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President Muhammadu Buhari has transmitted the 2019-2021 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper to the National Assembly for consideration and approval. The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, read the letter attached to the document to lawmakers during plenary. The 2019-2021 MTEF when approved by the lawmakers, will form the basis for the 2019 […]
Tiwa Savage has emerged as the winner of the Best African Act category at the 2018 MTV EMAs awards. The awards which went down on Sunday night, November 4th at the Bizkaia Arena, Bilbao in Spain, has seen Nigeria’s Tiwa Savage announced as the Best African Act ahead of the likes of fellow countryman, Davido, Distruction Boyz (South Africa), Fally Ipupa (DRC), Nyashinnski(Kenya) […]
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola insisted there was still room for improvement from Raheem Sterling after the forward’s astonishing performance in a 6-1 win over Southampton that returned his team to the top of the Premier League. The defending champions remain on course to better last season’s record-breaking tally of 106 goals after another emphatic […]
Boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr said Monday he will come out of retirement to fight a Japanese kickboxer half his age, Tenshin Nasukawa, on New Year’s Eve in Saitama. The 41-year-old unbeaten American, who won world titles in five different weight divisions and was considered the best pound-for-pound boxer in the sport, out-boxed Irish mixed […]
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says two global banks, HSBC and UBS have closed down their offices in Nigeria. The CBN report also noted that the country’s foreign investment has slumped further since one year ago. However, the CBN did not reveal the reasons for the closure of the financial firms. According to the apex-bank, […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has ordered its members across the country to commence an indefinite industrial action. This followed a meeting of leaders of the union on Sunday at the Federal University of Technology, Akure the Ondo State capital. The National President of ASUU, Professor Abiodun Ogunyemi, told reporters that the union […]
Operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Imo State Police Command, have arrested a serving policeman, Chibuike Omego, and two others for alleged involvement in armed robbery. State Commissioner of Police, Dasuki Galadanchi, said the cop and two others Ebuka Nwosu and Anayo Zeigbo were arrested between October 31 and November 2 in Enugu and […]
Officials of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), have arrested a 33-year old man for allegedly selling poisonous meat to the public in Owerri. The suspect, Chiwendu Iwuamadi from Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area is alleged to have been selling meat certified by veterinarians to be infected with tuberculosis and unfit for consumption. […]
Leaders of the organised labour have failed to attend the meeting convened by the Federal Government to continue negotiations on the national minimum wage for workers in the country. NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, insisted during an interview last week that there was no need for any negotiation anymore because the process had been completed. However, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged Nigerians who are bent on leaving the country because of the current difficulties, to do so if they have another country. The president made the remarks when he received the Kwara State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant and members of the party from the three senatorial zones of the […]
