The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi on Friday said that the Federal Government requires the sum of N $656million to complete work on the Lagos-Ibadan railway project. Amaechi who spoke while defending the 2021 budget of the ministry before the National Assembly Joint Committee on Land and Marine Transport, said the amount is needed to put in place necessary infrastructures for the project to serve its intended purpose. He said that the Ibadan-Kano railway project also required an injection of $645.3million as advance payment to enable the Federal Government to complete its loan signing agreement with the China Exim Bank.…
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Farmers in Faskari, Dandume and Safana Local Government Areas of Katsina State have showered praises on Nigerian Army troops of Operation Sahel Sanity for providing farm security patrols for them. The local farmers also expressed their appreciation to the Army troops for making it possible for them to begin the harvest of their farm produces which include millet, soya beans and rice. Katsina State Government has also confirmed the return of normalcy to the affected local government areas of the state. The state government averred that farmers and other residents have since been going about their normal daily activities…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Friday urged the Federal Government to pity the children of ordinary Nigerians and quickly attend to their demands noting that they are tired of strike action. The Union disclosed that FG is rushing the Union to resume because the government is scared of youths’ protests after they saw their demonstration during #EndSARS agitations. The Akure Zone of the Union which comprised Chairman of the Federal University of Technology Akure, Dr Olayinka Awopetu, Ekiti State University, Dr Kayode Arogundade, Obafemi Awolowo University, Dr Adeola Egbedokun and Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Dr. Gabriel Omonijo in…
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) on Friday further extended registration for its 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination for private candidates. This was disclosed in a tweet through its Twitter handle, @waecnigeria. WAEC explained that the new registration deadline is Friday, November 13, 2020. “WASSCE for private candidates, 2020 – second series: Further extension of registration period.Earlier, the examination body extended the registration deadline to Friday, October 23, 2020,” it added in the tweet.
Emerging report indicates that Big Brother Naija Reality Star, Nengi Rebecca Hampson has been appointed the Senior Special Assistant to Bayelsa State governor, Mr. Duoye Diri. Governor Diri also named the beauty queen as the Face of Bayelsa state. Nengi, a native of Bayelsa State had on Friday paid a courtesy visit to the governor after emerging second runner up of the lockdown edition of the show. Recall that BBNaija Winner, Laycon was appointed Youth Ambassador by Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun.
Former president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said ex-Oyo State governor Rashidi Ladoja was impeached because he was ungrateful to his late political leader, Chief Lamidi Adedibu and Chief Yekinni Adeojo. He spoke on Thursday in Ibadan, Oyo State, at the launch of Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala’s autobiography titled: “Amazing Grace”. Obasanjo, who was the president at the time (2003 to 2007), and on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said Ladoja deliberately failed to accommodate the two political leaders in his government. He said his attempts to reconcile Ladoja with the duo were unsuccessful, as Ladoja turned deaf ears…
Transporters and farmers under different groups have demanded compensation for the vehicles, produce, goods, and lives the #EndSARS protesters caused their members to lose last month. The group comprises of the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) branch of the NUPENG, National Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Road Transport Employees Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff & Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN) and Amana Farmers & Grains Suppliers Association of Nigeria (AFGSAN). They made their demands in a communique at the end of a meeting at NARTO secretariat in Abuja. According to the communique,…
Farmers in Faskari, Dandume, Safana LGA’s of Katsina State have started harvesting their farm produce such as millet, soya beans & rice. The locals praise the Nigerian Army troops of Operation Sahel Sanity for providing farm security patrols. According to some of the villagers the ongoing military operation in the NorthWest region codenamed Operation Sahel Sanity is achieving the desired result of dislodging the bandits from their hideouts thereby denying the criminal elements the freedom of action and also giving hope to the people to go back to their normal lives. Meanwhile, Katsina State Government says normalcy is gradually…
Russian President Vladimir Putin is planning on resigning early next year, according to a report by The Sun. The report cited Moscow political scientist Valery Solovei, who claimed that the 68-year-old Russian president’s family has been pressuring him to step down. “There is a family, it has a great influence on him. He intends to make public his handover plans in January,” Solovei said. Solovei also pointed to rumors that Putin is suffering from Parkinson’s disease. Putin, who has served as Russia president for 17 of the last 20 years, first from New Year’s eve 2000 to May 2008, and…
Troops of Operation Hadanrin Daji have neutralised five bandits and rescued three women and their children in an encounter with bandits at Diskuru village in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja, while giving an update on various military operations in the North-West and other parts of the country between Oct. 31 and Nov. 4. “Regrettably, one brave soldier paid the supreme price in an attempt to save one of the rescued nursing mothers in the heat of the encounter,’’ Enenche said. Enenche said that during the…