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Covid-19: Nigeria needs serious controls not a second lockdown – House Committee on Education
Professor Julius Ihonvbere, Chairman, House Committee on Basic Education & Services, said the Federal and States governments should not impose a lockdown, but rather focus on serious control measures to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. He disclosed this during an interview with Channels TV on Sunday evening. Read more
FG receives N144 billion in dividends from NLNG in 2020
Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas Company, NLNG, paid the Federal Government a dividend of N144 billion in the fiscal year ended December 2020. This is according to the information contained in the Ministry of Finance Budget implementation report for the period of January 2020 to December 2020 and presented by the Minister for Finance Dr. Zainab Ahmed. Read more
Dangote completes Nigeria’s longest concrete road
The Dangote Group says it has completed Nigeria’s longest rigid pavement located in Kogi State. According to a statement issued by the group on Sunday, the 43KM Obajana-Kabba road constructed by Dangote Industries Limited, has been described by motorists as the country’s most strategic highway aiding travellers between the North and the South. The Project Director, Olatunbosun Kalejaiye, expressed his excitement on the completion of the Corporate Social Responsibility Project to be used by Nigerians, adding that while the rigid pavement had been completed, the company was dressing the shoulders. Read more
NIN: FG insists on Wednesday deadline, diplomats’ registration
The Federal Government on Sunday insisted that the deadlines given for the registration of all Subscriber Identification Modules with valid National Identity Numbers were still in force. It also declared that the NIN was mandatory for diplomats who reside in Nigeria, as well as for all other lawful residents across the country. Read more
UPDATED: Court moves to seize First Bank’s assets over Shell’s multimillion naira debt
A High Court in Rivers State has moved to sequester the assets of the country’s premier lender FirstBank of Nigeria Limited in an effort to recover the damages oil major Royal Dutch Shell owed the Ejama Ebubu community of Rivers State in a legal contest spanning many decades, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Read more
Nigeria confirms plans to sell govt properties to fund 2021 budget
Apart from its plan to engage in domestic and foreign borrowings to fund the 2021 budget, the federal government has confirmed that it will also sell some government-owned properties for the same purpose. The government also said it will sell some non-oil assets to serve as additional source of finance for the year’s budget. Read more
Uganda Elections: Museveni re-elected for 6th term with 58.6% of the votes
The President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, has been re-elected as President, gathering 5.85 million votes compared to 3.48 million votes by main opposition leader, Robert Kyagulanyi, a.k.a Bobi Wine. According to Reuters, this victory represents 58.6% of the vote cast while Bobi Wine got 34.8%. Read more
Twitter temporarily suspends Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for election misinformation
Twitter on Sunday temporarily suspended the account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for repeated violations of new rules the social media platform put in place following the violent US Capitol riot earlier this month, a company spokesperson told CNN. "The account referenced has been temporarily locked out for multiple violations of our civic integrity policy," the spokesperson said. As a result, the congresswoman will be locked out of her account for 12 hours. Read more
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Ghanaian singer Shatta Wale drags Burna Boy on Instagram
Ghanaian singer Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr also known as Shatta Wale has called out his Nigerian counterpart, Burna Boy for making side comments about him. The music star took to his Instagram Live on Saturday, January 16, 2021, where he called Burna Boy for gossiping about him while in Ghana. Read more
Iyabo Ojo Confirms She Did Surgery On Her Stomach, Reveals Reason
Nollywood star actress, Iyabo Ojo has confirmed that she actually did surgery on her stomach to have a flat tummy. The 43-year-old mother of two while explaining her reason for the tummy surgery said she needed to get rid of the extra skin that usually comes after childbirth. Read more
9ice's wife prays for him as he celebrates his 41st birthday
Nigerian singer Alexander Abolore Adegbola Akande also known as 9ice turned 41 on Sunday, January 17, 2021. To mark the special day, his wife, Sunkanmi Akande to her Instagram page where she showered prayers on him. Sunkanmi's prayers for her husband indicates that all is now well in the Akande's family. Read more
AGS Quote of the day
“Unity is the enjoyment and acceptance of the beauty of differences. Unity is the refusal of violence in actions, speech and thoughts. Unity is love enacted.” - Andrew Fitz-Gibbon
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