There was a shouting match among members of the House of Representatives Committee supervising the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) during the resumed hearing of the budget defence of the agency, forcing the session to an abrupt end. It was gathered while some members of the Committee were favourably disposed […]
Day: November 10, 2020
The Registrar of The Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara State, Mr. Adetunji Oni has bagged National Association of Nigerian Students’ ( NANS) outstanding leadership award on 5th November, 2020. The apex body representing Nigerian students visited the Polytechnic to honor the Registrar in recognition of his assiduity and selfless services for […]
Armed men have attacked the divisional police headquarters at Igueben, Edo State, carting away a large number of arms and ammunition and badly injured two police officers in the process. The two police officers, one inspector of police and a corporal, who were badly injured during the attack, were said to be […]
Premier League chief executive Richard Masters said on Tuesday that the English top-flight was expected to stick to its three-substitutes rule after pressure from Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola to allow five changes. Liverpool manager Klopp and Manchester City boss Guardiola have been vociferous in their calls for the Premier […]
The sporting director of Paris Saint-Germain Leonardo, on Tuesday said, contract negotiations with Kylian Mbappe and Neymar are underway. The deals of the attacking duo, which cost the French champions 402 million euros ($474 million) in two separate transfers, are up in the year 2022. Leonardo also said talks with […]
Governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday presented a budget estimate of N153.4 billion for 2021 to the state House of Assembly for approval. Presenting the budget christened ‘MEGA Budget ‘, Obaseki said that it was made up of N94.8 billion recurrent expenditure and N58.6 billion capital expenditure. “Mr […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has published the Draft Consultation Document on the deployment of fifth-generation (5G) Mobile Technology in Nigeria. NCC Director, Public Affairs, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Adinde said that the Draft Consultation Document for the deployment of the 5G […]
An activist named Kenechukwu Okeke has sued a number of Nigerians for their involvement in the #EndSARS peaceful protest against police brutality in the country. Okeke in a suit filed at the Magistrate Court, Abuja, listed 38 Nigerians including the senior pastor of Daystar Church Sam Adeyemi, Burna Boy, Don […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Acting Chairman, Ahmed Mu’azu has announced plans to resume its Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in the first quarter of 2021. He made the disclosure on Tuesday in Abuja at the electoral commission’s quarterly meeting with political parties where he solicited the latters’ collaboration and […]
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has presented the state 2021 budget estimate of N1,155,022,413,005. The budget was presented to the Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday, November 10. Sanwo-Olu said as revenues continue to dwindle, it is important for the government to come up with ways of keeping the […]