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[News] Good Morning Nigeria: Welcome To Roqwebblog Roundup Of Top 10 Nigerian News Headlines today, Friday, March 15 2019.


Good morning Nigeria and Welcome to Roqwebblog Roundup of top 10 Nigerian News Headlines today, Friday, March 15 2019.


1. Certificate Of Return: Okorocha Reveals What INEC ‘Is Planning For Him’
Imo state governor Rochas Okorocha says the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) may be planning to organise a special event to issue him a certificate of return. Okorocha stated this on the backdrop of the omission of his name from those that INEC issued certificates of return.

2. Buhari Vs Atiku: Tribunal Grants President, APC Access To Inspect Electoral Materials
President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) were on Thursday granted access by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to inspect the materials used for the conduct of the February 23 election. Buhari and his party had in their separate ex parte applications for the order of inspection,  said they needed to be granted access to the materials to enable them to defend themselves in any petition which the runner-up in the poll, Atiku Abubakar, and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had vowed to file.

3. What Inec Told Senators-elect At Certificate-Of-Return Ceremony (Video)
Nigeria’s electoral body, Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec), on Thursday called on Senators-elect to quicken work on the review of the electoral legal framework. The commission’s boss, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the call at a ceremony for the Issuance of Certificates of Return to Senators for the country’s ninth assembly.

4. All Trapped Victims Rescued From Lagos Building Collapse – Lasema
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (Lasema) has said there is no casualty left under the debris of the collapsed building in Itafaaji area of Lagos Island. General Manager of Lasema, Adesina Tiamiyu, who spoke with newsmen at the site of the incident on Thursday morning, said those trapped in the collapsed building had been rescued.

5. Inec Presents Certificates Of Return To 9th Assembly Members Today
Nigeria’s electoral umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec), will on Thursday, March 14, present Certificates of Return to the elected members of incoming ninth assembly. Concise News understands that the federal lawmakers are to receive their Inec certificates at Africa Hall of the International Conference Centre (ICC) in Abuja, the country’s capital.

6.  Benue Rerun: Mark, Ortom, Suswam, Others To Serve As Polling Agents For PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State has announced names of its polling agents and returning officers ahead of the upcoming governorship rerun election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) had announced March 23 for the supplementary election.

7. Lagos Building Collapse: Injured Pupils In Stable Condition – Doctor
Some of the injured pupils in the building collapse at Ita-faji, Lagos Island, on Wednesday are in stable condition and still receiving medical attention in some hospitals in Lagos.
Concise News reports that a visit by a NAN Correspondent to the General Hospitals in Marina and Gbagada in Lagos, on Thursday shows that some of the patients had been stabilised, while others were still being attended to.

8. El-rufai Speaks On Ghastly Accident Reports
Kaduna state governor Nasir El-rufai has denied reports that he was involved in a ghastly motor accident that claimed the life of his driver on the spot. Online reports had it that the governor was involved in a ghastly accident which claimed the life of his driver on the spot and he may have suffered spinal cord injury.

9. EXPOSED! How Yemisi Iginla Married Secret Lover In America (Photos)
More shocking revelations have emerged about the imbroglio rocking the marriage of popular Abuja-based pastor Joshua Iginla and his estranged wife, Yemisi. Iginla is the General Overseer of Champions Royal Assembly headquartered in Abuja.

10. Nigeria Won 700 Medals Under My Reign, Dalung Boasts
Minister of Youth and Sport Development, Solomon Dalung, has said that Nigerian athletes won over 700 medals in various sporting activities in the last three and half years he has been the minister. Dalung disclosed this Thursday in Benin during the extra-ordinary meeting of the National Council on Sports.


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