(Video) NAN News Highlights for Mon., Aug. 20, 2018
1.The National Emergency Management Agency has urged Nigerians to be safety conscious during and after the Eid-el-Kabir celebration.
The Director-General of the agency, Mr Mustapha Maihajja, who made the plea in Abuja on Monday, advised parents and guardians to be extra-vigilant while keeping watch over their children and wards.
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2.The Nigeria Immigration Service has rescued a 23-year-old girl from human traffickers in Katsina State.
The Comptroller of the service in the state, Mr Ajisafe Olusola, said the victim was rescued by its operatives at Kongolam, a border town with Niger Republic after traffickers took her from her parents on the pretense of securing a job for her abroad.
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3.The National Bureau of Statistics says a total of 509,668,433 transactions valued at N32.90 trillion were recorded in the banking sector during the second quarter.
The bureau stated this in its 2018 second quarter report on “Selected Banking Sector Data: Sectorial Breakdown of Credit, ePayment Channels and Staff Strength released in Abuja.
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4.The Federal Government has announced its recognition of the Amaju Pinnick-led executive as the authentic leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation.
Laolu Akande, Special Assistant to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, made the announcement on his official Twitter handle on Monday at 11.38 a.m., few minutes before the 12 p.m. deadline given by FIFA for the resolution of the leadership tussle in the Nigerian football governing body.
It said the government had already informed FIFA of the decision.
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5.Mali’s constitutional court on Monday confirmed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s re-election in a run-off ballot, rejecting fraud accusations by the opposition candidateSoumaila Cisse.
The decision clears the way for Keita to be inaugurated next month for a second five-year term, at a time when Malian authorities are contending with rising violence by jihadist groups and ethnic militia.