that the Federal Government had sent to the National
Assembly, a bill seeking the establishment of a special anti-corruption
court to try serious crimes, including corruption cases.
Recruitment: Police release list of successful candidates
The Police Service Commission said it had concluded the recruitment of 10,000 personnel into the Nigeria Police Force.
Passengers shut Arik’s operations over luggage delay
Arik
Air’s international passengers on Tuesday shut down the carrier’s
check-in counter at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos
for failing to deliver their luggage days after they arrived from
London. A similar incident occurred on Monday.
BUSINESSDAY NEWSPAPER
Nigerians should brace up for data price hike again
The
Federal Government says Nigerians should brace up for a hike in data
prices, reversing the recent decision by the Nigerian Communications
Communication (NCC) to suspend the implementation of the new price floor
for data.
FG fails to pay premium, leaving civil servants without insurance cover
Existing
insurance coverage for employees managed by the Office of the Head of
Service of the Federation, had elapsed three months back, since August
2016 and renewal is yet to be effected, according to BusinessDay
findings.
Manufacturers form own power company as energy cost hits N59bn
Faced
with rising cost of power, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria
(MAN) has formed a new power company called the Manufacturers Power
Development Company Limited, to reduce the impact of energy cost on
their operations.
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