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National Assembly Members unhappy with amount allocated for lawmakers in the 2022 budget
The House of Representatives has faulted the N134billion allocated to the National Assembly in the 2022 Appropriation bill. Describing the budget as too small, the spokesman of the House, Benjamin Kalu, said the percentage of transfers to the National Assembly did not reflect the increase in the amount of statutory transfers in the 2022 budget. He noted that when the House had a budget with aggregate lower expenditure, it was from N150billion to N128billion. “This concerns the House. It concerns the House because, the statutory transfer as we have mentioned, there is an increase from N484.49 billion to N768.28 billion and…
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“Giving birth to our kids abroad is my biggest achievement” Yomi Casual thanks wife, Grace Makun, as they celebrate wedding anniversary
Yomi Casual has thanked his wife, Grace Makun, for all the things she’s done for him, including choosing him despite having a “better option 4 years ago.” The fashion designer and his wife are celebrating their wedding anniversary today. n a post to mark the day, Yomi, who shares two kids with Grace, thanked her for encouraging him to have their kids abroad. He said it’s his biggest achievement ever. He also thanked her for other things, including for cutting down their wedding reception cost and for being content with what he has to offer. Read his post below.
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I joke with my S-East Gov friends that the whole of five states of south-east can fit into Kaduna two and the half times – El-Rufai
Governor Nasir El-Rufai has said that their biggest fear in the North-West region is Boko Haram relocating to the zone because they are being chased out from the north-east by ISWAP. Speaking at the inaugural edition of the ‘Fountain Summit’, an event organised by the Ekiti government, the Kaduna state Governor stated that there is need to collaborate and work on improving security or more than that. El-Rufai said; “We have security challenges, but our investors know where their assets are and they know that those assets are safe and we’ve never seen the headlines of security affecting our inflow of investments.“But we…
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2022 Budget will Be Ready Before Dec 16, Says Omo-Agege
Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has assured Nigerians that the National Assembly is determined to pass the 2022 budget before the year runs out.Omo-Agege gave the assurance on Thursday, in a statement issued by his media aide, Yomi Odunuga.The statement is titled, “2022 Budget ‘ll be ready before December 16 – Omo-Agege”He spoke when he hosted his former classmates from the Nigerian Law School, Class of ’86 (The Centennial Class) in Abuja, led by ‘Class Captain’ Oladipo Okpeseyi (SAN).The Deputy President of the Senate stated that the early approval and signing of the appropriation bill into law will ensure…
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Illegal drug use: Blessing Okagbare’s sister speaks, calls AFN big liars
Grace Okagbare, elder sister of embattled Nigerian athlete, Blessing Okagbare, has said no official from the Ministry of Sports has reached out to the sprint star, stating that all that is been reported about her sister are ‘fabricated and unfounded lies to tarnish her image’. She said since the Tokyo Games, the Athletics Integrity Units, AIU had not said ‘anything new about the case or invite her to hear her side of the story’.She made this known in a statement she signed, entitled, ‘The many Lies of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria regarding Blessing Okagbare Tokyo 2020 Olympics Ordeal’.According to…
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Supreme Court affirms Soludo as APGA Governorship Candidate
The Supreme Court has affirmed former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Charles Soludo as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the November 6 election in Anambra state.The five-member panel of justices led by Mary Peter-Odili also affirmed Victor Oye as the national chairman of the party.The apex court unanimously upheld the judgment of the Kano state appeal court division which validated the primary election that produced Soludo.According to the supreme court, the appellate court was right when it quashed a Jigawa state high court judgment that recognised a parallel primary election that…
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Defection Rumours: I won’t return to where I was pushed out – Obaseki
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has stated that he has no intention of returning to the All Progressives Congress (APC), where he was pushed out.Governor Obaseki gave the reassurance on Wednesday while addressing State House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.Obaseki stated that as a politician of repute, his conscience would not allow him betray those who gave him shelter when there was a political storm.He explained that he did not leave the APC on his own terms, but was forced out, an action which he says will not allow him to leave…
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Eating red meat is a slow poison. God did not create red meat to be eaten – Reno Omokri
Reno Omokri has warned against consuming red meat which he described as a “slow poison” Reno in a post shared on his Instagram page this morning opined that God did not create red meat to be eaten. Quoting scriptures to back his point, the former Presidential aide noted that it was only after the flood destroyed all vegetables that God permitted Noah and his family to eat red meat because there was hardly anything left on Earth to eat In his words; ”Eating red meat is not enjoyment. It is a slow poison. It is perhaps the number one killer…
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Blessing Okagbare may go to jail over alleged illegal drug use – AFN reveals
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has expressed fear and concern over allegations of Blessing Okagbare’s illicit drug use. Okagbare has been charged with three offences by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), and was suspended just before her semifinal race at the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for a human growth hormone following an out-of-competition test on July 19. The 32-year-old was said to have later tested positive for another banned substance, recombinant erythropoietin (EPO), which increases red blood cell count. She has also been charged for not cooperating with the AIU’s investigation. Speaking with The Guardian, an official of…
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Prepare your handover Note, Nigerians want you out of Govt quickly – PDP to APC
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday called on the All Progressives Congress (APC) to accept their mass failures in party management and governance and stop bothering Nigerians with their regular lamentations.Kola Ologbondiyan, the National Publicity Secretary in a statement on Wednesday, noted that, PDP’s position is predicated on a statement by the APC in which it claimed to have improved on electoral process in the country, “whereas what abounds in our nation is a painful story of how the APC has destroyed our economy, our electoral process and our national unity, to the extent that life has become despondent…
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Stop ignoring first ladies – Aisha Buhari to media
First Lady, Aisha Buhari has called on the media to stop shunning governors’ wives.She spoke on Wednesday night in Abuja at an event where some first ladies were honoured.Aisha, the Special Guest of Honour, was represented by her spokesman, Aliyu Abdullahi.Aisha commended the wives of governors who have been assisting women, the elderly, the poor and the less-privileged.“I call on media practitioners to engage more with first ladies so that their projects can get more visibility.“The partnership will be a win-win because the media would have discharged a part of its social responsibility”, NAN quoted her as saying.The country’s First…
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Catholic priest abducted in Abia state
A newly ordained Catholic priest identified as Rev Fr Godfrey Mark Chimezie, officiating priest at St Theresa Catholic Church, Umuahia, Abia State, has been abducted. Fr. Chimezie was kidnapped along Enyiukwu Road Ohokobe Afaraukwu community, Ibeku in Umuahia North LGA of Abia State after concluding a morning mass at St Gabriel ,Okpururie, Afaraukwu. He was reportedly forced out of his car, a Toyota Corolla into an SUV driven by the kidnappers, after which they sped away.
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