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AllAfrica News: Nigeria

• Buhari, Security Heads in Closed-Door Meeting in State House
  [Vanguard] Abuja -PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting behind closed doors with Security Heads at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
  
  
• 3rd Mainland Bridge Shutdown - Lagos Calls for Support
  [Daily Trust] LASG seeks support of residents as 3rd Mainland Bridge undergoes test from August 23 To 26
  
  
• Saraki Blames Presidency's 'Lack of Foresight' for 2019 Election Budget Delay
  [Premium Times] The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has said the late submission of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC's 2019 election budget by the presidency was due to a lack of foresight.
  
  
• Defection Won't Solve Your Problems, Cleric Tells Politicians
  [Vanguard] Nnewi -Archbishop Metropolitan and Primate of All Nigeria, Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh yesterday in Onitsha, Anambra State, told politicians in Nigeria that defecting from one party to another would not solve their problems and that of the country.
  
  
• 'Lagos Isn't the Third Most Dangerous City to Leave in the World'
  [Guardian] Mr Femi Falana, A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has said that he does not believe in the report that Lagos State was the third most dangerous city to leave in the world.
  
  
• Auditor-General Reveals Nigerian Agency 'Notorious' for Disregarding Accountability Issues
  [Premium Times] The Auditor-General of the Federation, Anthony Ayine, has berated the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) for its notoriety in disregarding issues bordering on accountability.
  
  
• Nigeria Wasted $1 Trillion Earned in Oil Booms, Says Report
  [This Day] Abuja -But for the recurring wastefulness of federal government, the country could have used about $1 trillion it earned from its production and sale of crude oil in five different oil booms to develop and diversify its economic base, a report titled "Stabilising Nigeria's Volatile Economy", has disclosed.
  
  
• Presidency Explains Delay in Submitting INEC Budget
  [This Day] Abuja -The Presidency last night blamed the delay in submitting the supplementary budget, containing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) estimates for the 2019 general election, to the National Assembly on the late passage of the 2018 budget by the federal legislature.
  
  
• Why Air Peace Deployed Embraer 145 On Kaduna Route - Capt Ekeinde
  [Leadership] Captain Mathew Ekeinde works with Air Peace. Before joining Air Peace, he had worked with Aero Contractors, AIC Airlines, Air Nigeria, Arik Air, Bellview, Bristow Helicopters and Sosoliso. Recently, the celebrity pilot flew a 50-seater Embraer 145 aircraft for Air Peace inaugural flight from Lagos to Kaduna. In this interview with ANTHONY AWUNOR, the pilot explained why the aircraft type is the best on the route.
  
  
• Why Buhari Must Urgently Sign New Electoral Bill - Falana
  [Vanguard] Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently sign the new Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law.
  
  
• Pension - Over 37.3 Million Adults Face Risk of Old Age Poverty
  [Vanguard] Over 37.3 million adults in the informal sector face the risk of old age poverty, as the informal sector workers are isolated from the formal pension arrangements.
  
  
• Nigeria On Brink of Self Destruction Over Bad Governance - -Briggs
  [Vanguard] Justice and equity advocate, Annkio Briggs, has called on the international community to rescue Nigeria from the brink of self destruction over inability to govern well.
  
  
• 700 Nigerians Drown in Mediterranean Sea
  [Vanguard] A group, on the platform of Migration Enlightenment Project Nigeria, MEPN, has raised the alarm that over 700 Nigerians died in the Mediterranean Sea while migrating illegally in the last six months.
  
  
• Borno Gov Speaks On Alleged Bombing of Dam By Insurgents
  [Premium Times] Governor Kashim Shettima has dispelled speculations on Saturday that a lake in Alau town, a distance of about five km from Maiduguri, had been bombed by Boko Haram insurgents.
  
  
• Why Saraki, Tambuwal, Others Left APC - Tinubu
  [Premium Times] Defectors who dumped the All Progressives Congress left because the party could not offer them what they wanted, All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader, Bola Tinubu, has said.