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Sylva, NNPC GMD shun budget defence session with Reps
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva and the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari, shunned a budget defence session with the House of Representatives on…
Wisconsin State asks Trump to pay $9.7m as charges for a recount
President Donald Trump will have to pay $7.9 million if he wants a statewide recount of unofficial results in Wisconsin showing him losing to Democrat Joe Biden by about 20,500 votes.
That is four times higher than what the…
Bandits kill 12 persons in fresh attacks on Kaduna villages
Eleven persons were killed during an attack by bandits on Albasi village in Sabon Brinin in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Monday.
It was gathered that the bandits stormed the village in the afternoon and…
Aides of NASS members demand equal pay package with parliamentary staff
The National Assembly Legislative Aides Forum, the umbrella body of aides to members of the National Assembly, have asked for the same salary scale as staff of the National Assembly.
The legislative aides, in a statement, said…
Iraq hangs 21 ‘terrorism’ convicts
Iraq executed 21 men convicted of “terrorism” Monday at the notorious Nasiriyah prison in the country’s south, medical and police sources said.
The Iraqi men from various provinces had all been convicted under a 2005…
COVID-19: China suspends food importation from 20 countries
The Chinese customs has suspended the import of products of 99 cold-chain food manufacturers from 20 countries that reported cluster COVID-19 infections among employees, according to the General Administration of Customs.
The Chinese…
Reps summon CBN Governor, NNPC Boss over unremitted $19.25bn
Following the alleged non-remittance of a whooping N3.24tn revenue that accrued from sales of crude oil in 2014, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari; and the Governor of the…
Senate asks Auditor General to probe NNPC, NPA, others
The Acting Auditor General of the Federation, Adolphus Aghughu has been challenged to focus more on the financial transactions of big revenue agencies instead of concentrating only on smaller agencies.
Some of the agencies…
Just in: Reps in closed-door meeting with Service Chiefs
Worried by the worsening security situation in the country, the leadership of the House of Representatives has gone into closed meeting with heads of security agencies in the country.
Deputy Speaker, Ahmed Speaker, Ahmed Wase…
Trials show new COVID-19 vaccine 94.5% effective says Moderna
US biotech firm Moderna on Monday announced its experimental vaccine against Covid-19 was almost 95 percent effective, marking a second major breakthrough in the quest to end the pandemic.
Moderna released early results from a…