Anambra Pensioners Reject Obiano’s Xmas Bags Of Rice; Demand Their Retirement Benefits Be Paid Instead Retirees in Anambra State have rejected the annual bags of rice given to them by the state governor, Willie Obiano, saying all they want is their retirement benefits paid or nothing more, Newsextra24 reports. According …
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Osinbajo Saved APC From Drama By Suggesting APC EXCO Members Become Caretakers
HOW BUHARI, APC NEC AGREED WITH OSINBAJO’S COUNSEL TO ADOPT STATE PARTY EXCOS AS CARETAKERS* It was the intervention of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo at yesterday’s APC National Executive Committee meeting that saved the day and produced the consensus upon which the ongoing reorganization of the party is …
Read More »Nana Akufo-Addo Re-elected As Ghana’s President
The incumbent president Akuffo Ado has won the presidential election to serve a second term Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has been re-elected after a tightly contested election on Monday. Mr Akufo-Addo obtained 51.6% of the vote, compared with 47.4% won by his main rival, ex-President John Mahama, official results showed. …
Read More »Over 300,000 Nigerians Benefits From ₦10 Billion MSMEs Fund – FG
The Federal Government says the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Survival Fund scheme has over 300,000 direct beneficiaries paid so far, amounting to close to N10 billion. Mr Tola Johnson, Special Assistant to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on MSMEs, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja, at the Physical/Virtual 12th …
Read More »Ozekhome Counters Malami, Says NASS Has Constitutional Powers To Summon Buhari
Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), constitutional lawyer and human rights activist on Wednesday said the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria empowers the National Assembly to summon President Muhammadu Buhari to address them over the state of the nation. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami …
Read More »Borno: Capital Projects Get 65% As Zulum Budgets ₦208 Billion For 2021
.. Educations takes highest Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum on Wednesday proposed N208b for the 2021 budget with capital projects allocated 65% while recurrent expenditures got 35%. The Governor, during his presentation at the state assembly in Maiduguri, proposed N135.1b for capital expenditure, representing 65% and N72.7b for …
Read More »Recession: CITN Charges FG To Widen Tax Net With Informal Sector
The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) has charged the Federal Government to widen the nation’s tax net by engaging the informal sectors as part of ways to bail the country out of recession and effects of COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at the 43rd Induction Ceremony of the Institute, where …
Read More »Katsina Govt Bans Whatsapp Groups In Schools & Prohibits Facebook Among Workers
The Katsina State Government has embarked on a social media clampdown in its schools and among the civil servants by ordering schools to forbid the use of Whatsapps for information dissemination. The state Ministry of Education ordered principals of government schools to abolish all existing Whatsapp groups in their respective …
Read More »Governor Ugwuanyi Presents ₦169.85 Billion 2021 Budget Estimates For 2021
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Wednesday, presented to the State House of Assembly, the 2021 Budget estimates of One Hundred and Sixty Nine Billion, Eight Hundred and Forty Five Million, Seven Hundred and Fifty Eight Thousand, Five Hundred Naira (N169,845,758,500.00), for consideration and passage. Presenting the budget proposal …
Read More »Sanwo-Olu: Land Transactions In Lagos To Go Fully Digital Next Year
• Application And Payment For C Of O, Building Plans To Be Done Online • Governor Addresses Property Investors At LASRERA’s Maiden Real Estate Conference Beginning from first quarter of next year, all land related transactions in Lagos State will be undertaken online, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed on Wednesday. The …
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