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Brushing aside all calls for caution, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is seeking the approval of the National Assembly for yet another N819.54 billion domestic loan. Ostensibly, the supplementary budget he presented to justify the request is anchored on fixing the infrastructure destroyed by floods across the country. Buhari has taken too many loans; with only five months left for him to relinquish power, lawmakers should stop rubber-stamping his requests and plunging the country further into the debt trap. In the letter attached to the supplementary budget read to senators by the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan,…

Music stars Wizkid and Asake recently met each other for the first time and the moment was captured on camera. A video making the rounds online showed the two singers sharing handshakes and brotherly hugs as they linked up backstage. Social media users had mixed reactions to the video with some people teasingly noting that Asake should have been more respectful. Asake Concert: Three critically hurt – Brixton 02 Academy Fans of Nigerian music stars Wizkid and Asake are more than delighted after the two finally met for the first time. A video that captured the beautiful moment between the…

Chimaroke Nnamani, a former governor of Enugu State has claimed the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to would emerge as Nigeria’s next president. Nnamani, who represents Enugu-East in the Senate, insisted that Tinubu would be elected president on February 25 next year. His views were shared by some members of the Asiwaju Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) who visited his country home in Agbani in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State on Monday. The members included former Senate President, Ken Nnamani; APC PCC spokesman in the Southeast, Josef Onoh; Onyemuche Nnamani, and A. C. Udeh.…

Hope on salary increase for workers in 2023 – FGPlans are underway for an upward review of salary structures for civil servants by the Federal Government, Labour and Employment Minister Dr. Chris Ngige hinted yesterday. He said the government was already reviewing the civil and public servants’ salary structures and will soon make a pronouncement on salary increase to cushion the effect of rising inflation. The minister, who spoke with State House reporters after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, appraised the outgoing year and described 2022 as a year of industrial disputes. He used…

A Minsk court sentenced in absentia former Olympic swimmer Aliaksandra Herasimenia and political activist Alexander Opeykin to 12 years in prison for calling for sanctions and actions aimed at harming the national security of Belarus. “They were found guilty of public calls to commit actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of Belarus, including the use of restrictive measures (sanctions) against Belarus, individuals and legal entities of the republic,” the state news BelTA agency reported on Monday. “Such actions entailed grave consequences.” Belarus has been shunned by the United Nations and many countries for an ongoing crackdown on…

Road Safety Corps has confirmed seven persons dead and 29 injured in an incident that occurred during the annual Calabar Carnival on Tuesday. The Sector Commander of the Corps, Maikano Hassan, confirmed the number of casualties to the News Agency of Nigeria. He said that the incident occurred in front of the Jumat Mosque in Bogobiri in the capital city of Cross River during the Bikers Carnival activity of the carnival. Hassan listed the number of injured to include 21 male adults, three women, two male children and three female children. He said that the injured were rushed to the…

The death toll in the New York city of Buffalo has risen to 28, with thousands still without power amid a monster winter storm that has battered North America. Across the US, at least 62 people have been confirmed dead across nine states. In Buffalo, a state official said that military police are being brought in to help manage traffic in the city, where a driving ban remains in place. Looting has been reported in parts of the city during the emergency. Officials have said conditions are improving, with very little snowfall on Tuesday and slightly warmer weather on the…

Labour Party (LP) chieftain, Doyin Okupe insists presidential candidate, Peter Obi, will win the 2023 election. The politician made an analysis on Tuesday in response to ThisDay Election Centre Projections. Okupe said the projections were “false, bogus and do not represent the actual situation on ground across the nation”. The former presidential aide declared that they were “essentially aimed at misinforming the public”. Okupe said the calculations ignored many important electoral parameters that have operated in Nigeria’s polity for over six decades. Peter Obi and his ObiDients are Hitler in the making – Soludo “Without any doubt, PO will score…

Famous Nigerian Afrobeats musician, David Adeleke, professionally known by his stage name Davido, has unfollowed actress Eniola Badmus. Prior to his son’s death in october, the duo had been best of friends over the years. It now seems like the once envied friendship between the singer and the actress has come to an abrupt end as he unfollowed her on Instagram. Davido blamed for Ifeanyi’s death, Reggie Rockstone reacts Recall that Eniola Badmus made headlines for announcing Ifeanyi Adeleke’s death and reportedly exploiting the toddler’s death for monetary gains. After a check conducted on Davido’s Instagram page, it was noticed…

The Serbian army says it is at its “highest level of combat readiness” after weeks of escalating tensions between her state and Kosovo. President Aleksandar Vucic says he will “take all measures to protect our people and preserve the state”. The sabre-rattling is louder than ever and follows media claims that Pristina is preparing “an attack” on ethnic Serb areas in north Kosovo. The government in Pristina has made no comment about the allegations. But it has previously accused Mr Vucic of playing “games” to stir up trouble. The European Union has been attempting to mediate. Switzerland comeback to win…