The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Olamilekan Adeola, said on Wednesday that over 400 out of 541 Federal Government’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies are to be scrapped as recommended by Stephen Orosanye-led Presidential Committee on agencies’ rationalisation. Olamilekan, who made the declaration on the second day of the ongoing interface between the committee…
This evening, I attended the Service of Commemoration in honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at The British Residence, Ikoyi, where I signed the condolence register. Queen Elizabeth II lived a remarkable life of service, devotion and duty to the people of the United Kingdom and the entire Commonwealth of Nations. On behalf of…
A federal jury in Chicago convicted R. Kelly on Wednesday of producing child pornography and enticing girls for sex after a monthlong trial in his hometown, delivering another legal blow to the Grammy Award winning singer who was once one of the world’s biggest R&B stars. Prosecutors won convictions on six of the 13 counts…
Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 Flags off the Construction of Nine (9) roads in Okpoko, Ogbaru LGA, measuring 14.3 kilometers. The nine (9) roads are to be completed in April, 2023 according to the project contractor, Engr Pedro Chami of NBHH. The roads are:1) Obodo-Owerri Rd 5.77km 2) Oguagu- Ik…
President Muhammadu Buhari while on a one-day visit to Imo State on Tuesday, said Nigeria earned an average of $100 per barrel from 1999 to 2015, but past leaders could not improve the country’s infrastructure. The president also blamed the Boko Haram and Niger Delta militants for drop in oil revenues. Verdict: Inaccurate Full Text:…
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky has been involved in a car accident, his spokesman has revealed. A passenger car collided with the presidential vehicle and his escort in the capital Kyiv, Spokesman Sergii Nykyforov said in a short statement. “The president was examined by a doctor, no serious injuries were found,” he said. The driver of the…
.He is not Asiwaju’s doctor and is not privy to his medical record, Obi has again disgracefully elevated what has for long been a beer parlor gossip and social media lie being propagated by his IPOB supporters.” The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has replied the presidential standard-bearer of the…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, says his administration will address the nation’s security challenges by taking tough decisions if elected in the coming general elections.With about six months to the polls, the PDP candidate promised to prioritise the revival of the ‘crawling’ economy, especially through private sector participation. He made…
Farmers across the 36 states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have expressed their readiness to tap the opportunities in cassava and maize value chain as proposed by the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu. The farmers, under the auspices of Asiwaju Farmers Forum, stated this yesterday in Abuja….
Amid the defections that have hit the All Progressives Congress in recent weeks, all former aspirants of the party under the aegis of APC360, have called on its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, to urgently set measures to halt the “dangerous” trend.They called on Tinubu to set in motion a strategy that can halt the unwelcome development….