President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday signed the 2019 finance bill into law in Abuja. The bill signed into law marks the commencement of the proposed increase in the rate of value-added tax from the present 5% to 7.5%. The bill was submitted to the national assembly alongside the budget. However, the bill signing is coming […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has not published the national and general minimum cut-off marks for placement of candidates into the nation’s tertiary institutions as being speculated in some quarters. The board’s Head, Media and Information, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on […]
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Liverpool Football Club of England defeated Tottenham by two goals in Madrid to win their sixth Champions League trophy. Mohamed Salah set Liverpool on their way with a penalty after two minutes when Moussa Sissoko was contentiously punished for handball. In a final that rarely touched the heights of the blockbuster semi-finals that made this […]
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The minister of budget and national planning, Udo Udoma, says the federal government has spent only N6.938 trillion of the 2018 budget, leaving N2.18 trillion unspent. Giving his presentation on the 2019 budget in Abuja on Tuesday, Udoma said the 2018 budget performance stood at 79 percent. “Of the total appropriation of N9.12 trillion, N6.938 […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday, inaugurate the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council for the 2019 General Elections. This information is contained in a statement issued by Festus Keyamu, Director, Strategic Communications, APC Presidential Campaign Council, in Abuja on Saturday. Mr Keyamu said the event would take place at the International Conference Centre, […]
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The United Nations Commission for Africa (UNECA) says 600 million people globally will start 2019 living in extreme poverty and only 20 million will come out of this situation by the end of the year. This is contained in UNECA’s latest publication on poverty entitled “Africa Poverty Clock”, made available to the News Agency of […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) there is no provision made for any Nigerian outside the country to vote in the general elections in 2019. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, made the clarification in a statement on Thursday. He said, “The commission wishes to state unequivocally […]
Continue ReadingNigerian political parties on Tuesday signed a peace accord committing to a peaceful poll in 2019. Although some key candidates were absent at the event, which held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, others including President Muhammad Buhari, signed. There are 91 registered political parties in the country, but it was not immediately clear how […]
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Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Monday urged newly-inaugurated Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state to focus on issues-based campaign ahead of the 2019 general elections. The governor gave the charge while addressing the council after its inauguration by the party’s chairman in the state, Kingsley Esiso, in Asaba, […]
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The 2019 Grammy nominations have been announced, with hip hop artistes, Kendrick Lamar and Drake, earning the most recognition. Lamar bagged eight nominations while Drake earned seven for the 61st annual Grammy Awards. Boi-1da and Brandi Carlile earned six nominations apiece while Cardi B, Childish Gambino, H.E.R., Lady Gaga, Maren Morris, Soundwave and Mike Bozzi […]
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