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President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday travel to the United Kingdom, UK. A statement by Buhari’s Media Aide, Femi Adesina disclosed that the President will be traveling to UK on a private visit. The statement forwarded to DAILY POST said Buhari will proceed to UK after his visit to Maiduguri, Borno State. “Further to the official visit by President Muhammadu Buhari to Lagos Wednesday where he commissioned a number of projects executed by the State…

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Shamshuna Ahmed, has disclosed that Nigeria’s borrowing still stands at 19 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and low compared to what Ghana, Brazil, South Africa, Egypt and Angola have borrowed. The Minister made the statement while clarifying on the true position of affairs surrounding the alleged plan to remove fuel subsidy, which she maintained was not on the front burner at the moment. Mrs. Ahmed stressed…

The Peoples Democratic Party, Coalition of United Political Parties, and The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership have expressed opposition to a proposal by the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, to establish a private university to be known as Muhammadu Buhari University. The groups described the proposed university as misplaced. Aisha had, during a town hall meeting in Yola, Adamawa State organised by her in collaboration with Concerned Indigenes of Adamawa, disclosed her plan…

Three men from Pennsylvania have been jailed for decades for having sex with nine female horses, a cow, a goat, and dogs. The men, Matthew Brubaker, 31, Terry Wallace, 41, and Marc Measnikoff, 34, were all sentenced to 20 to 41 years in prison on Monday after regularly abusing at least 12 animals for years. According to Clearfield County District Attorney’s Office, the discovery was made after police were called to a remote “makeshift farm” where the men…

GHANA IS reportedly losing $290 million annually in the fight against poor sanitation across the country. Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, made this known to journalists on Tuesday in Accra, while citing a study done by the Water and Sanitation Programme of the World Bank. The study, she says, found that the amount is equivalent to $12 per person per year in Ghana which translates to 1.6 percent of the national…

Kenyans will soon start receiving payment from government for their old computer, phones and other electronic items gathering dust in their homes. The draft National E-waste Management Strategy 2019 proposes cash incentives for consumers as well as tax exemptions for companies that help collect and manage the waste. In a report by The Standard, the government will require each of the 47 counties to have at least ten centres for collecting the waste and also…

The government has provided Shs2b for apprenticeship under the Green Jobs programme under the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. The money is reflected in the ministry’s approved budget proposals for the financial year 2019/20 and will be rolled out for the year starting July 1. The programme is aimed at creation of decent jobs, enhancement of labour productivity and reduction of poverty. The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Ms Janat Mukwaya,…

A CCTV footage of a suicide bomber entering a church before the Sri Lanka Easter Bombing occurred, has been released days after the attack. The CCTV footage was that of the suicide bomber who killed entering St Sebastian’s church in Negombo. The footage was broadcast widely on Sri Lankan news channels. The Easter Sunday attacks that killed more than 320 people in Sri Lanka were a response to the mass shooting at a mosque in…

Nigeria’s number one man, President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the new Minimum Wage Bill, it has been revealed. According to Daily Trust, it has been reliably gathered that President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the National Minimum Wage. Sources in the State House told Daily Trust that the president assented to the bill today. Presidential adviser on National Assembly (Senate), Sen Ita Enang is being expected to brief the State House Correspondents on the development….

Russia has dismissed new American sanctions imposed on Venezuela and Cuba this week, vowing to stand by the embattled regime headed by President Nicolas Maduro. The RIA news agency quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov Thursday as saying the new sanctions—announced by National Security Adviser John Bolton on Wednesday—were illegal, Reuters reported. Ryabkov added that the Kremlin plans to do everything to support its allies in Caracas and Havana, despite continued American efforts to undermine…