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Fissures emerged between the moderate and liberal wings of the Democratic Party over the size and scope of a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint approved by US Senate on Wednesday. Without this crack, the smooth passage of the budget paln at a go would have been a major victory of President Joe Biden who is also a Democrat. Senator Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat representing the conservative-leaning state of West Virginia, issued a warning shortly after the Senate early on Wednesday passed the budget deal that would carry out President Joe Biden’s top priorities. Manchin, who often acts as a bridge between his…

Belgian striker, Romelu Lukaku has returned to Stamford Bridge in a deal worth £98 million, Chelsea FC has confirmed. Lukaku struggled at Chelsea in his first spell and left permanently back in 2014 but his success at Inter Milan, where he helped them win the Italian Serie A, made Chelsea complete a £98 million deal to bring Romelu Lukaku back to the Premier League. Talks with Inter Milan reached a conclusion on Saturday after days of negotiations over the fee and structure of the transfer. The 28-year-old landed at Biggin Hill airport on Wednesday evening ahead of his move back…

To bolster the lull economic activities in the Niger Delta, Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has assured that the current administration would complete the development of all the seaports in the area. Osinbajo who spoke at Gbaramatu Voice 6th Anniversary Lecture in Lagos said: “The theme you have chosen, ‘The Dwindling State of Crude Oil Demand in the Global Market: The Way Forward’, is especially timely. It is no secret that revenue from crude oil accounts for about 90 per cent of our foreign exchange earnings. According to him, “the Federal Government is developing a number of deep seaports across…

Justin Bieber leads all nominees for the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards. The singer, who is currently at the top of the U.S. pop charts with Stay, has landed seven nods, including Artist of the Year — one more than Megan Thee Stallion. Billie Eilish, BTS, Doja Cat, Drake, Giveon, Lil Nas X, and Olivia Rodrigo have each scored five mentions. Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s WAP will compete for the night’s top prize, Video of the Year, along with Popstar by DJ Khaled featuring Drake, Kiss Me More by Doja Cat featuring SZA, Ed Sheeran’s Bad Habits, Lil…

Enugu State Traditional Rulers’ Council has outlawed girl-child marriage and other obnoxious practices against women and girls. In a communique issued at the end of a multi stakeholders’ strategic conference between the council and WomenAid Collective, the chairman of the council, Lawrence Agubuzu said that they are committed to implementing the Supreme Court judgment that females have a right to inherit property from the family estate, whether married or not. Other gender-based harmful practices in the state like disinheritance of widows and sacrificing the girl child to shrines have also been outlawed. Agubuzu said, “We are committed to implementing the Supreme…

The Indonesian government has formally apologised to the Federal Government of Nigeria over the manhandling of a Nigerian diplomat in the South-East Asia country. A video that went viral last weekend showed two Indonesian Immigration officers manhandling an accredited Nigerian diplomat, Mohammed Buba. While two of the officials held his hands and pinned him down in the backseat, another freely assaulted his unprotected head as he cried out in pain. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyeama, while reacting to the development, demanded an unreserved apology for the Indonesian government and threatened to review Nigeria’s relationship with the country. The Federal government…

Chelsea will be €5 million (around $ 5.86 million) richer for winning this year’s UEFA Super Cup ahead of Villarreal. The top European football governing body will also pay Villarreal €3 million ($3.51 million) for losing the UEFA Super Cup final to Chelsea, Bolavip reports. Chelsea defeated Villarreal 6-5 on penalties in the UEFA Super Cup final Wednesday night in Belfast. Kepa Arrizabalaga then came off the bench to save two kicks during the shootout to give Thomas Tuche’s side the UEFA Super Cup. With the scores level at 120 minutes following goals from Hakim Ziyech and Gerard Moreno in…

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, has lost its Director of Finance and Accounts (DFA). He was Mr. Aniefiok Umoh who died Sunday, August 8, 2021, after a brief illness. An Akwa Ibom son, Umoh attended Accra Polytechnic, and Methodist University College, both in Ghana, where he obtained a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Accounting and a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting respectively. He started his banking career in 1977, with the then Barclays Bank of Nigeria (now Union Bank). He later transferred his services to MedAfrica Shipping Line, Lagos in 1985 as an accountant. The late Umoh held a number…

Isonguyo Iniodu The Awire (water yam) FOOD FESTIVAL AND CULTURE (AFFAC) is an age-long food and cultural festival. It is celebrated annually to herald the harvesting and eating of awire (water yam) in the new food season. More than 300 years old, the festival originated from Ikot Inyang, Afaha Obong clan in Abak Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The ceremony goes back to the days of the forbears and has outlived many generations, recalled Chief Akpan Patrick Essien, the Village Head of Ikot Inyang. The current custodian of the festival took over from his father, who joined his ancestors at the…

Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has indicated its readiness to pay N45.9 billion to Ogoni people in Rivers State. This came as an Abuja Federal High Court presided over by Justice Ahmed Mohammed ordered the company to pay the sum to the affected within 21 days. Mohammed confirmed this that A.O Ejelamo, lawyer to Shell said the company has resolved to pay the monetary compensation awarded in 2010 following a lawsuit instituted by 10 representatives of Ogoni people in 2001. Justice Ibrahim Buba of the then Port Harcourt division of the Federal High Court awarded N17 billion as compensation to…