President Buhari Presents Nigeria’s 2021 budget to National Assembly

The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari today presents the 2021 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly. In a letter to both chambers on Tuesday, the president said he will lay the budget before the lawmakers at 11:00 a.m. The event is expected to take about an hour. The estimated budget expenditure is expected to be about N13.08 trillion – according to the Medium Term Expenditure Framework approved by the Senate and House of Representatives. Mr Buhari is also expected to address, in his…

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Trump Insult Africans Again

-Adewale Adetoyese “African nations are complete toilets”, Trump roars again” -Donald Trump. The United States President, Mr. Donald Trump has through a book allegedly regard all African countries and nations run by black people as “complete toilets.” Our correspondent S’Teller gathered that Trump in the new book by his former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, made disparaging remarks about Black world leaders including former South African President Nelson Mandela after he died. In the book, Cohen alleges that Trump described Mandela as a poor leader and disparaged U.S. minorities in general,…

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Former President Goodluck Jonathan Bags ECOWAS Appointment

The Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has been appointed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as a special envoy to lead the sub-regional body’s mediation mission in Mali. As a Special Envoy, the former President is to facilitate dialogue with all principal stakeholders in Mali, including President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, opposition leaders, civil society as well as religious organisations, towards resolving the worsening socio-political situation in the West African country. Speaking ahead of his scheduled departure for Bamako on Wednesday, Mr Jonathan promised to do his…

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The Life & Times Of The Hero Of Democracy, Chief M.K.O Abiola

-Adetunji Omotola. Today is Democracy day in Nigeria and below is the extensive profile of the man that this day is named after. Chief Abiola won the 1993 Presidential elelctions which was annulled by General Ibrahim Babangida. The elections were the freest and fairest in Nigeria’s history and its cancellation led to a political crisis popularly known as ‘June 12’ in Nigeria. Chief Abiola died in jail after five years in solitary confinement. His young wife Kudirat was killed by assassins on instructions from the military junta in June 1996.…

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President Pierre Nkurunziza Of Burundi Dies Of Heart Attack

The President of Burundi, H.E. Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi, aged 55, has died of a heart attack. The government of Burundi made this announcement in a statement posted on the verified Twitter handle of the Government of Burundi. The statement said he was admitted to hospital on Saturday after feeling unwell. His condition then improved but on Monday he had a cardiac arrest and efforts to revive him were unsuccessful. It reads; URGENT: Le Gouvernement de la République du Burundi annonce avec une très grande tristesse le décès inopiné de…

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PDP’s Peter Obi Says Lockdown Extension Is Imperative As He Commends Buhari’s Decision

-YOMMY AYILARA. Peter Obi Backs Buhari, Says Lockdown Extension Is Important And Necessary. Mr Peter Obi, the Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general election in an interview today, the 15th of April, 2020 backed up President Muhammadu’s decision to extend the lockdown order aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 in the country. He subsequently commended efforts made by the Federal Government and respective state governments as well as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) for their various efforts in curbing the spread…

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Buhari Receive Briefings From VP Osinbajo And The Presidential Task Force On Control Of COVID-19

-YOMMY AYILARA President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday received a briefing from the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo in a meeting held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Professor Osinbajo briefed President Buhari on the progress made so far by the Economic Sustainability Committee, a body chaired by the Vice President, which was recently set up by the President Buhari. According to the President, the committee is laboring on a reasonable economic response to ease the unfolding impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Nigeria and its…

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PROF. JELEEL OJUADE, ASSOCIATION OF DANCE SCHOLARS AND PRACTITIONERS OF NIGERIA SAY NO TO COVID-19

At such a time, when an epidemic is ravaging the surface of the planet earth; making sick and taking lives, we must take a moment of grief and pause-dance in solidarity with mother earth to plead our cause with the supreme being, that God may heal our land” -TellAfrica.

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