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The Senate on Wednesday announced the receipt of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) from President Muhammadu Buhari. The MTEF and FSP documents came with a covering letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan. President Buhari, in the letter read on the floor of the upper chamber during plenary, commended the effort of the lawmakers towards ensuring a cordial working relationship between the legislature and executive arms of government. The letter reads: “It is with pleasure that I hereby submit the 2020 – 2022 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper…

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says it has put in place a strategic roadmap for developing digital identification towards achieving Nigeria’s Economic Recovery Growth Plan (ERGP). NIMC stated this in a report issued by its department of Corporate Communications on Wednesday in Abuja. It recalled that the Federal Government in 2017 issued the ERGP as its overall strategy to drive the country’s economic development. The report indicated that the economic plans are targeted at delivering key government services to the citizens in the areas of safety net, agriculture, energy, transport, enterprises development, strengthen macro fiscal environment and developing local…

Nigerian international music superstar, Wizkid, has been announced as the headline act for this year’s BBC Radio 1Xtra Live music event scheduled to hold on October 5 at Arena Birmingham. BBC announced the name of the Nigerian singer alongside other international acts such as  French Montana, Ms Banks, Aitch and DaniLeigh. Other performing at the event include Headie One, Miraa May, Stylo G, and Lil Tecca. 1Xtra’s DJ Target says: “1Xtra Live is our flagship night where we really get to let our hair down and showcase some of the creams of artists we love and support on the network.…

Miss Payal Jangid, 16, from India was honoured for her commitment towards advocating for education and abolition of child marriage after refusing to marry at the age of 12. Jangid was presented with the Change Maker award by the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Mrs Amina Mohammed at the 2019 Global Goals Award organised by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in New York. Miss Aya Chebbi, 28, from Tunisia also received the Campaign Award for her work on youth empowerment throughout Africa. Also Mr Gregory Rockson, the founder of mPharma, who is from Ghana, received the Progress Award for his…

It is no news that Tacha is the most controversial housemate in the ongoing Big Brother Naija show at the moment. As always, she has given fans something to talk about after a video of her saying she prefers married men over single guys was shared online. Tacha Tacha, who was a regular Nigerian social media savvy girl before the Big Brother Naija house had taken to her social media page in 2018, to reveal why she prefers dating married men to single guys. READ: Davido to appear in Hollywood movie ‘Coming to America 2’ According to her, married men…

A meeting of the Federal Executive Council has started in Abuja with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo presiding over proceedings. The meeting began around 11.02am at the State House, Abuja. In attendance is the Secretary to the State Government, Boss Mustapha and the head of the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Folasade Yemi-Esan, Ministers of parastatals and some heads of agencies. READ: Davido to appear in Hollywood movie ‘Coming to America 2’ President Muhammadu Buhari is out of the country to the United States, where he is attending the 74th Session of the United Nations…

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has tasked China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), contractors handling the Lagos-Ibadan Rail project to quickly complete the project. Amaechi  at the inspecting the new Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge railway line project told the Chinese company that they had no reason to delay the project because they had all they needed for the project.  He inspected the project in company of  the Minister of State for Transportation, Gbemisola Saraki, Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation, Fidet Okhiria and Chairman, Board of Directors, NRC, Malam Ibrahim Al-Hassan-Musa, among others. Amaechi began the inspection at Costain in Lagos State where…

Nigerian music superstar, David Adeleke, better known as Davido will be making his debut appearance in upcoming Hollywood movie, Coming to America 2 surfaced. According to popular Ghanaian/Liberian actor and comedian, Michael Blackson, Davido is expected to appear in a performance scene in the movie. The movie is the sequel to the 1998 blockbuster comedy film. Blackson revealed this in a tweet on his Twitter page: The tweet reads: “Davido told me he has a performance scene in the movie Coming To America 2. Congrats homie.” READ: Labour, govt to meet on new minimum wage Coming 2 America is an…

Labour leaders and Federal Government officials will meet between tomorrow and Friday to unlock the stalemate over the payment of the N30,000 minimum wage. Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige said the government had commenced payment of the new wage from Levels 1 to 6 workers. But Labour leaders accused the government of insincerity. A source described the payments of the new wage to junior workers as “divide and rule tactics”. The President of Trade Union Congress (TUC), Quadri Olaleye, chided the Federal Government for insincerity, adding that its representatives in the negotiation had not shifted ground. Olaleye said:…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday submitted the 2020 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) to the Senate. This followed Buhari’s letter to the Senate which was read at plenary by the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan. Nigeria News