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“Seventy one per cent of the proposed budget is expected to be funded by contributions from external sources, while one 116,073,269 Units of Account will be funded from external sources. Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has presented its 2022 Draft Budget of 393,612,400 Units of Account (UA) before the ECOWAS Parliament, in Abuja. The budget is targeted …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has approved the appointment of three new Special Advisers. In a statement on Monday, Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., said the appointees are James Babatunde Agbogun Esq.; Yakubu Gowon and Jimfred Obadiku. According to him, “The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki, has approved the appointments of the underlisted persons …

President Muhammadu Buhari and the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki have charged Auditor-Generals in the country to develop innovative strategies that can help the government win the war against corruption. Declaring open the 2021 conference of Auditor-Generals in Nigeria (COAGN) with the theme ‘Securing Audit Independence Sustainability: The Urgency of Now,’ President Buhari restated his administration’s commitment to end …

Lesbos, Greece – From a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, Pope Francis decried European indifference to the plight of migrants in the Mediterranean as a “shipwreck of civilization.” “The Mediterranean, which for millennia has brought different peoples and distant lands together, is now becoming a grim cemetery without tombstones. This great basin of water, the cradle of …

Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, departed Abuja early today to participate at the World Liquified Petroleum Gas Association forum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where he will be delivering the keynote address. World leaders, top government ministers from several countries and Chief Executives of major multinational corporations in the Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) sectors around the globe will be …

• Between Nov 22 and Nov 28, 67 inbound passengers tested positive – NCDC • United Kingdom suspends Nigerians’ visa applications as restriction begins • US demands COVID-19 negative test from travellers, shuns vaccination status The Federal Government on Sunday ruled out the possibility of restricting foreign travellers from visiting Nigeria despite travel bans on the country by Canada, the …

The state Chairman of Licenced Electrical Contractors Association of Nigeria (LECAN), Bada Olalekan, has accused Electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) in Nigeria of deviating from their responsibility of providing free meters to Nigeria as agreed with the federal government. Olalekan made this statement while speaking with THISDAY at the 60th anniversary celebration of the association at the weekend in Lagos. According …

• Passengers stranded as British Airways cancels flights in, out of Nigeria• UK detects 80 new Omicron cases, ban to affect over 8,000 Nigerian travellers• Citizens UK coming from Nigeria to pay £2,285 for 10-day quarantine• Canada no longer accepting COVID-19 test results from Nigeria, nine African countries• Global clinic data confirms new variant is less lethal• Holiday travels hobble …

The Federal Government has begun moves to prevent an industrial action in the country’s public universities as the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ three-week deadline ended on Sunday. ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke and the Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba The  Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, in an interview with The PUNCH on Sunday, said  the …

Ijaw Women Connect (IWC), a socio-cultural group, on Monday in Yenagoa bemoaned the gruesome killing of 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lagos, Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr). Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr) “We condemn in totality and in strong terms the gruesome killing of Oromoni (Jnr), IWC said in a statement signed by its President, Mrs Rosemary John-Oduone, and spokesperson, Mrs Izuogere Iwolo. It …