National Assembly to increase budget by $1.3bn to help fund Covid-19 vaccination programme

 

NIGERIAN lawmakers are to add N500bn ($1.3bn) to next year's budget to help cover unanticipated costs before passing the 2021 Appropriation Bill in the National Assembly today.

 

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Aisha Buhari's aide denies she fled for her life saying she only went abroad for medical treatment

 

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's wife Aisha has debunked claims that she fled to Dubai amid concerns for her security in Aso Rock pointing out that she only travelled to the United Arab Emirates to get medical treatment.

 

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Sheffield United prepared to bring Nigerian striker Josh Maja to England in January

ENGLISH Premier league side Sheffield United are lining up a bid of between €6m and €7m for Nigerian striker Josh Maja with a view towards prising him away from French side Bordeaux during the forthcoming January transfer window.

 

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I cannot see anything other than a radical public works programme soaking up Nigeria's 22m unemployed youths

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[1] Nigeria currently has about 21.7m unemployed people, 10.5m out-of-school children, about 3m internal refugees and 90m people living below the UN acknowledged poverty of surviving on less than $2 a day. With the economic shutdown precipitated by the Covid-19 pandemic, things can only get worse during the course of 2021

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Nigeria told she needs to buy 218m doses of Covid-19 vaccine at a cost of $1.4bn

NIGERIA has been told she needs to set aside N540.4bn ($1.4bn) to purchase 218.m doses of the new coronavirus vaccine next month if the nation wants to combat the growing second wave of the pandemic currently sweeping across the globe.

 

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10 animal sanctuaries Nigerian state governors need to create in a desperate bid to make Nigeria a tourist destination attracting hard currency

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(1) Eagles - Kwara
(2) Leopards - Osun
(3) Giraffes - Katsina
(4) Gorillas - Cross River
(5) Hippopotamus - Rivers
(6) Lions - Taraba
(7) Hyenas - Adamawa
(8) Zebras - Borno
(9) Elephants - Yobe
(10) Camels - Sokoto

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Buhari says Karanka schoolboys were kidnapped to embarrass him during his visit to Daura

 

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has claimed that the recent abduction of 344 pupils from Government Science Secondary School in Karanka in Katsina State was designed to embarrass him and his administration.

 

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Sanwoolu bans all Christmas parties and carnivals across Lagos State as Covid-19 second wave looms

GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwoolu has banned all forms of parties and carnivals across Lagos State over the Christmas festive period as part of a major preventative measure to combat the resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic.

 

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10 groups of Nigerian service providers who need to form cooperatives and open factories to start manufacturing their products

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[1] Okada riders
[2] Fabric retailers
[3] Cocoa farmers
[4] Automobile spare parts traders
[5] Luxurious bus companies
[6] Fishermen who use trawlers
[7] Generator distributors
[8] Livestock herdsmen who use animal feed
[9] Major microphone users like churches and mosques
[10] Food crop farmers who use fertilisers

Why is this compulsory?

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Nigeria to host single African market summit next year as continent strives to combat poverty

NIGERIA intends to host the World Summit for a Single Market in Africa in March next year as part of a renewed drive towards consolidating the continent's disparate economies and forging a stronger entity that can compete on the global market.

 

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