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World Bank predicts wider 2018 FG budget deficit By Mod -  [ Update Vanguard ] …Suggests subsidy reform By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief The World Bank has predicted a  wider fiscal deficit beyond the N1.95 trillion stated in the 2018 budget of the federal government of Nigeria. President Buhari signed the 2018 Budget into Law Wednesday June 20, 2018 at the State House, Abuja.  In its ‘Nigeria bi-annual Economic Update’, released yesterday, the Breton Woods Institution opined that the pressure to spend more money on projects, especially with elections in just a few months, combined with sustained low revenues would push up deficit beyond its planned figure for the fiscal year which overruns by six months into 2019. “The fiscal deficits will likely widen in 2018 due to increased pre-election spending and sustained revenue shortfalls. The 2018 budget implementation is expected to be assertive, with a rush to complete projects before ele...

WAWU!! Mr Eazi’s “Lagos To London” Hits 79 Million Streams By Mod - [ Music ] Rave of the moment, “Uncle London” who you’d rather know as Mr Eazi, has garnered over 79 million streams on his “Lagos To London” album. Mr Eazi who unveiled the documentary to for the album, announced he has gotten over 79,071,802 streams and counting, since the album’s release. He posted via Instagram saying; 79+ Million STREAMS and counting. Thats how many times you guys have listened to tracks from the new mixtape ‘Lagos to London’ Thank you for coming on this journey with me #Zagadat Lagos To London was released on the 9th of November, 2018. Meanwhile, Eazi unveiled a new program emPawa, which seeks to help upcoming artistes in Africa.

Singer Mo'Cheddah Talks Quitting Music and Battle with Depression By Mod -[ Update ] Mo’Cheddah Erstwhile singer, Mo’Cheddah who is praised as one of the first female pop heavyweights in the Nigerian music industry has finally opened up on the cause of her early retirement. Mo’Cheddah came to fame as a teenager in the 2000s after her Sauce Kid aided track, Won Beri made its way to become a national anthem of sorts, shooting her from oblivion to a consequential voice in the music sphere. The singer continued to rise and won an MTV Africa Music Awards in the ‘Best New Act’ category, and the then-coveted Channel O Awards. The singers run was, however, was short-lived as she made a questionable exit from the music scene. “Where is Mo’Cheddah?”, fans questioned. Nearly seven years later, the singer has finally opened up on the events that led to her early exit. Speaking in a new episode of Dang Monologue, a video series that finds people speaking thei...

FAAC: FG, States, LGs share N788.13bn Oct., higher than Sept. by N89.42bn By Mod - [ Update Vanguard ] Abuja – The Federal Government, States and Local Governments, on Wednesday shared N788.13 billion as federal allocation for the month of October at the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC)  meeting.Naira A statement issued by Mr Oise Johnson, Head, Press and Public Relations, Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF), said the meeting was held after the 2018 National Council On Finance and Economic Development (NACOFED), in Kaduna. He said that the figure distributed was higher than the N698.7 billion shared for the month of September by N89.42 billion. Oise said a communique signed by the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris was issued at the end of the meeting. “The communiqué issued by the Technical Sub -Committee of FAAC indicates that the gross statutory revenue received is N682.16 billion...

2019: Oby Ezekwesili picks running mate By Mod - [ Update Politics ]  Presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili has picked Ganiyu Galadima as her running mate for the 2019 elections. The former minister of Education named her running mate in Kwara Hotel, Ilorin, Kwara state on Wednesday, were she unveiled her campaign. Ezekwesili, revealed that her choice to pick Galadima comes from her desire for a grassroot, that would assist her to lift 80 million people out of poverty. Galadima, a former 2015 presidential candidate, came fourth position in the elections, behind APC’s Muhammadu Buhari, PDP’s Goodluck Jonathan, and Adebayo Ayeni of the African Peoples Alliance with 40,311 votes. Source: http://www.informationng.com/2018/11/2019-oby-ezekwesili-picks-running-mate.html

God Doesn't Live In Temples Made by Human Hands - Daddy Freeze to Pastor Enenche By Mod - [ Update ]  Daddy Freeze and Pastor Paul Enenche Leader of Free the Sheeple Movement, Daddy Freeze has replied Pastor Paul Enenche of Dunamis International Gospel Center, Abuja who lambasted him for criticising the world’s largest church auditorium. Daddy Freeze took to his Instagram handle to say that God doesn’t live in temples made by human hands. He considered Pastor Enenche’s attempt to defend building Glory Dome as sentimental and ridiculous. “Defending the largest temple in the world, located in the poverty capital of the world, without a single scripture, instead with insults, sentiments and emotions is both puerile and ridiculous”. He argued that Nigeria needs factories not temples. He also added that God doesn’t live in temples and Christ never built a single temple. His Instagram post reads: So by building this wasteful and irrelevant structure you h...

Student 'Runs Mad' After Stepping Down From A Lexus SUV In Ogun By Mod - [ Update ] A young lady allegedly used for money ritual by internet fraudsters, popularly known as yahoo boys has ran man in Ijebu Ode, Ogun state. In a video now going viral on social media, the young lady can be seen covered in dirt and speaking incoherently. According to reports, the lady ran mad after she got down from a Lexus jeep, drawing assumptions that she must have been used by ritualist. Sharing the video on popular social media, Twitter, @honey_blackie wrote;     When they say stay with your broke boyfriend,ladies won’t listen…Guys are desperate ladies beware…This happened today at Ijebu-ode after she got down from a Lexus jeep Another Twitter user @manlikeDee1 wrote;     I just saw a video of a very young beautiful girl. According to what I saw, she’s at Ijebu Ode. Unfortunately, she’s mad and has been used by ritualist or yahoo boys.  ...