{"id":1598,"date":"2017-11-03T19:16:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T19:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?page_id=1598"},"modified":"2018-02-24T19:34:31","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T02:34:31","slug":"national","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/national\/","title":{"rendered":"NATIONAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"><div class=\"x-section e1598-1 m18e-0 m18e-1\"><div class=\"x-container max width e1598-2 m18e-3\"><div class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1 e1598-3 m18e-4\"><div class=\"x-content-area e1598-4 m18e-5\"> <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- second ad -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4896695887471748\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1032930595\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-section e1598-10 m18e-1 m18e-2\"><div class=\"x-container max width e1598-11 m18e-3\"><div class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1 e1598-12 m18e-4\"><div class=\"x-content-area e1598-13 m18e-5\">\t<div class=\"wpnawfree-plugin news-clearfix \" id=\"wpnw-news-1\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"post-9947\" class=\"news type-news wpnaw-blog-class has-date news-col-3 wpnaw-first\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-inner-wrap-view news-clearfix wpnaw-news-no-image\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-date-post\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJune 22, 2018 \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news-category\/national\/\">National<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"news-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/how-nigerian-lawmakers-justify-padding-of-2018-budget\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">How Nigerian lawmakers justify padding of 2018 budget<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-short-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe National Assembly on Friday listed and justified 24 new...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/how-nigerian-lawmakers-justify-padding-of-2018-budget\/\" class=\"news-more-link\">Read More<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"post-9946\" class=\"news type-news wpnaw-blog-class has-date news-col-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-inner-wrap-view news-clearfix wpnaw-news-no-image\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-date-post\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJune 22, 2018 \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news-category\/national\/\">National<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"news-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/you-are-very-greedy-presidency-tells-nigeria-lawmakers\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Budget 2018 Padding: &#8220;You are very greedy&#8221;: Presidency tells Nigeria Lawmakers<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-short-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPresident Muhammadu Buhari (M) receives President of the Senate, Senator...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/you-are-very-greedy-presidency-tells-nigeria-lawmakers\/\" class=\"news-more-link\">Read More<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"post-9931\" class=\"news type-news wpnaw-blog-class has-date news-col-3 wpnaw-last\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-inner-wrap-view news-clearfix wpnaw-news-no-image\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-date-post\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJune 20, 2018 \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news-category\/national\/\">National<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"news-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/nigeria-maize-farmers-winners-in-the-us-china-trade-war\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Nigeria maize farmers should position themselves to emerge winners in the US-China trade war<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-short-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNigerian growers of sorghum can position themselves to benefit from...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/nigeria-maize-farmers-winners-in-the-us-china-trade-war\/\" class=\"news-more-link\">Read More<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"post-9927\" class=\"news type-news wpnaw-blog-class has-date news-col-3 wpnaw-first\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-inner-wrap-view news-clearfix wpnaw-news-no-image\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-date-post\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJune 20, 2018 \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news-category\/national\/\">National<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"news-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/nigerian-doctors-in-renewed-exodus-of-professionals\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Nigerian doctors head for UK, US, Canada in renewed exodus of professionals<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-short-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs doctors and nurses attended to patients coming in on...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/nigerian-doctors-in-renewed-exodus-of-professionals\/\" class=\"news-more-link\">Read More<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"post-9926\" class=\"news type-news wpnaw-blog-class has-date news-col-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-inner-wrap-view news-clearfix wpnaw-news-no-image\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-date-post\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJune 20, 2018 \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news-category\/national\/\">National<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"news-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/buhari-attacks-nass-over-over-padded-2018-budget\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Buhari queries NASS over over-padded 2018 budget<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-short-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTwo hundred and twenty-five days after the President Buhari submitted...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/buhari-attacks-nass-over-over-padded-2018-budget\/\" class=\"news-more-link\">Read More<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"post-9903\" class=\"news type-news wpnaw-blog-class has-date news-col-3 wpnaw-last\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-inner-wrap-view news-clearfix wpnaw-news-no-image\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-date-post\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJune 15, 2018 \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news-category\/national\/\">National<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"news-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/akure-chief-imam-wants-drastic-action-against-herdsmen\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Akure Chief Imam wants drastic action against killer herdsmen<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-short-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Chief Imam of Akureland, Alhaji Abdulhakeem Yayi-Akorede has blamed...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/akure-chief-imam-wants-drastic-action-against-herdsmen\/\" class=\"news-more-link\">Read More<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"post-9868\" class=\"news type-news wpnaw-blog-class has-date news-col-3 wpnaw-first\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-inner-wrap-view news-clearfix wpnaw-news-no-image\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-date-post\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJune 14, 2018 \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news-category\/national\/\">National<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"news-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/24000-hectares-of-land-ready-for-cocoa\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">24,000 hectares of land ready for cocoa revolution in Ondo State<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-short-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBuhari to flag off cocoa revolution in Ondo Ondo State...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/24000-hectares-of-land-ready-for-cocoa\/\" class=\"news-more-link\">Read More<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"post-9846\" class=\"news type-news wpnaw-blog-class has-date news-col-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-inner-wrap-view news-clearfix wpnaw-news-no-image\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-date-post\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJune 13, 2018 \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news-category\/national\/\">National<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"news-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/look-beyond-oil-osinbajo-urges-african-countries\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;Look beyond oil&#8221; &#8211;\u00a0Osinbajo urges African countries<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-short-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVice President, Yemi Osinbajo Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/look-beyond-oil-osinbajo-urges-african-countries\/\" class=\"news-more-link\">Read More<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"post-9833\" class=\"news type-news wpnaw-blog-class has-date news-col-3 wpnaw-last\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-inner-wrap-view news-clearfix wpnaw-news-no-image\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-date-post\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJune 13, 2018 \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news-category\/national\/\">National<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"news-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/fg-approves-n185-3bn-for-14-roads-construction\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">FG approves N185.3bn for 14 roads construction (LISTS)<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-short-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMinister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola The...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/fg-approves-n185-3bn-for-14-roads-construction\/\" class=\"news-more-link\">Read More<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"post-9832\" class=\"news type-news wpnaw-blog-class has-date news-col-3 wpnaw-first\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-inner-wrap-view news-clearfix 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