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Business
Buhari signs 2021 N13.58trn budget into law
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2021 appropriation bill of N13.588 trillion into law. With this action, Buhari has maintained the January to December budget cycle. This development comes more than a week after federal lawmakers passed the budget and raised its total sum by N508 billion. Read more
Ease of doing business: NPA receives biggest Caverton helicopter at PTML terminal
In line with the federal government’s efforts to improve the ease of doing business in the country, the largest commercial helicopter to be operated by a wholly indigenous company has been received by the Nigerian Ports Authority. The helicopter was coupled on Thursday inside the PTML terminal at the Tin Can Island port of Lagos. Read more
Third Mainland Bridge to be opened February
Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Frederic Oladeinde, has said the Third Mainland Bridge would be opened fully to vehicular traffic in February. Oladeinde said this on Friday in an exclusive interview with our correspondent, noting that the rehabilitation of the bridge had to be pushed from January 2021 to February due to the effect of the #EndSARS protests. Read more
WHO issues first emergency use validation for a Covid-19 vaccine
The World Health Organization (WHO), on Thursday, issued its first emergency use validation for a Covid-19 vaccine, since the outbreak of the pandemic started about a year ago. The United Nations Health agency listed the Comirnaty Covid-19 mRNA vaccine, produced by Pfizer/BioNTech, for emergency use, as it emphasized on its equitable distribution globally. Read more
Nigeria’s debt profile rises to N32.2tn
Nigeria’s public debt hit a total of N32.2tn at the end of September 2020, the Debt Management Office announced on Thursday. The figure implies that the nation’s debt profile rose by N1.19tn between the second and third quarters of 2020. Read more
NFF President seeks support to generate N18 billion from NPFL TV annually
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Pinnick, has said that the Nigerian Professional Football League Television is expected to generate N18 billion annually. The 2020/21 Nigerian Professional Football League resumed on 27th December, 2020 after being shut down since March. This news has received a lot of buzz from Nigerians at home and in the diaspora. Read more
Nigeria is committed to security, fulfilling demands of #EndSARS youths in 2021 – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has announced that his administration is committed to fulfilling the five demands of #EndSARS youths. The President disclosed this in his New Year speech on Friday morning. Read more
Social
Why I Hardly Ever Watch Nollywood Movies – Chimamanda
Nigerian writer and novelist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, says she hardly watch Nigerian movies popularly called Nollywood movies. In a recent interview with a television host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, the 43-year-old writer said she had problems with basic things like the dialogue, the continuity, and the subtitle. Read more
BBNaija's Nengi gets a surprise Range Rover SUV gift from fans on her birthday
Former housemate of Nigeria's most popular reality TV show, Big Brother Naija, Nengi has been gifted with a Range Rover SUV by her fans on her birthday. The reality TV star who turned 23 on January 1, 2021, was elated as she was gifted with the SUV. Read more
Temi Otedola wins Best Actress category in Ghana Movie Awards
Awards have started streaming in for fashion vlogger cum actress, Temi Otedola with the latest being a big win at the just concluded Ghana Movie Awards. Otedola won the Best Actress (African collaboration) category of the award for her acting debut role in Kunle Afolayan's acclaimed feature film, 'Citation'. Read more
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