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Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday urged the executive arm of government to work on the estimates for the 2021 budget to ensure its timely presentation to the National Assembly by the end of September this year. Lawan stated this in his remarks after referring President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2021 – 2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper request to the Senate Committees on Finance; and National Planning for further legislative work. The Senate President while charging both Committees to engage the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning on the MTEF/FSP request, stressed the need for the panel…

Chelsea are prepared to offer English keeper Dean Henderson £170,000 a week to try to tempt the 23-year-old, who is on loan at Sheffield United, to join them from Manchester United. (Manchester Evening News) Henderson will look to move out on loan again unless he gets assurances from Manchester United that he will have a serious chance of competing with Spain keeper David de Gea, 29, to be first choice. (Times – subscription required) Chelsea will also try to sign Barcelona and Germany keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen, 28, and are prepared to offer Spain international Kepa Arrizabalaga, 25, as part of any deal. (Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish)  Chelsea will make a formal…

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state on Wednesday has disclosed that he has tested positive for COVID-19. Fayemi who had tested negative from the virus in March although he said he was asymptomatic at the time and was in self isolation. In a tweet via his official Twitter account, he said, “I took my third Covid-19 test yesterday and it came back positive,” he tweeted signing the message with his initials, JKF. Fayemi’s impunity will destroy APC – Agbalajobi “I’m generally ok and I’m already self isolating at home and receiving the best of care from my medical team. “I’m…

A Federal high Court in Lagos has adjourned till 8 October 2020 for hearing, the preliminary objection filed by a limited liability company Unitech Drilling Company Limited against winding up petition filed against it by an oil and gas service provider, AOS Orwell Limited. In a petition filed before the court, AOS Orwell Limited alleged that Unitech Drilling Company engaged its services within the period of May to August 2019. AOS stated that it carried out and performed these services, thereafter issued its invoices both in US dollar and naira respectively, which were duly received by the respondent without any…

The Inspector General of Police has appointed new police commissioners for Ekiti, Ogun, Bayelsa and Cross River states. According to a statement by the police, the appointment of the new commissioners takes immediate effect. “The Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A. Adamu has ordered the posting of the following Commissioners of Police to States as follows: CP Mobayo Babatunde to Ekiti State and CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun to Ogun State. Others are CP Abdulkadir Jimoh to Cross River State and CP Okoli C. Michael to Bayelsa State. “The postings are with immediate effect,” the statement said. Seven police officers die…

Aston Villa’s players must prepare for a “cup final” after showing “courage” to secure a priceless 1-0 win over Arsenal and move out of the Premier League relegation zone with one game to go, says boss Dean Smith. Trezeguet beat Emiliano Martinez with a powerful first-time finish after Tyrone Mings had diverted a corner into the Egypt international’s path to lift Villa out of the bottom three for the first time since 28 February. Villa moved above managerless Watford, who had started the day 17th before a heavy 4-0 home defeat by Manchester City, on goal difference. The Midlanders’ second win in…

Former Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan has thanked his successor President Muhammadu Buhari for allowing him use the presidential jet on his peace mission to Mali. The former President thanked President Buhari for providing a Presidential jet for the mission, “thus making our trips convenient and comfortable,” and he equally expressed appreciation for the Itakpe-Warri railway complex named after him last weekend. “It was a big present for me. Thank you very much,” he said. Chronicle NG had reported that Jonathan was in a closed door meeting with Buhari at the State House on Tuesday. Today I received a comprehensive report…

The Senate on Tuesday moved to address the issue of out-of-school children by calling on the Federal Ministry of Education to intensify its sensitization and advocacy programmes; and engagement of traditional and religious scholars on the plight of Almajiris, and the need to enroll them into the universal basic education system. The call was contained in the recommendations of the report of the Senate Committee on Education (Basic and Secondary) on the need to integrate Almajiri Education in the Modern System of Education in Nigeria. Vice Chairman of the Committee, Senator Akon Eyakenyi (PDP – Akwa-Ibom South), in her presentation…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Buhari administration’s business reforms, through the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), is an opportunity to significantly boost local and foreign investments in the country. Prof. Osinbajo spoke today at a virtual meeting of the PEBEC to review the state of the reforms across a number of government agencies, noting that the Federal Government will continue to take the opportunity and ensure that more results are recorded. As a result of the work of PEBEC, the World Bank has praised the economic direction of the Buhari administration and ranked the country higher in its…

The Presidency has stated that the problem of insecurity in Southern Kaduna State is more complicated than many people are willing to admit. The Presidency notes that from available records, Southern Kaduna enjoys comprehensive security deployments, including the army, special forces of both the army and the air force, surveillance aircraft by the air force and mobile police units that are on the ground on a 24-hour basis to forestall criminality and keep the peace. “But unlike other parts of the country, the problem of Southern Kaduna is more complicated than many critics are ready to acknowledge and understand,” Shehu…