Senate Approves N346.4bn NDDC 2019 Budget

The Senate on Thursday approved the sum of N346.4 billion as 2019 Budget for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). This followed the consideration of the report of the 2019 budget of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as presented during plenary by the Chairman Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi. Presenting the report, Nwaoboshi noted that President Muhammadu Buhari through a communication to the Senate, had presented a budget of N409.9 billion for the NDDC for 2019....

Nigerian Considering Budget Review as Covid-19 Strikes Oil Prices

The Federal Government of Nigeria is considering a review of the 2020 budget in order to make plans for the drop in oil prices triggered by coronavirus outbreak globally, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance/Budget Planning said on Wednesday. According to the minister, the government was troubled by the fall in oil revenue and that a mid-term review of the budget was on the table. Briefing newsmen after the Federal Executive Council meeting, the...

Buhari’s $22.7 Billion Loan Request Approved as Some Senators Alleged Exclusion of Some Regions

After a heated debate and a closed- door session that lasted 45 minutes, lawmakers in the Senate have approved President Buhari’s $22.7 billion loan request to fund key infrastructural projects, four years after it was rejected by the Saraki-led eight Senate. The loan request was given a green-light after the report of the Senate committee on Local and Foreign debts was read and recommended for approval by its chairman, Clifford Ordia (PDP, Edo). But some...

Plots to Replace Oshiomhole by Governors Revealed as APC Chair seeks Stay of Execution

Some governors of the All Progressive Congress and anti-Oshiomhole forces are planning to call a meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) in a few days to determine the fate of the suspended National Chairman. According to Punch newspaper, some APC governors were looking for Mr. Oshiomhole’s successor to be announced in a soon-to-be convened NEC meeting. A top member of the party who did not want to be named was quoted as saying that...

Mike Bloomberg is Suspending His Presidential Campaign, Says He’s Endorsing Biden

Mike Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York who had hoped to self-fund his way to the Democratic presidential nomination but was spurned by voters in Tuesday’s balloting, has dropped out of the race. Bloomberg endorsed Joe Biden, saying the former vice president had the best chance to win in November. “I’ve always believed that defeating Donald Trump starts with uniting behind the candidate with the best shot to do it. After yesterday’s vote,...

APC Crisis: Oshiomhole Fights Back, Appoints New National Officers

Amidst the crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, the suspended national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has staged a fight back in what many observers say is his last card to save his job.  In a swift move by the embattled chairman, he has approved the appointment of new national officers to fill long existing vacancies at the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party. According to a statement signed by the national publicity...

Biden Sweeps With a Big Broom – Scores Major Delegate Haul on Super Tuesday

The former vice president is now in a position to potentially win an outright majority of delegates to clinch the nomination. Joe Biden’s stunning sweep of most Super Tuesday states has rocketed him to the lead in the all-important delegate count over Bernie Sanders, according to NBC News projections based on early results. The total delegate haul is yet to be determined, because many states have yet to fully report their results. That includes California,...

Adoption of Digital Skills in Schools will Enhance Learning – NITDA Chief

Adoption of digital technological skills has been described as a veritable platform Nigerian educational sector could leverage on in order to be a key player in the Digital economy. The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Mr Kashifu Inuwa Abdullah, disclosed this today in Abuja at the ongoing EdTech Summit and Awards organised Federal Ministry of Education in collaboration with AFRITEX. The event was meant to bring critical stakeholders together in order to share...

FG to include Argungu Festival to the national program calendar

The Federal government says it has concluded plans to include the Argungu International Fishing and Cultural Festival in the calendar of Nigerian festivals. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made this known at the publicity event for the 2020 Argungu International Fishing and Cultural Festival held in Abuja. The Minister noted that the ministry has made it a priority to attend all cultural festivals in the country as a way of raising their...

Once a viable White House candidate, Pete Buttigieg ends his campaign

After rising from relative obscurity to become a viable White House candidate, Pete Buttigieg ends his campaign His narrow, one-delegate victory over Sanders in Iowa was overshadowed by the vote-counting chaos there – and his win remained in doubt until it was confirmed after a final recanvass and recount were completed. But with his victory, Buttigieg achieved what would have been considered politically impossible just a decade ago. Let’s vote: When are the 2020 presidential election primaries? And on the night...

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