1. The Federal Executive Council has approved N348.59billion for
construction of the road linking Akwanga through Jos to Gombe and the project would be completed in 48 months.
construction of the road linking Akwanga through Jos to Gombe and the project would be completed in 48 months.
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola disclosed this at the end of the council meetings which was presided over by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo.
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2. Presidency has dismissed reports that acting President Yemi
Osinbajo’s decision to sack the Director General, Department of State Service (DSS), Lawal Daura, was done without the knowledge of
President Muhammadu Buhari.
Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity refuted the reports, saying that there was no power tussle between him and the acting president adding that President Buhari was in full picture of the events that led to the sacking of the former DG of DSS.
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3. The Ministry of Budget and National Planning has urged Ministries, Departments and Agencies to ensure proper implementation of funds from
the UNFPA support programmes to achieve government’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan.
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2. Presidency has dismissed reports that acting President Yemi
Osinbajo’s decision to sack the Director General, Department of State Service (DSS), Lawal Daura, was done without the knowledge of
President Muhammadu Buhari.
Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity refuted the reports, saying that there was no power tussle between him and the acting president adding that President Buhari was in full picture of the events that led to the sacking of the former DG of DSS.
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3. The Ministry of Budget and National Planning has urged Ministries, Departments and Agencies to ensure proper implementation of funds from
the UNFPA support programmes to achieve government’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan.
Dr Sanjo Faniran, Deputy Director, International Cooperation in the
ministry gave the advice at a meeting of stakeholders on UNFPA
Supported Programmes and Projects in Abuja.
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4. Authorities in Ethiopia have shut down the Internet in the eastern
Somali region of the country amid outbreak of violence.
Violence broke out in Jijiga on Saturday, with mobs looting properties
owned by ethnic minorities, in an unrest that the government said was
being stoked by regional officials at odds with central authorities.
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5. UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres and Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe have agreed to keep UN sanctions against North Korea in
place until Pyongyang takes concrete steps towards denuclearization.
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, had
agreed to the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula during
their landmark summit in Singapore in June.
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ministry gave the advice at a meeting of stakeholders on UNFPA
Supported Programmes and Projects in Abuja.
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4. Authorities in Ethiopia have shut down the Internet in the eastern
Somali region of the country amid outbreak of violence.
Violence broke out in Jijiga on Saturday, with mobs looting properties
owned by ethnic minorities, in an unrest that the government said was
being stoked by regional officials at odds with central authorities.
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5. UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres and Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe have agreed to keep UN sanctions against North Korea in
place until Pyongyang takes concrete steps towards denuclearization.
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, had
agreed to the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula during
their landmark summit in Singapore in June.
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