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By Johannes Tobi Wojuola Scattered across the FCT are heaps of truck-filled sand, caterpillars and the evidence of their work: bridges and roads under construction, some finished, some still in progress. Residents of the FCT can testify to the abundance of construction sites that are reminiscent of the El-Rufai years. Drive here or there, alas, another diversion – Work In Progress, read the big signboards. This is the same scenario at hundreds of locations across the country. Though, it may seem antithetical knowing that the Buhari administration undertaking all of these, has had the least funds to work with for…

Kebbi State Government says it has released N51 million for the rehabilitation and provision of facilities at Vesico-Vaginal Fistula, VVF, centre in the state. At a dinner on Sunday at the Government House, Birnin Kebbi, Governor Abubakar Bagudu said it was in honour of the visiting members of the surgical team for VVF patients in the state. The Chief Press Secretary Kebbi State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Dakingeri, in a statement issued on Monday in Birnin Kebbi, said the Secretary to State Government, Alhaji Babale Yauri, represented the governor at the occasion ” The state government has approved the release of…

Liverpool assistant manager Zeljko Buvac will not be involved with the first team until the end of the season for personal reasons. The Reds are preparing for Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final second leg against Roma, having won last week’s first leg at Anfield 5-2. There were reports Buvac left Liverpool after a falling out with manager Jurgen Klopp. However, the Anfield club maintain Buvac remains a employee of the club. READ: Wenger decides next move, Guardiola to sign two players Liverpool consider the matter to be private and say his position at the club will not be affected by his…

Sajid Javid has been appointed as the new Home Secretary after the resignation of Amber Rudd. Javid is a former managing director at Deutsche Bank. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bromsgrove in Worcestershire since 2010. Javid previously served as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government from 2016 to 2018, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and President of the Board of Trade from 2015 to 2016. He also served as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 2014 to 2015, Minister for Equalities in 2014, Financial Secretary to the Treasury…

US border officials have told some 150 migrants, many travelling with children, that the Mexico-US border crossing near San Diego was already full. Dozens of migrants travelling in a caravan to seek asylum in the United States have now been stopped at the border. It was not immediately known whether the migrants from Central America would be allowed in later or turned back but the group appears to be staying put. President Donald Trump says the caravan is a threat to the safety of the US. The group has been a frequent target for the US president, who has argued…

A pro-APC youth group, Edo South Youth Coalition, ESYC, has insisted it will commence recall process against Senator Matthew Urhoghide for calling for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari. The coalition warned that the senator could only avert the recall if he recants his position. Urhoghide, PDP – EDO South, had on Thursday moved a motion for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari, but he had denied moving the motion. Instead, he explained on Saturday that he only explained at the plenary that Buhari committed an impeachable offence for spending money to buy jet fighters without necessary appropriation. The senator…

An Argentine woman Brenda Barattini accused of cutting off her boyfriend’s penis with gardening scissors said she was provoked because he showed his friends their homemade sex tape, according to reports. The 26-year-old Barattini, allegedly committed the revenge attack in the Nueva Cordoba area of the Argentine city of Cordoba last November, which left her 40-year-old boyfriend with 90 per cent of his penis chopped off, and in life-threatening condition. Barattini, who is serving imprisonment without bail ahead of her trial, said she suffered great psychological harm because of the leaked tape by her boyfriend Sergio Fernandez. “I cut his…

Chairman of the Joint Tax Board, JTB, Mr. Babatunde Fowler, yesterday, called on state governors to empower State Internal Revenue Services (SIRS) by making them autonomous. Fowler made the call at the 137th Meeting of the JTB in Ilorin, Wahab Gbadamosi, FIRS Director of Communications and Servicom said in a statement. Autonomy, Fowler said, is the key to professionalism and generation of more revenue. “The good work that you are doing is evident in the performance of the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service, KWIRS. “It is good enough for others to follow. We commend the work that KWIRS is doing…

Bournemouth are ready to rival Tottenham and Manchester United for the signing of Celtic and Scotland defender Kieran Tierney, 20. (Sun) Relegation-threatened West Brom face a fight to keep English defender Craig Dawson, with the 27-year-old wanted by Burnley, Wolves and West Ham. (Mirror) Departing Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will take “four or five weeks” before deciding on his next move. (London Evening Standard) Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola joked the Premier League champions could spend £1bn during the summer transfer window. (ESPN) Guardiola says Manchester City will not sign more than two players during the close season. (Manchester Evening…

Nigeria’s Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka wants the federal government of Nigeria to intensify efforts to end attacks and killings allegedly by herdsmen across the country. He said recurring cases of alleged criminal herdsmen unleashing terror on communities leaving in their trail tears and blood required lasting interventions. Soyinka said there are hundreds of herdsmen in the forest, urging the government to take more proactive steps. Soyinka acknowledged that a few armed herdsmen had been apprehended by security agencies but said that was not enough to put a stop to the mayhem by the criminals. He said there were so…