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Abuja, August 11, 2016 – Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has explained why President Muhammadu Buhari asked him to supervise three ministries. He gave the explanation at a town hall meeting for Good Governance, organised by the Alumni Association of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (AANI), Kuru. According to him the decision was mainly to save cost. “Now, about whether I can cope with three ministries or not, on one hand, we have spoken of the high cost of running government and in trying to mitigate or reduce that cost, Mr. President, in…
Rio, August 11, 2016 – In a rematch of the London 2012 Olympic Games Women’s Singles Final, reigning World Champion DING Ning avenged her London 2012 loss to take the Gold medal from the defending Champion LI Xiaoxia (CHN) to become the Olympic Champion. The duo met four years ago at the London 2012 Olympic Games Women’s Singles Final, with LI taking down DING 4-1 to win the Olympic Gold. On Wednesday at Riocentro Pavilion 3, where all the Olympic table tennis actions went on, both players pushed each other to the full limit in the final showdown, but this…
Nigeria, August 10, 2016 – The Lagos State Government has expressed its determination to continue to solidify its partnership with media organizations for the progress and development of the state. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde made the declaration while on courtesy visit to some media houses in the state to express the appreciation of the State Government to the organisations for their support and cooperation over the last one year of the Akinwunmi Ambode administration. He explained that the tour of media houses was meant to acknowledge the enormous support they have given to the administration in…
Abuja, August 11, 2016 – Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola on Tuesday highlighted the goals of the 2016 Budget expressing confidence that the implementation modalities adopted by the present administration would lead the economy out of the current recession. Fashola, who spoke, alongside eight of his colleagues in the Federal Executive Council, at the Town Hall Meeting/Policy Dialogue for Good Governance organized by the Alumni Association of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, said by reordering the expenditure focus of the budget, government has…
Abuja, August 10, 2016 – The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for subjecting itself to tax audit as a good responsible corporate citizen. Chairman of FIRS, Mr. Tunde Fowler gave this commendation when he received the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Kacalla Baru and his management team at the FIRS Revenue House in Abuja. Mr. Fowler thanked the NNPC for the cooperation it has extended to FIRS on tax matters over the years stressing that the two organizations are children of the same father committed to generating revenue for…
Abuja, August 10, 2016 – The Nigeria Women Football League, NWFL has sent packing three teams from the premier and pro cadre for breach of the rules and regulations governing the League. Ayo Abdulrahaman, Executive Secretary of the NWFL, told thenff.com on Wednesday that the Ad-hoc Committee governing the NWFL has already communicated this decision to the affected clubs. The clubs are Tokas Queens, Capital City Doves and State House Queens. While Tokas Queens and City Doves campaigned in the Premier League, State House Queens played in the pro league. In the letter intimating the Nigeria Football Federation of the…
Egypt, August 10, 2016 – The Confederation of African Football(CAF) has appointed Algerian Mehdi Abid Charef as referee for next month’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match between the Super Eagles and Tanzania’s Taifa Stars. Fellow Algerians Abdelhak Etchiali (first assistant), Ahmed Tamen (second assistant) and Mustapha Ghorbal (reserve referee) will accompany Charef to the encounter billed for the Adokiye Amiesiamaka Stadium, Port Harcourt on Saturday, 3rd September. The match commissioner is Mr. Inyangi Bokinda from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Also on the same weekend, top Nigerian official Paul Bassey will serve as match commissioner for the Cup…
Washington, August 10, 2016 – Operation Inherent Resolve’s fight against ISIL, OIR Commander, Army Lt. Gen. Sean McFarland today said the operation in Iraq has progressed so much that it his men have been able to take out an estimated 45, 000 ISIL fighters from the battlefield. Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland who spoke via Skype in his final Pentagon press briefing from Baghdad, shared his counter-ISIL campaign observations from the past 11 months while he was commander. MacFarland estimated that in the past 11 months, 25,000 enemy fighters have been killed, and when added to the 20,000 estimated killed prior…
Rio, August 10, 2016 – Reigning World Champion DING Ning has conquered all the major Women’s Singles titles in table tennis, and is just short of an Olympic title to complete her table tennis Grand Slam. Determined to make her way through to the Final for her chance at the Olympic Gold, the top seed ended DPR Korea’s KIM Song I’s Olympic singles run, beating the birthday girl 4-1 (11-5, 9-11, 11-6, 11-3, 11-9). DING stated “She was really hard to play with, getting all the balls back on the table. During the timeout, coach Kong told me to stay…
Abuja, August 10, 2016 – The Save Ijaw Nation Group(SING) has alleged that about 200 opposition supporters are still missing several months after the governorship election in Bayelsa State that forced 600 persons into the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Southern Ijaw. Secretary of the coalition, Mr. Olufemi Akindele made the revelation during a public presentation of a report entitled “Unreported Cases of Human Rights Abuses and 2015/2016 Bayelsa Governorship Election Violence to Amnesty International (AI) in Abuja. Representative of AI in United Kingdom, Mr. Attah Ikide said, “I have not gone through this report but if like he…
