THE Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has directed the immediate suspension of the project consultant for the Ilesa Water Project, Mrs Tawa Williams over questionable handling of $106 million dollar loan for the project. The State Governor in a statement by His Spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed further ordered full scale probe of the entire project and disbursed loans especially as there is no progress on the project despite reported disbursement of N10 billion and another $28million on the project. The Governor equally suspends the project coordinator to allow for unhindered review of the loan administration while the…
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THE senate has passed a supplementary budget of N819 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. The development came after the senate extended the implementation of the 2022 budget till March 31, 2023. The national assembly had passed N17.12 trillion as the 2022 budget, but it was later revised to N17.31 trillion on Buhari’s request who cited the impacts of the Russia-Ukraine war on the country’s economy. The supplementary budget was passed on Wednesday after Jibrin Barau, chairman of the appropriation committee, presented a report during the plenary session. While presenting his report, Jibrin said the funds are meant to cushion…
– See List Below USERS of Apple’s old smartphone models, iPhone 5 and iPhone 5c, will not be able to use WhatsApp after December 31, 2022. The end of WhatsApp support will also affect 45 old models of Android devices, according to the instant message platform. The affected Android phones include several models of several Huawei, LG, and Samsung smartphones. WhatsApp said users of the phones will be sent an alert before it stops working. Explaining why it would have to end its support for the affected devices, WhatsApp said:“Devices and software change often, so we regularly review what operating…
BORUSSIA Dortmund forward, Karim Adeyemi is in Nigeria for the Christmas and New Year holiday. Adeyemi was sighted at the Olubadan Stadium in Ibadan on Boxing Day in company of his father. The 20-year-old was born to a Nigerian father and Romanian mother. The striker represented Germany at the U-16, U-17 and U-21 level. The former Red Bull Salzburg player has made four appearances for Germany’s senior national team with a goal to his name. He linked up with Bundesliga giants, Borussia Dortmund in the summer.
AIRPLANE ticket prices in Nigeria increased by 97.09% in a year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown. According to the Transport Fare Watch report released recently, Nigerians travelling by air paid an average of N73,267.57 for flight tickets in November 2022. This shows that the average price of single flight tickets increased by 0.09% from N73,198.65 in October 2022. However, when compared with the average price in November 2021 at N37,022.97, the difference is a whopping 97.09% increase in the price of airplane tickets, year-on-year. Highest and lowest ticket fares: The report went further to reveal that…
THE rift between Governor Nyesom Wike and Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the PDP, might give birth to a new dimension in January before the 2023 election. This is as Wike, who is leading 5 governors of the PDP on their call for justice and equity within the leadership of the party promised to announce his preferred presidential candidate in January. On this background, a member of the APC’s national working committee expressed confidence that Wike-led G5 governors will throw their weight behind Bola Tinubu, APC presidential candidate. Speaking on Sunday, a member of the national working committee of…
THE Federal Government is set to introduce 0.5 percent levy on imported goods to raise funds to meet its obligations to the African Development Bank (AfDB), the World Bank, and other multilateral organisations. This is contained in a document titled ‘Invitation to a One Day Public Hearing and Submission of Memoranda on the 2022 Finance Bill,’ released by the House of Representatives Committee on Finance. The new levy was introduced into the 2022 Finance Bill under Sector 13 for Customs, Excise, Tariff, etc. (Consolidation) Act. According to the document, the planned imported levy is part of the government’s efforts to checkmate…