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The amount for capital expenditure was increased from N3.6 trillion to N4.1 trillion. The Senate has passed Nigeria’s budget for the 2021 fiscal year. The budget was increased from N13.08 trillion presented by President Muhammadu Buhari in October to N13.6 trillion (13,588,027,886,107). This shows and increase of about N505 billion. The amount for capital expenditure was increased from N3.6 trillion …

… says hub for music, movie production, others to be ready first quarter 2021 Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has reassured that his government will continue to support the state’s creative industry, providing the enabling environment for the subsector to thrive. Obaseki, who spoke in Benin City during a virtual Town Hall meeting, noted that with the necessary support …

In Nigeria’s two major parties, the issue of which zone should produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor in 2023 is on the front burner. The recent defection of Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised fresh concerns over who succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023 and indeed the zoning of …

…APC demand Governor Obaseki’s Immediate Resignation…PDP blasts APC over poor intelligence, tact on opposition Politics By Okhide Em’ya David Chairman, Edo State Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, retired  Colonel David Imuse has asked the Governor of Edo State Mr Godwin Obaseki to immediately resign from office  over what he called “gross failure to tackle deteriorating security of …

Federal government has extended the deadline for the provision of National Identification Number, NIN, by telecommunication service subscribers to 19th January and 9th February, 2021 respectively. FG disclosed this in a statement titled: ‘Extension of Registration Period and Cancellation of USSD and Verification Fees’, signed by the Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, Umar Danbatta; and Director-General, National Identity Management Commission, …

One of the 344 students from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, has disclosed that they were not kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorist group as earlier stated by the Federal Government. The student who made this revelation in a viral video said that they were told to say that the kidnappers were Boko Haram insurgents. When asked if …

Some Christian leaders, on Monday, asked the Federal Government to rescue Leah Sharibu, the Dapchi schoolgirl still held in Boko Haram captivity on account of her faith. They renewed the call for her freedom sequel to the quick release of about 344 schoolboys kidnapped in Government Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, owing to the swift response by the authorities. Speaking …

…EdoJobs Call For Participants Edo State Skills Development Agency (EdoJobs) is set to begin training for the second cohort of its Amazon Web Services (AWS) re/start, a cloud computing training, urging interested youths in the state to apply to participate and build careers in cloud computing. Managing Director, EdoJobs, Mrs. Ukinebo Dare, in a chat with journalists, said the programme …

(CNN) – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Sunday evening that leadership from both chambers have reached a deal on “a package of nearly $900 billion” of much-needed relief for the Covid-19 pandemic, though Congress still faces a government shutdown deadline at midnight. “Moments ago, in consultation with our committees, the four leaders of the Senate and the House finalized …

By Okhide Em’ya David The Federal Government and other key stakeholders in decision making process in Nigeria have been asked to urgently ensure adequate and better budgetary allocations for funding of Zonal Intervention Projects (ZIP) ZIP is a well thought out development strategy designed to foster equitable distribution of Projects nationwide in the constituencies of lawmakers by various Ministries, Departments, …