November 19, 2020

We Are Not Aware Of The Sale Of Government Assets – Senate

November 19, 2020 4:47 am

The Senate has disclosed that they are not aware of any plan to sell any national asset. The Chairman of the committee, Theodore Orji, disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday, complaining that the relationship between the panel and the BPE has not been cozy. The lawmaker said the BPE boss ‘has refused to carry members of the panel along’.

On 2021 budget funding, the Senate committee on privatisation said the chamber is not aware of any planned agreement by the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) to sell or concession some national properties to help fund the 2021 budget. President Muhammadu …

NANS To Shut Down Private Universities If Strike Continues

NANS Condemns FGN’s Plan To Borrow $750m From World Bank

November 19, 2020 4:21 am

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has condemned the Federal Government for planning to borrow the sum of $750m from the World Bank according to a statement released by the organisation. The association also expressed displeasure with the continued strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Friday announced that the Federal Government is in the process of accessing a $750m World Bank loan for states. She said the facility would boost the local economy in the various states. She also said that the Federal Government is …

Israel Strikes Iranian Base In Syria, Killing 3

November 19, 2020 4:08 am

Israel said it launched air strikes against a number of Syrian army and Iranian Quds Force targets in Syria on Wednesday after explosive devices were planted in the Israeli-held Golan Heights Reuters has reported. Three military personnel were killed and one was wounded in ‘Israeli aggression’, the Syrian state news agency said.

According to Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Conricus, an Israeli military spokesman, eight targets in areas stretching from the Syrian-controlled side of the Golan Heights to the Damascus periphery were attacked. They included an Iranian headquarters at Damascus international airport, a ‘secret military site’ that served as a ‘hosting facility for …