President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo will spend a total of N3.327bn on foreign and local trips in 2020. The figure is contained in the details of the 2020 Appropriation Bill that Buhari presented to a joint session of the National Assembly on Tuesday. The item was tagged Travel and Transport (General) under State…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met behind closed doors with former President, Goodluck Jonathan, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. The former president arrived the State House at about 3:00pm and went straight to the President’s office. The agenda of the meeting between the two men was unknown as of…
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Jigawa state governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, has appointed a special assistant to each of his three wives. Of the 51 Special Assistants that were appointed by the governor, there is also a special assistant for street light as well as for population control. According to a copy of the lists of the appointees obtained, it…
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Operatives of Sokoto zonal office of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission has recovered money to the tune of N65,548,000 only from an Independent National Electoral Commission Office. The monies were reportedly stacked in two fire proof safes during a search conducted in offices of the HOD Accounts and Cashier of the INEC, Zamfara state. .…
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The Senate on Wednesday revisited the sexual harassment bill passed by the 8th Senate. The 8th Senate had proposed a five-year sentence and N5m fine for lecturers convicted for sexually harassing male or female students. However, the passing of the bill into law had a setback because it was not given Presidential assent after its…
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The Super Eagles kits for the high-profile international friendly against Brazil in Singapore on Sunday is yet to arrive camp with barely 72 hours to the game, Sports Extra reports. This is the second time such is occurring in a month in the Eagles camp. Last month, an airline failed to arrive with the Nigeria team’s kit bags…
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The University of Lagos has suspended Samuel Oladipo, a lecturer in the department of economics, over the sex-for-grades scandal rocking the institution. Oladipo was seen in the second stream of a documentary on sexual assault released by the BBC Africa Eye on Monday, precisely the person who took one of the undercover journalists to the notorious “cold…
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Hours after BBC released a Documentary exposing lecturers engaging in ”Sex for Grades” activities in Nigerian and Ghanaian universities led by Undercover journalist Kiki Mordi, the spotlight have shifted from the main issue to a clash between the young Kiki and Nigerian investigative journalist, Kemi Olunloyo. Apparently, social media users have initially called out Kemi…
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UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has commenced the 2019 edition of its annual National Essay Competition in Nigeria with a call for entries. Now in its 9th year, the essay competition, targeted at senior secondary school students in Nigeria is organised annually, as part of UBA…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday has said that he is suffering from cold. He, however, attributed his ailment to his hard work as the President of the country. Buhari disclosed this while presenting the 2020 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja. Immediately after observing protocols and before presenting the…
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