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Amotekun: APC Govs Reach Consensus On Community Policing

January 25, 2020 7:14 am
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, are reaching consensus regarding the best strategy for tackling insecurity in their respective states.

Many of the Governors are also settling for “Community Policing”, according Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State.

Lalong disclosed this, Friday, in Abuja during the first quarterly meeting of the Governance Programme Steering Committee of the Progressive Governors’ Forum PGF.

The Governor, who is also the Chairman, Northern Governors’ Forum spoke to newsmen in his capacity as Co-Chairman of the governance steering committee.

According to him, the committee aims to develop a Common Policy Framework

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IMF And Ukraine Reach Tentative $5.5bn Aid Deal

December 9, 2019 2:38 pm

The International Monetary Fund said Saturday it had reached a “staff-level” agreement with Ukraine on a new $5.5 billion, three-year aid program for the war-scarred country.

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said she was “pleased to note that IMF staff has reached agreement with the authorities” on the deal, adding it was “subject to IMF management approval.”

Georgieva said she spoke by telephone on Saturday to President Volodymyr Zelensky and commended him on “impressive progress” on reforms and “sound economic policies.”

“The President and I agreed that Ukraine’s economic success depends crucially on strengthening the rule of law, enhancing the …

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Man City Reach Champions League Last 16 After Shakhtar Draw

November 27, 2019 4:48 pm

Pep Guardiola insisted it was mission accomplished as Manchester City booked their place in the Champions League last 16 for a seventh successive season despite a lacklustre 1-1 draw against Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday.

Guardiola’s side were well below their best at the Etihad Stadium, but Ilkay Gundogan’s second half strike put them on course to wrap up first place in Group C with one game to spare.

Although Manor Solomon equalised for Shakhtar, Atalanta’s win over Dinamo Zagreb ensured City can’t be knocked off top spot.

“We have qualified. We played so good in second half. The group stage …

Russia Beat Djokovic’s Serbia To Reach Davis Cup Semis

November 22, 2019 3:24 pm

Russia beat Novak Djokovic’s Serbia on Friday to reach the semi-finals of the Davis Cup following a cliff-hanger match that went all the way to a deciding tie-breaker.

With the quarter-final level at 1-1 following the singles, the Russian pairing of Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev faced Djokovic and Viktor Troicki in the deciding rubber.

After a see-saw match of high drama the Russians came out 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (10/8) winners and face Canada, quarter-final victors over Australia, in Saturday’s semi-finals.

“It was heads or tails and the coin fell on our side,” Rublev said.

“God gave me a chance …

England Smash Seven Past Montenegro To Reach Euro 2020

November 15, 2019 12:48 pm
Harry Kane’s first half hat-trick secured England’s qualification for Euro 2020 in style with a 7-0 thrashing of Montenegro in their 1,000th match.Even without Raheem Sterling, who was dropped by Gareth Southgate earlier in the week after a physical altercation with teammate Joe Gomez, England displayed the firepower that will make them one of the favourites for next year’s European Championship.

Kane moved into sixth in the all-time list of England goalscorers by taking his tally for the qualifying campaign to 11 in seven games.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Marcus

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We Will Not Reach 80% Revenue Performance For 2019 - Ahmed

We Will Not Reach 80% Revenue Performance For 2019 – Ahmed

October 14, 2019 2:45 pm

Mrs Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, says the nation will not be able to reach 80 percent revenue performance for 2019.

She said this on Monday in Abuja at the public presentation of the 2020 budget proposals.

Ahmed said that as at half-year, the actual aggregate revenue for 2019 was ₦2.04 trillion, which was 58 percent of the prorate target.

She said of the figure; oil revenue accounted for ₦900 billion, Company Income Tax (CIT) ₦349.11 billion, Value Added Tax (VAT) ₦81.36 billion and Customs Collections ₦184.10 billion.

“As to whether we will reach …

Turkey-Syria Offensive: Kurds Reach Deal With Syrian Army

Turkey-Syria Offensive: Kurds Reach Deal With Syrian Army

October 14, 2019 3:26 am

The Kurds in Syria say the Syrian government has agreed to send its army to the northern border to try to halt Turkey’s offensive against them.

Syrian state media earlier reported that government forces had been deployed to the north.

It follows the US decision to pull all its remaining troops from the area over the “untenable” situation there.

The Turkish assault, launched last week, is aimed at forcing Kurdish forces from along the border area.

Areas under the control of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the main US ally in the area, have come under heavy bombardment over …

Nigeria defeats South Africa to reach Cup of Nations semis

Nigeria defeats South Africa to reach Cup of Nations semis

July 11, 2019 12:06 am

William Troost-Ekong’s late winner sent Nigeria through to the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday after a tense 2-1 victory over South Africa in Cairo.

Samuel Chukwueze fired the Super Eagles ahead in the first half in front of a healthy, largely pro-Nigerian crowd at the 75,000-capacity Cairo International Stadium.

But Bongani Zungu’s looping header brought South Africa level on 70 minutes, the goal awarded with the aid of VAR — introduced for the first time at the tournament from the quarter-final stage onwards — after it was initially ruled out for offside.

Centre-back Troost-Ekong then turned …

Osinbajo goes to U.S, meets Pence

TraderMoni to reach 2000 beneficiaries in Anambra – FG

May 12, 2019 10:05 pm

To increase social intervention across different market segments, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, recently has unveiled the second phase of the TraderMoni and MarketMoni in Awka and Onitsha, Anambra state.

The schemes were launched in both Eke Awka in Awka South local government area and Ochanja Market in Onitsha, as beneficiaries acknowledged the receipt of funds ranging from N10,000 for the TraderMoni and N50,000 for the MarketMoni.

Executive Director, Micro Enterprises of the Bank of Industry, Mrs Toyin Adeniji, was quoted in a statement to have said the unveiling of the second phase was to sustain continued efforts to
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