Lawan Gives Panel One Week To Investigate PMB $4 billion, £710 million Loans
Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday gave one week to the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts to assess President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to borrow fresh sums of $4,054,476,863 and €710 million in an addendum to the 2018-2020 borrowing plan. Lawan’s decision followed the presentation of the loans to the Senate by the leader […]
FG, States, LGs Shared N696.96bn In August
Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N696.965 billion August 2021 Federation Account Revenue to the three tiers of government This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the virtual meeting of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) for September 2021 by Office of the Accountant General of the […]
NAFDAC Warns Against The Use Of Harmful Chemicals To Preserve Food Items
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Lagos residents on the dangers of preserving food with chemicals, stating that it can lead to cancer and other deadly diseases. The director-general, NAFDAC, Prof. Moji Adeyeye who gave the warning at the commencement of the agency’s sensitization campaigns in Lagos appealed […]
Many Haitian Migrants Are Being Released In The US, Officials Say
Many Haitian migrants camped in a small Texas border town are being released in the United States, two U.S. officials said, undercutting the Biden administration’s public statements that the thousands in the camp faced immediate expulsion. Haitians have been freed on a “very, very large scale” in recent days, according to one U.S. official who […]
Trump Sues Niece And New York Times Over Tax Story
Former US President Donald Trump is suing his niece and the New York Times over a 2018 article that alleged he was involved in “dubious tax schemes”. The lawsuit, filed in New York, accuses Mary Trump and newspaper reporters of being “engaged in an insidious plot” to obtain confidential documents. It alleges that Ms Trump, […]
Brazil’s Health Minister Tests Positive For COVID At United Nations
Brazil’s Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga tested positive hours after attending the UN General Assembly, and will now quarantine in New York City for the next 14 days. Brazilian diplomats will not attend meetings at the annual gathering until Friday, CNN Brasil reported. The health minister is part of the Brazilian delegation accompanying President Jair Bolsonaro, […]
COVID-19: Nigeria Records 513 New Cases, Three Death Tuesday
Nigeria has recorded three additional fatalities from the coronavirus pandemic with 513 fresh cases confirmed across 14 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This was contained in an update shared on the Facebook page of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday night, which also revealed that the total […]
Okowa Advises National Assembly To Maintain True Federalism
Delta Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has called on the National Assembly to embody in the 1999 constitution being amended, true federalism and independence of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). The governor made the call on Monday, September 20, during a nationwide sensitization on the review of the existing revenue allocation formula, which was […]
Biden Aims To Enlist Allies In Tackling Climate, COVID In United Nations Address
President Joe Biden planned to use his first address before the U.N. General Assembly to reassure other nations of American leadership on the global stage and call on allies to move quickly and cooperatively to address the festering issues of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and human rights abuses. Biden, who arrived in New York […]
US To Relax Travel Restrictions For Vaccinated Foreign Air Travellers In November
The United States will reopen in November to air travelers from 33 countries including China, India, Brazil and most of Europe who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the White House said on Monday, easing tough pandemic-related restrictions that started early last year. The decision, announced by White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients, marked an […]
