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• FG to raise $N90b from sales of power firms• Debts rising because we borrowed our way out of two recessions, says Buhari• Experts frown on non-compliance with full implementation, reliance on crude oil to fund budget• Point ways to reduce borrowing• APC urges speedy passage• Lawan cautions Buhari to reduce borrowing, explore other sources of funding President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, …

•How to meet global COVID-19 targets, by WHO, UN Chairman, Expert Review Committee on COVID-19, Prof. Oyewole Tomori, has provided reasons why the United Kingdom imposed travel restrictions on vaccinated Nigerians. The virologist, who is also a member of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition, noted that though the checks were to be relaxed …

• Zoning not the solution to Nigeria’s problems says Atiku• Preaches fairness, justice at NEC meeting• Secondus explains the reason for sustaining court case The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has adopted the zoning of its national chairmanship position to the North, upholding recommendations of the Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi-led zoning committee. However, it didn’t foreclose that the much-coveted 2023 presidency would be …

Edo State Government has warned residents against operating Creches, Children/Orphanage Homes, Elderly/Aged Persons’ Homes, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), among others without relevant registration certificates. In a statement, Secretary to the Edo State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., directed all facilities presently operating without relevant registration certificates to visit the State Ministry of Social Development and Gender Issues for proper guidance on …

Edo State Government and Zinox Group will on Monday, October 11, 2021 sign an agreement for the supply of Information Communication Technology (ICT) tools to deepen reforms in the state’s civil and public service.Special Adviser to Edo State Governor on Strategy, Policy, Projects and Performance Management, Sarah Esangbedo Ajose-Adeogun, disclosed this in Benin at the weekend.She said the state government was working with Zinox as a technology partner …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Friday, joined his Lagos, Ogun and Kebbi State counterparts, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Dapo Abiodun and Abubakar Atiku Bagudu respectively, in paying glowing tributes to late business magnate, Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo, who died at the age of 62 Governor Obaseki described late Captain Okunbo as a genius, bridge builder, business tycoon and philanthropist extraordinaire. He noted …

Counsel to the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Mr. Aloy Ejimakor has expressed disappointment that Kanu’s suit for the enforcement of his fundamental human rights has not been re-assigned to a new Judge. Vacation judge, Justice KCJ Okereke of the Abia State High Court had on September adjourned the suit for reassignment on Thursday, …

Missouri on Tuesday evening executed Ernest Johnson, 61, an inmate convicted of murdering three people in the 1990s, after the U.S. Supreme Court denied Johnson’s emergency appeal for a stay of execution. The Holy See had also advocated for a halt to the execution. In an unsigned order on Tuesday evening, the Supreme Court denied Johnson’s appeal for a stay …

*Event holding ahead of Climate Conference to be hosted by UK *VP meeting COP26 President-Designate at Whitehall Friday Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN will today leave Abuja for London, the United Kingdom where he is billed to represent President Muhammadu Buhari at a United Nations High-Level event on the Energy Transition in Africa agenda with a special focus on Nigeria. …

Edo State Government, on Thursday, commenced another phase of demolition of illegal structures and eave extensions in parts of Benin Metropolis, in line with the government’s urban renewal drive. The exercise focused on the demolition of eave extensions, mostly in business environments, in the Government Reservation Area (GRA).             Officials of the Edo State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development …