Ø China
to loan Nigeria $4.5 billion to boost agriculture
The Peoples Republic of China has said it will lend
Nigeria $4.5 billion to boost local agriculture.
The loan is to enable Nigeria purchase farming tools including
tractors, bulldozers, graders, irrigation pumps, among st others.
tractors, bulldozers, graders, irrigation pumps, among st others.
PREMUM TIMES
Ø Ajimobi nominates nephew, Akala’s
son as LG caretaker chairmen
Speaker of Oyo House of Assembly, Michael Adeyemo, announced names of
Governor Abiola Ajimobi’s nominees for caretaker committee chairmanship of
local government areas and the newly-created local council development areas
(LCDAs) of the state, at yesterdays plenary.
Adeyemo’s
reading of the nominees’ names at plenary came a day after two splinter groups
within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state had bloody clash, over
alleged imposition of candidates and alleged lopsided appointments purportedly
in favor of Senator Ajimobi Campaign Organization (SENACO), against the Lamist,
a group loyal to former leader of the party and former governor, late Alhaji
Lam Adesina.
THE SUN
Ø
Bukola Saraki fires Salvo at APC NWC, asks Executive
to stop ridiculing Legislative
The Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki blew hot
on Tuesday when he charged officials of the Executive and Legislative arms of
government to respect one another and avoid acts capable of ridiculing them.
He spoke when the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun visited the National
Assembly to seek an end to the lingering faceoff between the National Assembly
and the Executive arm of government.
BREAKING TIMES
Ø Italy deports another set of
Nigerians
The Italian
Government on Tuesday deported 40 Nigerians.
They arrived on an Air Meridiana flight with
registration number E1_FNU at around 8 p.m.
The deportees were received by officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service
(NIS) who profiled them along with other security agencies at the airport.
Officials also gave the returnees stipend to
facilitate their transportation to their respective states.
DAILY POST
Ø
Man drugs, videos, rapes wife’s friend, shares video
on social media
A 32-year old man, Obinna Arthur and his wife,
Chinyere Arthur have been arrested and charged before a Lagos court for their
alleged involvement in the rape of his wife’s friend at a popular hotel in
Egbeda, Lagos.
The couple, who reside at Ogundipe Street in Santos
Layout in Akowonjo, Lagos, lured the victim to Greenland hotel in Egbeda where
the victim was drugged and took into the hotel room where she was stripped,
raped and the sexual violation was recorded with a video phone.
BREAKING NEWS
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