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…slashes original budget to N176.61B from N215.82B By Femi Bolaji – Jalingo The sum of N22,231,687,513 has been allocated by Taraba state government to combat COVID-19 from its budget. The sum was included in the Taraba state’s reviewed budget of 2020 which currently stands at N176,616,318,475. The state Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Solomon Elisha,
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Chioma Obinna As the world continues to battle the outbreak of COVID-19, a family planning expert has called for actions to sustain progress made in sexual and reproductive health as well as the need to check unintended pregnancies, reduce maternal deaths, and population explosion. Speaking during a webinar on the 2020 World Population Day with
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By Babajide Komolafe The Naira depreciated further to N473 per dollar in early morning trades in the Lagos segment of the parallel market, according to naijabdcs.com platform of the Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON). This represents 50 kobo loss when compared to the closing rate of N472 per dollar yesterday. Cumulatively,
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By Babajide Komolafe Net foreign exchange inflow into the economy rose sharply by 118 per cent, year-on-year, YoY, to $20.5 billion in the first two months (January and February) of 2020 from $9.41 billion in the corresponding period of 2019. The CBN disclosed this in its monthly economic report for January and February 2020 released
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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The Presidency at the weekend explained the reason behind the upward review of the 2020 budget, saying it was premised on the need to tailor funds to address critical infrastructure gap and the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari, Friday, signed the Appropriation
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ABUJA- PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed into law, the revised N10.8 trillion budget for the year 2020 passed by the National Assembly in June.
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President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday sign into law the revised 2020 budget passed by the National Assembly in June. The Personal Assistant on New Media to the President, Bashir Ahmad, confirmed this on his tweeter handle in Abuja on Thursday. The two chambers of the National Assembly, Senate and House of Representatives, had on
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By Benedict Hart Law enforcement is not just a public trust but a sacred duty. The fundamental responsibilities of law officers are to protect lives and property and to ensure that laws are enforced. In carrying out their charge, the public expects them to be impartial, fair, and responsible. This of course requires adherence to the
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By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt Rivers State Government has slashed its 2020 budget size by nearly half, 48% from N530,813,357,619.00 Billion to 300,370,071,183.00 Billion. The state has also announced a free bus service for commuters in Port Harcourt and environs from Monday, June 1, 2020, through the coronavirus pandemic just as the dead can
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Alphabet shares surged after first-quarter results and upbeat executive comments showed the company’s cloud and YouTube businesses kept growing in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Sales came in at US$33.71-billion, up 14% from a year ago and ahead of Wall Street estimates. YouTube revenue jumped 33.5%, while Google Cloud’s top line soared 52%. ALSO
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