FULL TEXT: President Buhari’s Speech At The signing of 2018 budget
President Muhammadu Buhari signed the 2018 Appropriation Bill into law inside the Aso Chamber of the presidential villa, Abuja on Wednesday, June 20. SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, AT THE SIGNING INTO LAW, THE 2018 APPROPRIATION BILL, PRESIDENTIAL VILLA, ABUJA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2018 PROTOCOLS I would like […]
Breaking: Buhari Signs 2018 Budget…….. Saraki Dogara Absent
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2018 Appropriation Bill into law. The Senate President, Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara were absent. The Senate President was however represented by the Deputy Senate Leader, Bala Ibn N’Alla, while the Speaker of the House of Representatives was represented by the Chief […]
Osinbajo, Tinubu And Others Campaign For Fayemi In Ekiti
Vice president Yemi Osinbajo, Ahmed Tinubu, and other chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged the people of Ekiti state to vote for Kayode Fayemi, the party’s candidate in the forthcoming governorship election. According to NAN, Tinubu charged Ekiti indigenes to collect their permanent voter cards (PVCs) and “vote for Fayemi”. He said: […]
US Pulls Out Of UN Human Rights Council Over ‘Bias Against Israel’
The US on Tuesday withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC), accusing it of “chronic bias against Israel”. Nikki Haley, US envoy to the UN, announced her country’s decision in Washington. Hailey slammed Russia, China, Cuba and Egypt for thwarting US efforts to reform the council. She criticised countries which shared US values […]
Salah Disappoints As Russia Crush Egypt Out Of World Cup
Three weeks and three days after Sergio Ramos twisted and slammed Egypt’s best World Cup hope into the grass, Mohamed Salah returned. He won a penalty, and scored it, ripping the ball with his left foot into the top corner. But by then, Russia were already three up and this game was as good as […]
Argentina Rally Behind Messi Ahead Of Key Croatia Clash
Argentina are rallying around captain Lionel Messi as the South American giants prepare for their crucial Group D clash with Croatia here on Thursday. Messi made an unhappy start to the World Cup on Saturday, missing what would have been a winning penalty as Argentina were held to a 1-1 draw by minnows Iceland. It […]
Senegal To The Rescue As African Teams Struggle At World Cup
Senegal proved to be Africa’s saving grace at the World Cup on Tuesday. Take away their win over Poland and it is five defeats in five for the continent’s representatives in Russia. After Nigeria and Algeria, both reached the knockout phase four years ago, following Ghana’s run to the quarter-finals in 2010, it is already […]
Two Feard Dead As Truck Falls Off Ojuelegba Bridge
A truck conveying plywood fell off a bridge at Ojuelegba, Lagos, killing some passengers of commercial buses better known as Danfo. A Toyota Camry was also involved in the accident which happened around 9pm on Tuesday. Adebayo Kehinde, spokesman of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), told TheCable via a telephone call that he […]
APC Has Done More Than Enough To Merit Re-Election – Ajimobi
The Oyo State Governor, Mr. Abiola Ajimobi, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) has done more than enough within the last three years to deserve re-election. Ajimobi stated this during his appearance on Roadmap 2019, a Channels Television Programme, which aired on Monday. “Definitely, it (APC) has done more than enough (to deserve a second […]
All Eyes On Salah As Egypt Face Russia
World Cup hosts Russia face an Egypt side buoyed by the likely return of star man Mohamed Salah on Tuesday knowing a win will all but guarantee a place in the last 16. Liverpool wizard Salah missed his team’s defeat to Uruguay on Friday as he struggles to recover from the shoulder injury sustained during […]
