November 30, 2020 – Newsbits NG

Boko Haram Rampaging, Buhari Helpless, Security Totally Collapsed – PDP

November 30, 2020 AlienMedia

President Buhari of Nigeria appears to have no further ideas about managing heightened insecurity in Africa’s most populous nation Following the horrid slaughtering of rice farmers in Borno State despite the army claiming that Boko Haram has been degraded, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has hit hard at President Muhammadu Buhari and his All Progressives Congress (APC) regime, which he leads. The PDP said it is now obvious that Buhari and his government have become helpless as the nation’s security deteriorates to all-time low. The PDP in a statement titled, “PDP…

US: Biden Name All-Female White House Communications Team

November 30, 2020 AlienMedia

Joe Biden, US President-elect President-elect of the United States of America, Senator Joe Biden on Sunday announced an all-female senior White House communications team, in what his office called a first in the country’s history. Among those named was Jen Psaki, who will serve in the highly visible role of White House press secretary. Psaki, 41, has held a number of senior positions, including White House communications Director for the Barack Obama-Biden administration. Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have sought to emphasise diversity in their appointments and nominations so…

2021 Budget Allocation For Road Maintenance Paltry, Says Senate

November 30, 2020 AlienMedia

Nigeria’s Senate has said the country would require N400 billion for the maintenance of 35,000 kilometers of federal roads across the country. The upper house also described the N38 billion earmarked for road maintenance in the 2021 budget estimates as paltry compared to the serious maintenance required on the nation’s federal roads. It is no longer news that most federal roads in the country have failed due to lack of maintenance, which has made travelling by road across Nigeria a harrowing experience. Following this gaping challenge, the National Assembly Joint…

Unify The Exchange Rate For Naira, IMF Tells CBN

November 30, 2020 AlienMedia

Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor Mr Godwin Emefiele (left) and Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed at an event International Monetary Fund (IMF) has charged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to unify the exchange rate for the naira. The CBN as at last week exchanged the US dollar at N378 as official rate while in the parallel market, the dollar exchanged for as much as N500. The Nigerian Naira, which has become so unstable and unpredictable got to a long-time low after weakening by N4 from…