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The 9th Assembly yesterday passed the 876 billion Naira 2023 budget for the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC, after a thorough debate that tends to bring out the impact of the commission on the people of the Niger Delta region in past years. In the overall budget of the commission, personnel expenditure will gulp 34.2 billion Naira, overhead expenditure will gulp 17 billion Naira, internal Capital expenditure will gulp 3.7 […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria after an additional week in the United Kingdom UK where he had gone to attend the coronation of King Charles III and his Queen Consort, Camilla, of the United Kingdom. The President’s aircraft touched down at 4:45 pm yesterday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja from where he was flown to the Presidential Villa in a chopper. Buhari left Nigeria on […]
Nigerian celebrity chef Hilda Baci has extended her cooking to 100 hours to break the Guinness World Record for longest cooking hours. Baci, who started her cooking marathon challenge four days ago at Amore Gardens, made a historic feat yesterday after she broke the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking time by an individual. Baci’s best friend @Ama_Reginald, announced in an Instagram post, saying the chef will make it […]
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu says the Federal Government has approved the licensing of 37 new universities in the country. Adamu in his revelation yesterday after the extraordinary Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osibanjo noted that the development brings the total number of universities licensed by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration since 2015 to 72. He didn’t name the universities but revealed that one […]
The Prime Minister of New Zealand Chris Hipkins has disclosed that not less than six people have died and others remain unaccounted for following a fire in a hostel. Emergency services were called to the four-storey Loafers Lodge hostel in Wellington just after midnight local time where dozens were rescued from the building, but police said several people remained unaccounted for. Upon arrival at the fire, firefighters found the top […]
Oscar-winning actor and singer Jamie Foxx has been pronounced as the host of a new music-centric game show, days after it was confirmed that he had been discharged from the hospital. The United States US Hollywood star will host We Are Family on the US network Fox alongside his daughter, Corinne, scheduled to be broadcast in 2024. Corinne on Friday said that her father was recuperating at home after a […]
Curtis Jones starred in Liverpool’s dominant 3-0 win at the King Power Stadium last night to deepen Leicester City’s relegation fears. Jones struck twice inside four minutes in the 33rd and 36th minute as Jurgen Klopp’s side wrestled control of the contest and The Foxxes threatened another first-half collapse, seven days on from their 5-3 defeat at Fulham. Trent Alexander-Arnold was teed up by Mohamed Salah at a free-kick on […]
The Organizing Committee for the Abia State Re-dedication and Abia State governor-elect Alex Otti’s Thanksgiving Service has declared a seven-day prayer, fasting, and thanksgiving period in the state. In a statement issued yesterday in Umuahia by the Chairman and Secretary of the committee, Uzor Nwachukwu, and Bertrand Okeomah the committee revealed that the program was part of the activities lined up for the inauguration of Otti as the 10th Governor […]
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors NARD yesterday declared a five-day warning strike, with the industrial action set to commence tomorrow May 17, and end on Monday, May 22, following the alleged failure of the Federal Government to meet its demand. The decision to down tool was taken after the doctors’ extraordinary National Executive Council NEC meeting held virtually yesterday but the Federal Government has described the move as unnecessary. […]
The Inspector-General of Police IGP, Usman Baba says the May 29 inauguration of former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu as the President of Nigeria remains sacrosanct and can’t be altered. Baba in a press briefing yesterday in Abuja promised to do everything possible alongside other security operatives to defend democracy, warning political actors trying to foment trouble or frustrate the inauguration of newly elected leaders to desist from such […]
