Acting President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday said the National Assembly has no right to introduce new projects or modify those contained in an appropriation bill. Osinbajo said the executive was disappointed in the legislature for delaying the passage of the 2017 Appropriation Bill which he signed
A former British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, says the destructive activities of Boko Haram contributed to the estimated 11 million out-of-school children in Nigeria, particularly in the north-east. The Boko Haram insurgency has caused about 100,000 deaths since 2009 and displaced millions, particularly in the north-east states of Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe. Mr. Brown, the
The kidnap kingpin, Chukwudubem Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evan is said to worth over Five Billion Naira (N5b). The Team Lead of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team, Assistant Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari disclosed this. Onwuamadike was arrested by the IRT on Saturday in his lavishly furnished home in highbrow Magodo Estate in […]
The Federal Inland Revenue Service says it generated N778.19 billion revenue in the first quarter of 2017. This is according to a progress report by the FIRS sent to the Federal Ministry of Finance and obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja. The report, which showed the revenue performance for the […]
A huge fire has engulfed a tower block in Latimer Road, west London, with eyewitnesses claiming people are trapped in their homes. The fire at Grenfell Tower on the Lancaster West Estate was reported at 01:16 BST and about 200 firefighters are tackling the blaze. The Met Police said people were being treated for “a […]
The United Kingdom chapter of the Pan-Yoruba socio-political Organisation, Afenifere has asked the government of United Kingdom to immediately intervene in the growing ethnic tension in Nigeria. The group, in a communique released after a meeting held in Central London on June 9, said that if the rising ethnic tension in Nigeria is not checked, Britain could be see […]
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