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The 2020 Billboard Music Awards held Wednesday night, October 14, at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, with Kelly Clarkson as the host saw twinkling stars. There was performance from Garth Brooks who performed a medley of his hits, including “The Thunder Rolls,” “Callin’ Baton Rouge,” “The River,” “Standing Outside the Fire,” “That Summer,” “Dive Bar,” “Friends in Low Places” and “The Dance.” Other performers included Kane Brown with “Be Like That” featuring Swae Lee & Khalid, Alicia Keys with “Love Looks Better,” Combs with “Better Together,” Post Malone with “Circles” and “Tommy Lee” featuring Tyla Yaweh. Brandy hit the stage…

The Federal Government has announced November 10, 2020, as resumption date for National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation Camps across the country. This was made known on Thursday by the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare via his official Twitter handle. He said, “The Resumption of the NYSC Orientation Camp for prospective Youth Corpers has been approved and opens on November 10th 2020. Full COVID-19 Protocols will be enforced.” Sunday Dare@SundayDareSD The Resumption of the NYSC Orientation Camp for prospective Youth Corpers has been approved and opens on November 10th 2020. Full COVID-19 Protocols will be enforced. The…

Five local government areas in Akwa Ibom State have dragged Akwa Ibom State government before the Federal High Court in Uyo for failing to gazette the area as an oil-producing area, eight years after the National Assembly passed a resolution on the matter. Coming under the aegis of Oro nation comprising Oron, Mbo, Udung Uko, Urue Offong/Oruko and Okobo Local Government Areas, they also sought an order of the court directing the State government to pay N4 trillion to them as compensation and damages for the wrongful and unconstitutional “exclusion of the Oro nation as an oil and gas producing…

The Consumer Price Index measuring inflation rose to 13.71 per cent year-on-year in September 2020, the highest since 2018. This is 0.49 percent points higher than the rate recorded in August 2020-13.22 percent, according to CPI/Inflation report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The report stated that on a month-on-month basis, the Headline index increased by 1.48 percent in September 2020. This is 0.14 percent rate higher than the rate recorded in August 2020 (1.34) percent. Food inflation stood at 16.66 percent in Sept 2020 from 16.00 percent in Aug 2020. Core Inflation at 10.58 percent in Sept…

The founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, has endorsed #EndSARS protests engulfing Nigeria. Consequently, Dorsey retweeted links for donations through his handle @Jack. He tweeted, “#EndSARS. Flag of Nigeria.” Dorsey also retweeted several articles that were favourable to the protests. The Twitter founder shared a tweet by @Feministcoalition, a feminist group fighting against police brutality through peaceful protests. The tweet read in part, “How to donate: 1) Bank transfers (Naira) 9951243245 Providus Bank Wallets. Africa-Wine and Whine Nigeria (2) You can also donate to us using a BTC Pay Server; a free, secure, and censorship-resistant platform. Visit the link below to…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has expressed worry at the controversial Water Resources Bill, 2020 and the stepping down of the bill in the House of Representatives. The PDP governors made this known in a communique issued by the forum after its meeting read by its Chairman and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal on Wednesday in Abuja. Calling for further consultations and public engagement in the processing of the Bill, Tambuwal said that the forum had referred the Water Resource Bill to the bodies of Attorney-Generals of PDP State governments for advice. The governors also urged President…

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has supported the Nigerian youths in “speaking up” to their rights. Pastor Adeboye in a short tweet on his verified Twitter account wrote that: “Our daughters will not be able to prophesy and young men will not see visions if we don’t keep them alive. I support the youths in this peaceful protest as they “speak up” to #EndPoliceBrutality #EndSARS #ENDSWAT.” The Nigerian youths, against the backdrop of inhumane activities of members of the now-disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), have hit the streets of major parts of Nigeria…

The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAC) has appointed eight lead consultants and 234 consultants for the verification, recovery of revenues from collecting banks, agencies and companies and remittance of same to the Federal Government’s purse, finding carried out by Straightnews has shown. The appointment letter exclusively obtained by Straightnews is entitled APPOINTMENT AS A CONSULTANT TO THE REVENUE MOBILISATION ALLOCATION AND FISCAL COMMISSION (RMAF) ON THE VERIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION OF REVENUE INFLOWS/COLLECTIONS/DEDUCTIONS AND REMITTANCES FROM THE COLLECTING BANKS/AGENCIES/COMPANIES TO THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT TREASURY. The letter signed by Lawal Musa, Director Procurement for the commission’s Chairman and dated September…

Neymar has moved past Ronaldo and into outright second on Brazil’s all-time goal-scoring list, taking his tally to 64 – behind only Pele (77). He notched this after scoring a hat-trick to lead Brazil to a hard-fought 4-2 win over Peru in World Cup qualifying on Tuesday. The forward starred in Lima as Brazil twice came from behind to make it six points from two games to begin their campaign. He first cancelled out Andre Carrillo’s opener before Richarlison made it 2-2 after Renato Tapia had restored Peru’s lead. Neymar was fouled to win a penalty for the second time…

The Special Public Works Programme expected to engage 774,000 persons for menial jobs for three months has been rescheduled from October 1 to November 1, this year to commence in the country. The programme will engage 1,000 persons from each of the 774 local government areas in the country. A statement signed by Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Mr. Festus Keyamo, SAN in Abuja Tuesday, stated that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved his request. Keyamo said the approval was based principally on his memo to the President informing him that most of the proposed project sites were still water-logged…