• NCDC confirms 155 new cases The Presidential Task Force has advised Nigerians not to become too relaxed about the Covid-19 pandemic because the pandemic is not over. This was the highpoint of a media briefing in Abuja yesterday by the PTF led by its Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, BOSS MUSTAPHA. On…
The People’s Democratic Party has rejected the appointment of Professor EYITOPE OGUNGBENRO OGUNBODEDE as Chief Returning Officer for the Ondo governorship election. Professor OGUNBODEDE is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ife, and the PDP alleged that he is a friend of the All Progressives Congress and hails from the same town as Governor ROTIMI AKEREDOLU. The…
The 2021 Budget of the Federal Government is designed to drive infrastructure development in Nigeria. This includes sustaining the ongoing expansion of the rail network to connect the north and the south, as well as the east and the west. President MUHAMMADU BUHARI said money has been provided for the Port Harcourt rail line and the coastal…
The National Assembly has promised to speed up the passage of the 2021 Budget before the end of this year. The Senate President, AHMED LAWAN, who doubles as Chairman of the National Assembly, gave the assurance when he welcomed President BUHARI for the budget presentation. Senator LAWAN expressed the hope that the 2021 Budget would continue to…
The female lawyer who was kidnapped in the Rivers State capital, Port Harcourt, last Sunday has been rescued. This comes five days after PAULETTE BISOLA AJAYI was abducted in front of her residence at Rumuokwurusi community, in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area. 25-year-old BISOLA AJAYI was rescued alongside a staff of the British High Commission, identified as PAUL…
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has laid the 2021 Budget of the Federal Government before the National Assembly. President BUHARI made his presentation before the second joint session of the Ninth National Assembly Details of the budget show that the government plans to spend thirteen point-zero-eight trillion-naira next year. The Budget provides for five-point seven-five trillion naira as recurrent…