Day: June 18, 2024

The Senate has stated that President Bola Tinubu will send the 2024 Supplementary budget to the legislators for approval after resumption. Senate spokesperson, Yemi Adaramodu, informed that the N6.6tn supplementary budget, although still being computed by the executive, would be sent to the National Assembly after its July 2 resumption. His words, “The budget would be sent any time we resume after the Sallah recess. I believe the bill and other important executive communication will be sent to the National Assembly when we resume in July.” When asked about the…

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The Chairman of Katcha Local Government Area of Niger State, Danlamin Abdullahi Saku received a Sallah gift he did not bargain for as he was beaten to a stupor by unknown youths in his local government for an alleged N1.3million debt hanging on his neck. The Nation reports that the chairman allegedly borrowed the money over a year ago from an elderly person in his village whose moves to get back the money proved abortive. According to the Newspaper, when the chairman arrived the village for the Sallah celebration, the…

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Veteran Nigerian musician, Eedris Abdulkareem, has called out the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor E.A. Adeboye, over the ongoing economic hardship in Nigeria. The hip-hop singer and rapper took a swipe at the cleric in a viral video clip on social media, where he challenged Pastor Adeboye to call out President Bola Tinubu’s government over the current state of the nation just as he did with the previous administration. Abdulkareem recalled how Pastor Adeboye staged a one million match during Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s administration…

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US journalist Evan Gershkovich will go on trial on espionage charges in Russia’s Urals city of Yekaterinburg behind closed doors on June 26, the court overseeing the process said on Monday. The Wall Street Journal reporter was arrested in March 2023 while on a reporting trip in Yekaterinburg and has been held in Moscow’s notorious Lefortovo prison since. He became the first Western journalist since the Soviet era to be arrested for spying in Russia. Last week, Russia’s prosecutor general accused him of working for the CIA and “collecting secret…

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By Tony Adibe The 10th Anniversary celebration of Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF), a socio cultural group with focus on development of the Igbo nation is scheduled to hold from Friday,July 12 to Saturday , July 13, at Umuahia, the Abia State capital. A press statement issued from ADF National Secretariat in Enugu, signed by the secretary of the publicity committee, Mazi Oluchi Ibe, stated that the event will be specially hosted at the prestigious Abia State Conference Center, Umuahia. According to Mazi, Governor Alex Otti of Abia State is expected…

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