Nigerian Newspaper Headlines Today: 15 August 2019

Those were our newspaper headlines for Thursday, August 15th 2019

Banning importation of food into the country, is a step in the right direction.

The lawmaker who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th Senate made the remark via his Twitter handle on Wednesday morning.

President Buhari on Tuesday, in Daura, his hometown when he hosted All Progressives Congress (APC) governors to Eid-el-Kabir lunch, said the foreign reserve will be used only for diversification of the economy, and not for encouraging more dependence on foreign food importations.

Use Your Experience As Former Petroleum Minister To Ban Forex On Crude Oil Importation – Aisha Tells

Aisha Yesufu, a staunch critic of President Muhammadu Buhari led government has reacted to the directive given by the President to the CBN to stop providing forex for food import.

The directive to ban the provision of forex for food importation has generated mixed reactions from Nigerians, as some have supported while others are against the policy.

Bring Back Our Girls Convener, Aisha Yesufu has taken to Twitter to question when President Muhammadu Buhari will place a ban on foreign exchange for the importation of petroleum products.

We Only Enjoy Uninterrupted Power When You Visit – Daura Leaders Tell Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari was informed by leaders from the five local government areas under the Daura emirate in Katsina state that the communities enjoy interrupted electricity only when he is around.

The leaders of the communities made this known when President Buhari hosted them during the Sallah celebration.

“Anytime the President is around we enjoy 24 hours power supply. But if he is not around, the power supply is not always stable,” Mohammed Saleh, one of the leaders, said.

You Have Lost Touch With Reality — Ezekwesili Knocks Buhari Over Comment On Food Security

A former minister of education, Oby Ezekwesili has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stop providing foreign exchange for importation of food into the country.

According to the former vice president of the world bank, the directive shows the President is out of touch and has absolute contempt for data.

President Buhari on Tuesday, in Daura his hometown when he hosted All Progressives Congress (APC) governors to Eid-el-Kabir lunch said the foreign reserve will be used only for diversification of the economy, and not for encouraging more dependence on foreign food importations.

Makinde Appoints Former Oyo BPP Boss Executive Assistant On Intervention

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo has appointed a former Special Adviser on Due Process and former Head of the Bureau of Public Procurement of Oyo State, Mrs Aderonke Adedayo, as Executive Assistant (Intervention).

In a statement signed by the Special Assistant on Print Media to the Governor, Mr. Moses Alao, the appointment is said to have taken effect from July 16, 2019.

My Government Won’t MargunLise Any Zone — Makinde

Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has made assurances to his people that his government won’t marginalise any zone in the state.

Makinde said this while speaking in Ogbomoso, on the occasion of his Sallah visit to Oyo North Senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, Hon. Mulikat Adeola- Akande. The governor assured of his readiness to distribute appointments and other dividends of democracy equitably in the state.

Treatment — El-ZakZaky Cries Out From Indian Hospital

The leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria Ibrahim El-Zakzaky has raised an alarm over the conditions at the Indian hospital where he is being treated, saying it is worse than that of Nigeria.

The IMN leader who left Nigeria to India on Monday following a Kaduna court order made this known via an audio message that has since gone viral.

The cleric in the audio, where he spoke in Hausa, alleged that the Nigerian

Army Captain May Have Ordered Killing of Policemen in Taraba

A Captain of the Nigerian army who allegedly ordered soldiers on security check-point along the Ibi-Jalingo Expressway in Taraba State, to attack and kill policemen conveying suspected kidnap kingpin has been identified.

Following police investigation, it was found out that the said captain had several telephone conversations with the kidnap kingpin, Wadume and the Captain, were about 191 within the space of one month between July 9, 2019 and August 6, 2019.

Tension As Herdsmen Clash Over Stolen Cows In Owerri

Residents of Agbala, Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State, were on Tuesday thrown into a state of fright after a fight broke out among herdsmen over missing cows.

According to report, two of the herdsmen were fatally injured and rushed to the emergency unit of the Federal Medical Centre in Owerri by villagers.

A villager who spoke on the incident said that the situation would have escalated into an attack on the village, had other herdsmen not witnessed the fight.

 

 

 

 

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