Speaker challenges Ambode over N800m running cost LAGOS—GOVERNOR Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, yesterday, presented the much awaited proposed 2019 Appropriation Bill of N852.317 billion before members of the state House of Assembly for consideration and passage, putting to rest the face-off between the executive and the legislature over the matter. The N852.317 billion budget was N193.683 billion less than the 2018 budget of N1.04 Trillion. There had been claims and counter claims between the two arms of government over alleged over the budget. Elections countdown: Oki’s Lagos APC group…
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Prince Philip, 97, escapes unhurt from car crash
Queen Elizabeth’s husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, 97, escaped uninjured from a car crash while driving on Thursday near the Sandringham estate in eastern England, Buckingham Palace said. Police said two people in a car that collided with the prince’s had been treated for minor injuries. Pictures from the scene showed a Range Rover overturned on the side of the road. The accident occurred when Philip had been pulling out of a driveway onto a main road, the BBC reported. It quoted a witness as saying the Duke…
Read MoreWoman accused of skipping manicure bill and running over owner is arrested
A woman accused of running over and killing a Las Vegas-area nail salon owner who’d been chasing her over an unpaid bill has been arrested in Arizona, police say. Krystal Whipple, 21, was arrested by an FBI task force Friday in Glendale, Arizona, after a roughly two-week investigation, Las Vegas police said. The arrest comes days after police released surveillance video showing a car run over the salon owner last month in the business’s parking lot in the Las Vegas Valley. Police say Whipple got a manicure at Crystal Nails…
Read MoreCorbyn ‘DID say stupid woman’: Lip-readers agree on what the Labour leader mouthed to Theresa May
Jeremy Corbyn was yesterday accused of lying to Parliament after he denied calling Theresa May a ‘stupid woman’ in the Commons. Lip-readers said the Labour leader muttered ‘stupid woman’ during a televised exchange with the Prime Minister. Mr Corbyn claimed he had said ‘stupid people’ and refused to apologise. Almost every lip reader consulted by politicians and journalists this afternoon agrees that Jeremy Corbyn called Theresa May a ‘stupid woman’ under his breath at PMQs. Experts said the shape formed by the lips for the letter ‘W’ was impossible to…
Read MorePassengers at London Gatwick face days of delays after drones stop flights
Tens of thousands of passengers at one of the UK’s busiest airports are experiencing flight disruption after drones were seen over the airfield. Gatwick’s runway remains closed after two of the devices were seen nearby. Flights are unable to take off or land and Gatwick said 110,000 passengers on 760 flights were due to use the airport on Thursday. Police were still hunting for the drone operator after another device was reported just before 07:00 GMT. A spokesman for Sussex Police said: “There is absolutely nothing to suggest that this…
Read MoreDele Alli: Police investigate after Tottenham player hit on head by bottle at Arsenal
Police are investigating an incident that saw Tottenham’s Dele Alli struck on the head by a plastic bottle during their 2-0 win at Arsenal on Wednesday. The bottle was thrown from the crowd at Emirates Stadium during the Carabao Cup quarter-final. England midfielder Alli, 22, was hit near the touchline as Arsenal prepared to take a throw-in in the 73rd minute. The Metropolitan Police says it is working with Arsenal to try to identify the person responsible. Arsenal have told BBC Sport they are examining CCTV to find the person…
Read MoreThe Gospel Artiste Seun Oke De Marves Reveals His First Album Concert Panorama.
The multi-award winning music producer, songwriter, singer, vocalist, a special anointed international worship leader, exceptional keyboard player Seun Oke has break the record by realising his First Album titled “Music Rhapsody after long awaiting production. The event took place on Saturday 8th December 2018 at Golden Palace Banqueting Suite, London. Many Gospel Singers, Afro Pop and Jazz musical genius storms the venue to entertain the audience as Seun Oke blow the trumpet so high, the cloud stand still for the birth of the new born gospel artiste. A compilation of…
Read MoreJ-Elegance Foundation launches lifelong projects to tackle poverty among less disadvantage families.
Saturday 1st December 2018 marks the laudable pet projects embarked on by Pastor Joyce Osayande to reduce poverty among less disadvantage children who do not receive the right help at early years. The event was held at Vibe Becontree Avenue, Dagenham London. Pastor Joyce has consistently displayed a strong desire to make a positive impact in the community. Her passion for working with young people has led her to skill acquisition programme which is vital in the wake of knife killings. Pastor charitable work has earned her several multi-national awards….
Read MoreSierra Leone: President Julius Bio Address National on corruption
His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio in commemoration of International Anti-Corruption Day, 9th December, 2018 Corruption in all its forms has a cost and it has real human victims when critical infrastructure like hospitals and schools are not built and when citizens are denied their rights and equitable access to service delivery. Credible foreign and local investors whose investments create good-paying jobs for citizens avoid corrupt countries. Corruption also stalls economic development, compromises ethical conduct and national values, and violates the fundamental rights of citizens. Above all, corruption undermines democratic…
Read MoreBuhari Eulogises Swiss Govt for Returning Nigeria’s Looted Funds
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed the gratitude of the federal government to the government and people of Switzerland for the returning stolen Nigerian funds, which he said would help in resuscitating the country’s economy. Acknowledging the gesture when receiving Letters of Credence from the Ambassador of Switzerland to Nigeria, Mr. George Steiner, at the Presidential Villa, the Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu, in a press statement said, President Buhari described the return of the stolen funds and interventions in the crisis in…
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