Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Actress, Sofia Vergara ordered to pay her ex-fiancé, Nicholas Loeb, $80,000 amid frozen embryo battle
Hollywood actress, Sofia Vergara has been ordered to pay her ex-fiancé, Nicholas Loeb, nearly $80,000 in relation to the former couple's ongoing frozen embryo battle. The Modern Family actress is involved in a legal row with her ex Loeb, who previously sought to obtain full custody of two pre-embryos they created together through IVF.
N4 billion 'non-existent' projects under transport agency busted by National Assembly
Some 'non-existent' projects worth N4 billion in the 2020 budget proposal by the National Inland Waterways Agency (NIWA) has been busted by a joint session of the House of Representatives Committee on Inland Waterways, Land Transport, Ports and Harbours, and Marine Safety and Education, and the Senate Committee on Marine Transport.
The amount was budgeted for the acquisition of vessels and barges as well as procurement of dredgers and other equipment, but it was learnt that N2.2 billion was appropriated for the projects in 2018, with an additional N1 billion appropriated for same project in 2019.