The Senate on Tuesday held a valedictory session in honour of late Sen. Rose Oko, who represented Cross-River North and died on March 23. The valedictory session followed a motion by Senate Majority Leader, Abdullahi Yahaya (APC Kebbi -North), having moved for the suspension of Order 17 of the...
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Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasiru El-Rufai on Tuesday presented a 2021 budget proposal of N237.52 billion to the state House of Assembly. El-rufai said the sum of N124 billion, which is almost 79 percent of the capital budget of N157.56bn is allocated to the Economic and Social sectors. The...
From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State has inaugurated two committees to complete the ongoing reconstruction work and facilitate full restoration of civil authorities six towns located in Marte and Gwoza local government areas of the state. The terms of Reference of the two...
A public health administrator, Dr Chinagozi Adindu, has called for public-private partnership in order to revitalise the primary health care sector in the country. Adindu, the Executive Secretary and Chief Executive of Abia State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ABSPHCDA), made the call in an interview with the News...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Board of Directors, management and staff of National Daily newspapers, announced on Tuesday, the passage of the paper’s Editorial Board Chairman, Barrister Chris Akiri. He died in Lagos on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 after a brief illness, a statement by the Publisher/CEO, Sylvester Ebhodaghe said. ...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday lifted the sanctions imposed on Mali in the wake of an August 18, 2020, military coup, citing Mali’s “notable advances towards constitutional normalisation” as the reason for the relaxation of the sanctions. The regional bloc said, in a statement,...
Some electricity consumers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have commended the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) for suspending electricity tariff for two weeks. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NERC on Sept. 28 ordered the 11 DISCOs to suspend the Sept....
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Oct. 8, present the 2021 Appropriation Bill to the Joint Session of the National Assembly. President of Senate, Ahmad Lawan, read the letter from Buhari, conveying his intention to present the budget to National Assembly at plenary on Tuesday in Abuja. “May I crave...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, has said that the elites especially those in leadership positions have almost failed the country even as he challenged them to work for the unity and development of Nigeria. He said this when members of the Government House...
Djibouti is capitalizing on its strategic location on one of the world’s busiest trade routes to build Africa’s largest free trade zone area. The Horn of Africa nation controls the Bab el-Mandeb (“Gate of Tears” in Arabic) which is a crucial chokepoint at the entrance to the Red Sea...
Liberia’s President George Weah has revealed in a church sermon that he receives a barrage of insults via text message from people claiming to be his supporters who are angry that he is not helping them. The 54-year-old ex-footballer is approaching the half-way point of his term in office...
It was refreshing to hear the comments of the Lagos Police Commissioner Hakeem Odumosu on the excesses of his men in Lagos last week. He was reacting to the brutality of the policemen sent to disrupt the Independence Day protest organized by the Coalition for Revolution (CORE). The RevolutionNow protest which was to hold...
Top seed Novak Djokovic passed his first real test at this year’s French Open with flying colours as he battled past Russia’s Karen Khachanov 6-4 6-3 6-3 on Monday The win helped him to reach the quarter-finals for the 14th time. But it was far from plain sailing for...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 120 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the country. NCDC’s announcement of the new infections on its official twitter handle late on Monday takes the total number of infections in the country to 59, 465. According to the agency, no death...
The regulatory action taken by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to facilitate the listing of MTN Nigeria on the country’s stock exchange market has continued to bring economic gains to Nigeria and Nigerians in terms of boosting market capitalisation and yielding dividends to shareholders, the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC)...
Arsenal have made a late move to sign Thomas Partey from Atletico Madrid before tonight’s transfer deadline, Goal has learned. The Ghana international – who has a release clause of £45 million (€50m/$58m) – has been a priority target for the Gunners all summer. Discussions with Atletico have taken place during...
A crew following popular Nigerian musician, Davido were denied entry into a Ghanaian drinking bar, in Accra on Sunday. According to a report on ghanaweb.com, the ‘30-billion’ boss and his crew were out to chill in the night at Bloombar when the unfortunate incident occurred. Davido, according to reports,...
Former Gov. Chukwuemeka Ezeife of Anambra has said that the people of South-East geo-political zone will go on their knees to beg other zones, if it becomes the condition to actualise their ambition to produce the next president in 2023.Ezeife said this on Monday in Awka during the launch...