Latest News In Nigeria: Top 10 Headlines For Thurs, Jan 28th, 2021

Welcome to the AllNews roundup of the top 10 Latest News In Nigeria for today Thursday, January 28th, 2021.

Here are the Latest News In Nigeria headlines:

1. Group Urges Kaduna To Improve Healthcare

An NGO, Results for Development (R4D), has appealed to Kaduna State Government to sustain the new Health Insurance Scheme towards boosting health care delivery to residents.

The R4D country Director, Dr Uweju Hope, made the appeal during a presentation at the end of the project dissemination event in Kaduna on Thursday. Read more here.

2. 'Stay Away From Politics', NUJ Tells New Service Chiefs

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has charged the country’s new service chiefs to avoid being dragged into partisanship by unpatriotic politicians.

Mr Chris Isiguzo, the National President of NUJ, gave this charge in a statement he signed in Abuja on Thursday. Read more here. 

3. Ooni Of Ife Warns Sunday Igboho

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has warned popular Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, to be careful of politicians seeking to hijack his agitations against killer herdsmen in the South West.

The monarch, in an interview with Arise TV on Thursday, advised Igboho not to take the laws into his hands but to allow constituted authorities to handle the herdsmen menace in the region. Read more here.

4. Host Communities Fight Dirty At Reps Hearing On PIB

The ongoing public hearing organised by the House of Representatives on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) hit a stumbling block as member of host communities exchanged blows during the hearing.

The fistfight broke out when the first group of the host communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas was invited to make their presentation at the hearing which took place at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja. Read more here. 

5. 6 Out Of Every 10 Children In Jigawa Stunted — Survey

The Jigawa Government says a survey has indicated that 60 per cent of children under the age of five in the state are stunted as a result of severe acute malnutrition. This means that six out of every 10 children under five years are affected. 

Dr. Kabir Ibrahim-Aliyu, the Executive Secretary, Jigawa State Primary Health Care Development Agency, revealed this during an advocacy meeting in Kano on Thursday. Raed more here.

6. Biafra: ‘I Like Hausa People So Much’ - Nnamdi Kanu

Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has expressed his love for Hausa people but noted that he could not say the same for Fulanis.

Diaspora-based Kanu described the Hausa as a good, civilised people of the country, but said Fulani people have been hiding under the combination of Hausa-Fulani to dodge the wrath of the people whenever they perpetrate evil. Read more here.

7. Kano Pillars: Coach Lionel, Nyima Speak After Victory Vs Rivers Utd In Kaduna

Kano Pillars secured a hard-fought win in the ongoing 2020/21 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season after putting Rivers United of Port Harcourt to the sword at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna on Wednesday. The contest was settled courtesy of a lone goal by striker, Nwagua Nyima.

The Sai Masu played the larger part of the second half with 10-men after Abbas Rabiu received the marching orders as a result of a second bookable offense in the 55th minute of the encounter. Read more here.

8. Toyota Beats Volkswagen In 2020 Global Car Sales

Toyota Motor sold more vehicles worldwide than Volkswagen in 2020, dethroning the German rival as the world’s largest car-maker for the first time in five years, results showed on Thursday. This is in spite of falling sales amid the COVID-19 pandemic,

The Toyota group, including Daihatsu Motor and Hino Motors, reported that its global group sales fell 11.3 per cent from the previous year to 9.5 million cars. Read more here.

9. 20s Is For Exploring, Dating, Says Toke Makinwa

Media personality Toke Makinwa has issued what many feels is a piece of bad advice to ladies in their 20's to maximise their youth and explore by dating and going out and enjoying themselves.

The media personality who backed this up with 24-year-old Lori Harvey's relationships with different men in such a short time told women to stop crying over men as they are not "onions". Read more here.

10. Apple Records Over 1 billion Active iPhones

Apple has achieved a milestone of more than 1 billion active iPhones. It is attributing the feat to the phone's continued success and longevity.

Chief Executive Officer of Apple Inc., Tim Cook made the revelation during Apple’s earnings call on Thursday, saying that there are now 1.65 billion Apple devices in active use in all. Read more here.

These are the Latest News in Nigeria headlines this evening. Visit our website www.allnews.ng for the more latest news in Nigeria and around the world.