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Nigerian athletes PATIENCE OKON-GEORGE and CHIOMA ONYEKWERRE have been confirmed by World Athletics to compete at the delayed 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.World Athletics released the details of all qualified athletes at midnight following the expiration of the deadline for qualification.                          OKON-GEORGE and ONYEKWERRE made the cut via their world ranking in their respective eve...

The Federal Government has said it spends about 30 billion naira to subsidize electricity every month in Nigeria.The government stated this in a document on the progress and overview of Nigeria’s power sector.It disclosed that the government’s subsidy on electricity had been reduced by 20 billion naira monthly following improvements in the collection of power tariffs by distribution companies.In February this year, the Minister...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, FEMI GBAJABIAMILA says that the House will work to pass the Electoral Act amendment bill and the Petroleum Industry Bill before it embarks on its summer vacation by the middle of July.In his brief remark on resumption of plenary after two weeks break, he said the two legislations were very important to the House hence the need to pass them before the vacation.He said even though the period was very tight for the ...

The House of Representatives has received a request for the consideration of the 2021 supplementary budget from President MUHAMMADU BUHARI.The President is requesting the sum of 895.8 billion naira to supplement the 2021 budget.The proposed supplementary budget is intended to be used to equip the military, fund Covid-19 vaccination programs and the management of HIV.The Senate last week considered the president’s request and passed t...

Oyo State Governor SEYI MAKINDE has announced the dissolution of the state’s Executive Council.The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, TAIWO ADISA, in a statement said that Governor MAKINDE announced the dissolution of the Executive Council after a meeting which lasted about five hours.Those affected include the Chief of Staff to the Governor and 17 Commissioners, while the Secretary to the State Government, the Head of Service, and the Director-Ge...

South Africa’s former President JACOB ZUMA has been sentenced to 15 months in jail for contempt of court following his refusal to appear before an inquiry.A judge at the Constitutional Court, Justice SISI KHAMPEPE said that the sentencing of the former President would send a clear message that the rule of law and the administration of justice prevails.She also ordered that JACOB ZUMA hand himself over within the space of 5 days.79-ye...

Residents living in flood-prone and wetland areas have been urged to make provision for temporary relocation so as to avoid the severe impact of the flash flooding expected between July 8 and July 15.The special adviser to the Ogun state governor on Environment, OLA ORESANYA in a statement, said a high intensity rainfall is being expected in September 2021 that will result into river flood and a rise in the water level as a result of the likely release of water from Oyan Dam...

The Federal Government has approved the extension of the deadline for NIN-SIM linkage exercise to July 26.This was announced in a statement jointly signed by the spokespersons of the Nigerian Communications Commission and the Nigeria Identity Management Commission.The agencies disclosed that at least 57.3 million Nigerians have enrolled for the NIN, with an average of three to four SIM cards per NIN.A total of 5,410 enrollment systems have...

Chaos broke out yesterday in some parts of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital when Secondary School Students of two public schools engaged in a violent fight over the death of two of their colleagues.The incident, involved students of the Baptist Boys High School who invaded the Ilugun High School, to avenge the death of their colleagues who were allegedly stabbed to death in the previous week.The invasion grounded academic activities in the school, as teache...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced the online continuous voter registration exercise.With the online exercise, new voters can pre-register while those who have registered in the past can access the platform to review their voter registration status.The new voters are required to fill the forms on the portal with their bio data and required documents, after which they are expected to visit an INEC office from July 19 to comple...