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Welcome to the AllNews roundup of the top 10 Nigerian newspapers headlines for today Tuesday, November 17th, 2020.
The Twitter community has been thrown into a frenzy after reports that Ned Nwoko, the husband of Nollywood actress, Regina Daniels is engaged and set to marry another woman who would be his 7th wife.
The unconfirmed report hit the internet space on Monday, November 16, with users digging up the photo of the alleged wife-to-be who is said to be based in the United Kingdom. Read more here.
Managing Director of Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Bismarck Rewane, said fuel price shouldn't rise in Nigeria since the international crude oil price declined. Rewane, who is a member of President Muhammadu Buhari's technical advisory council on economy, however, defended the fuel price increase, stating that Nigeria's neighbouring countries pay more for fuel.
Rewane the technical advisory council advised President Buhari to deregulate the oil industry, and since this has been done, the price of fuel should go up when crude oil price rises in the international market. Despite the decline in crude oil price, the government chose to increase the ex-depot price of petrol from NGN147.67 kobo per litre to NGN155.17 kobo per litre on Friday, November 13, 2020. Read more here.
Kano State NYSC Coordinator, Hajiya Aisha Tata, says two new corps members out of the 826 posted to the state have tested positive for COVID-19.
This was disclosed on Monday during a briefing session with the press, shortly after the swearing-in of the 2020 Batch ‘B’ Stream ‘A’ corps members in the state. Read more here.
Super Eagles of Nigeria and Rivers United defender, Ifeanyi Anaemena has lauded former Enyimba shot-stopper, Fatau Dauda as "a good goalkeeper".
AllNews reports that Dauda, captain of Legon Cities in the Ghanaian Premier League, has been called up by Ghana to replace Richard Ofori for the trip to Sudan (match holds on Tuesday). Read more here.
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the 2020 National Common Entrance Examination results.
The examination body has pegged the national examination cut off marks at 142. Read more here.
Nollywood actor and human rights activist, Yomi Fabiyi says the recent #EndSars protest that rocked major cities in Nigeria brought about "celebrity revolution".
Fabiyi who has been a frontliner in the fight against police brutality said this in an Instagram post where he also shared an open letter he wrote to celebrities in 2018. Read more here.
A former close associate to President Muhammadu Buhari, Buba Galadima, has asked the president to direct the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) to unfreeze the account of the individuals blocked as a result of their link with the #EndSARS protest.
Making this call while speaking on Arise TV on Monday, Galadima, who condemned the government for blocking the account of the #EndSARS promoters, said that the government has no right to block the account of Nigerians who were peacefully protesting. Read more here.
Following the news that resolutions to the demands of ASUU would be provided this week as well as resumption of academic activities in all universities, the feud between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has worsened and once again all negotiation progress has been halted.
The Permanent Secretary to the Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echonu, said in Abuja at the weekend according to This Day that the long-stretched strike action by ASUU is and unnecessary, claiming all the contending issues have been resolved except one. Read more here.
A former Lagos Commissioner and ex-Legal adviser to All Progressives Congress (APC), Muiz Banire, has said that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) does not have the right to investigate terrorism.
Banire, who took to his Twitter page to fault the recent move by the CBN to freeze the accounts of individuals believed to have promoted the #EndSARS protest, tagged the action of CBN as abominable and reckless. Read more here.
The 36-state representatives of N-Power volunteers plus the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday announced that it will hold a Facebook Live Chat "to update exited Batch A and Batch B beneficiaries on the progress so far".
In a statement on Sunday signed by the forum's National Media Team, the representatives stated that the session is aimed at discussing the best way to achieve their goal of permanency or favourable transition as the case may be. Read more here.
That’s the roundup of the top 10 Nigerian newspapers headlines this morning. More Nigerian newspapers headlines are available on AllNews website.
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