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Though President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, signed the 2019 Appropriation Bill into law, he frowned at an increase of more than N90 billion budget by the National Assembly. Buhari had on December 18, 2018 earlier proposed a budget of N8.83 trillion to the National Assembly, but the passage was delayed due to events such as the Christmas and New Year breaks as well as the general elections. The Senate and the House of Representatives had on Tuesday, May 2 passed the 2019 Appropriation Bill into law after it had undergone a third reading with slight amendments. The N8.916 trillion budget was…

A Nigerian pastor and the founder of Champions Royal Assembly, Prophet Joshua Iginla, Sunday, announced that he has acquired a private jet, a video on social media from the church has shown. Iginla who announced this during a sermon in Abuja has joined the club of Nigerian pastors owning private jets: Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church; Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor of Word of Life Bible Church; Apostle Johnson Suleman of Omega Fire Ministries and several others. The clergyman, who admitted two months ago to have cheated, especially in the…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Sunday, said it earned $490.03 million from export of crude oil and gas in February 2019. In a statement on its Monthly Financial and Operations Report for February 2019, the NNPC said earnings from crude oil and gas export in the month under review, represented a 32.45 per cent increase compared to the previous month’s sale. In the statement signed by its Group General Manager, Group Public Adviser Division, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, the NNPC noted that crude oil export sales contributed $350.29 million, representing 71.48 per cent, of the dollar transactions compared with $240.23…

The Boko Haram sect has reportedly killed 25 soldiers and scores of civilians in an ambush in Borno State. The insurgent group reportedly attacked the soldiers on Saturday morning while they were evacuating people from villages in the state. The fighters were said to have opened fire on the soldiers and the villagers who were reportedly occupying about 50 vehicles. However, Col. Sagir Musa, acting Director, Army Public Relations, in a reaction Sunday, said: ”There is no truth in the report or claims that 25 soldiers were killed by Boko Haram. It is fake. No report of any terrorist attack…

The Jos University Teaching Hospital, JUTH, weekend undertook its first surgery to remove brain tumor using a machine that drills the skull bone to gain access to the tumor. “It is the first Trans-labyrinthine approach to a posterior fossa tumor. We used the C-Arm machine to drill the skull bone so as to see what is behind even while facing the front of the head. “In the past, we had to open the brain which was always risky and led to deaths because the brain is delicate,’’ Dr Origoya Peter Binitie, the lead neurosurgeon in the operation, told the News…

The Federal Government has said no governor in the 36 states of the federation will say he cannot pay the new minimum wage of N30,000. Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, who stated this in an interview in Abuja, weekend, maintained that payment of the new wage started on April 18 when President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Minimum Wage Amendment Act Bill into law. Ngige said it had become imperative that all employers of labour in the country comply with what he described as a national law, adding that a committee was working out a new template for…

Akwa Ibom Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel is currently holding a valedictory state executive council, EXCO, meeting for the outgoing members of his cabinet at the EXCO hall, Government House, Uyo. The meeting that should have been held last Wednesday did not hold because the Governor had official engagements outside the state. A source in Government House, Uyo speculated that at the end of the meeting on Sunday evening, the Governor may dissolve the EXCO. This is preparatory for the swearing in and subsequent inauguration of Emmanuel for a second term in office as Akwa Ibom governor on Wednesday, May 29.…

The leadership of the Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide (YCYW) alongside other leading Yoruba youth organizations in Yoruba Land has issued seven days quit notice to all Fulani Herdsmen in South West region of the country. The seven-day quit notice to Fulani herdsmen in Southwest tagged: “Operation Sweep Clean- (Folumo)” would lapse on Thursday, May 30, 2019. It is widely believed that the herdsmen in recent times have clashed with rural farmers allegedly resulting in death of thousands while Boko Haram insurgents have killed thousands of innocent persons, soldiers and policemen in the Northern part of Nigeria and some parts…

Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has called on other ethnic nationalities in Nigeria to establish their radio stations. Recall that last Tuesday, Adamu Adamu, the Minister of Education told newsmen in Abuja that the Federal Government has acquired an Amplitude Modulation radio broadcast licence to reach herdsmen across various locations in the country. Adamu explained that the radio service would operate on frequency of 720KHz and would air in Fulani language. MASSOB, however, described Federal Government’s move to establish a radio station for Fulani herdsmen as a waste of time, warning people who are against…

Facebook is planning to launch its own cryptocurrency in early 2020, allowing users to make digital payments in a dozen countries. The currency, dubbed GlobalCoin, would enable Facebook’s 2.4 billion monthly users to change dollars and other international currencies into its digital coins. The coins could then be used to buy things on the internet and in shops and other outlets, or to transfer money without needing a bank account. Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and chief executive of Facebook, last month met the governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, to discuss the plans, according to the BBC. What…