UPDATED: Reps pass 2021 budget, raise estimates by N500bn

The House of Representatives has passed the 2021 Appropriation Bill, raising the total estimates from the proposed N13.08tn to N13,588,027,886,175, an increase of over N500bn. The passage followed the consideration…

UPDATED: Reps pass 2021 budget, raise estimates by N500bn

The House of Representatives has passed the 2021 Appropriation Bill, raising the total estimates from the proposed N13.08tn to N13,588,027,886,175, an increase of over N500bn. The passage followed the consideration…

BREAKING: 38 inmates escape from police custody in Enugu

There is tension in Enugu State on Monday after over 38 criminals reportedly escaped from police custody. UGAMATV gathered that the inmates were remanded in the custody of the State…

NIN: Large crowds gather at NIMC offices in Lagos, flout COVID-19 protocol

Large crowds gathered at the offices of the National Identity Management Commission in Lagos on Monday in a bid to register and obtain the National Identity Number. The development comes…

Alleged coup: Russia, Rwanda deploy troops in Central African Republic

The Central African Republic said Monday that Russia and Rwanda had sent hundreds of troops after an alleged coup bid ahead of this week’s presidential and parliamentary polls. “Russia has…

How police killed my brother, man tells Gombe panel

A resident of Gombe State, Abubakar Muhammad, has narrated the ordeal of his late brother, Aliyu Muhammad, at the Kumo Divisional Police Station, Gombe, which resulted in his death. Muhammad…

Buhari should liberalise, revive privatisation, PPP

THE rollout by the Bureau of Public Enterprises of a timeline of activities to manage federal Public-Private Partnership projects serves as a reminder of the despairingly long pause in the…

Command nabs two during Lagos traffic robbery

Two suspected members of a cult, Awawa Boys, have been arrested by men of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly terrorising residents in the…

Pastor arraigned for alleged defilement of five-year-old Ebonyi pupil

The Ebonyi State Police Command on Friday arraigned a 45-year-old man, Christopher Ebenyi, for allegedly defiling a five-year-old pupil in Ebonyi State. The defendant was said to have gone to…

Insecurity: Edo APC demands Obaseki’s resignation

The Edo State Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Col David Imuse (retd.), has called for the “immediate resignation” of Governor Godwin Obaseki, over his failure to protect…