Buhari Signs N982.72bn Supplementary Budget For Security, COVID-19

   

   President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the 2021 Supplementary Appropriation Bill submitted to the National Assembly in June.

   Mr Umar El-Yakub, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, disclosed this to State House correspondents after a meeting with the President on Monday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The 2021 Supplementary Appropriation Act, which is targeted at the provision of military hardware and COVID-19 vaccines, comes into effect from July 26.

Ogun LG Polls: APC Wins 20 LGAs

 

     Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission has declared all the candidates of the All Progressives Congress in Saturday’s chairmanship election held in 20 local government areas in the state winners.

   The Chairman of the OGSIEC, Babatunde Osibodu stated this on Sunday while releasing the results at the commission’s head office in Abeokuta. Osibodu added that the total number of votes cast in the chairmanship elections in the 20 local government areas in the state was 396, 641.

2face, Blackface reunite, perform at Sound Sultan Memorial

 

    2face, Blackface and Faze were members of a music group ‘Plantashion Boiz’ before their split, and even after their split, Blackface repeatedly accused 2baba of stealing his song, African Queen.

Trial of alleged killer Of Akwa Ibom jobseeker, Iniubong Umoren, begins on Monday

   

    The trial of Uduak Frank Akpan, the alleged murderer of Akwa Ibom job seeker, Iniubong Ephraim Umoren, will begin at the Akwa Ibom state Hogh Court 6 in Uyo on Monday, July 26.

   In a statement released by the media unit of by Effiong Edet, the information officer in the ministry of the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Justice, said the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Uko Essien Udom (SAN), will be the lead counsel for the prosecution team. Recall that Iniubong Umoren, a fresh graduate of the Department of Philosophy, University of Uyo was lured and killed after she set out to look for a job but did not return.

Federal Government Extends Deadline For NIN-SIM Linkage 6th Time Till Oct 31

   

The Federal Government has again approved the extension of the deadline for NIN-SIM data verification to October 31, the sixth extension since December last year.

I Was An Okada Rider, Says BBNaija Housemate 'White Money'

 

 Big Brother Naija, season 6 housemate, White Money, says he was an okada rider, a commercial motorcyclist. White Money disclosed this during an interactive session with other housemates on Sunday. “I’ve done many things, I ride Okada tire. I do my barbing during the day and ride Okada at night.”

Three arrested for robbing a provision shop in Ogun

 

 Men of the Ogun state police command have arrested three armed robbery suspects who invaded a provision shop and dispossessed the owner of a huge sum of money.