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UPDATED: Tinubu seeks National Assembly's approval for $8.6bn, €100m loan

View this email in your browser Headlines UPDATED: Tinubu seeks National Assembly's approval for $8.6bn, €100m loan Mr Tinubu said the new loan request will be used to finance infrastructure, agriculture, health, education, water supply, security and employment as well as financial management reform. Read More We are expanding our newsletter offering and would like to know what newsletters you, our loyal readers, would be interested in receiving from PREMIUM TIMES. Kindly fill in this survey. It should take no longer than five (5) minutes to complete. Thank you! TAKE THE SURVEY! Tinubu sends 2022-2024 external borrowing plan to Reps President Tinubu said the 2022-2024 external borrowing plan was approved by the previous administration of President Muhammadu Buhari on 15 May. Senate passes N57 billion Police Trust Fund budget Mr Mallam-Madori, a former minister of state for power and steel development, said the committee recommended N47 billion for capital expenditure and N9 billion for recurrent expenditure. Climate Change: One year after, Nigeria fails to implement tree planting project "Maybe the COP28 platform will be used to remind them and get their response or planned action for the implementation as time is ticking fast." Most Recent Stories Northern senators ask Tinubu to restore electricity to Niger Republic The appeal is coming about four months after Nigeria cut power supply to Niger Republic, as one of the sanctions against the coupists in the country. Read More Customs hands over $54,000 bribery proceeds to EFCC for probe While submitting the over $54,000 to the EFCC in Lagos, an official of the Customs said it was paid in an attempted bribery for illegal release of seized narcotics. EFCC arraigns couple for alleged N2.7 billion fraud EFCC filed against the couple 20 counts of obtaining over N2.7 billion by false pretence, money laundering, stealing, retention of stolen property. Why I can't use new, old Abia Govt Houses – Alex Otti ..after abandoning both the New Government House and Old Government House Complexes. Lawyers told this newspaper that Mr Oti's action was not illegal but raised questions about the use or abandonment of public properties. COP28: Tinubu departs Abuja for Dubai Wednesday At the Summit, President Tinubu will deliver a national statement, highlighting Nigeria's stance on various thematic issues, including renewable energy and climate financing. 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Opinion Deconstructing the discourse on corruption in Nigeria, By Abiodun Adeniyi Corruption seemed intertwined with the evolution of Nigeria as a nation-state. It has been a malaise, a big elephant in the room, regularly talked about, loathed through synchronic rhetoric, but growing in systematic proportion, with little or no hope of redemption. The discourse of corruption looks, therefore, like an exposition of the nation's attempt at social, economic and political development. From the descriptive "ten percenters" of the 1960s, it has gestated to greater fractions, sometimes 100 per cent, with gusto, extraordinary impunity and bravado, after the fashion of persons plundering a captured territory. The looting of the public patrimony has been differently described as prebendal, predatory, rapacious, locust-like, or mindless. Re-visiting the political prophecy 'industry', By Jideofor Adibe God should be left out of elections because He has more important issues to deal with than being concerned about the struggle for power and lucre among His children. Democratic practice is antithetical to the way God works. For instance, while the Bible tells us that God chose His people – the old Israelites (and by extension all of us), in a democracy, the process of choice is reversed by people choosing their own representatives. Promoted Kaduna's Uba Sani wins 2023 NITMA Digital Governor of the Year Award Recently, the state government partnered with Google to train 5,000 women and girls in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, and the entrepreneurial application of digital technologies. Can you teach English in Thailand as a non-native English speaker? In the heart of Southeast Asia, Thailand beckons with its breathtaking landscapes, vibrant traditions, and a steadily increasing demand for English education. Zenith Bank signs MoU with the French Govt to establish a subsidiary in France The agreement will enable Zenith Bank, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Zenith Bank (UK) Limited, to seek and secure the requisite regulatory approval from the Autorite' de Controle Prudentiel et de Resolution (ACPR) to establish a strategic presence in France. Sports EPL: Iwobi's first league goal halts Fulham's winless streak Iwobi's first league goal for Fulham in the Premier League and his first since he scored on May Day helped the Cottagers to their first win in five. Gusau to declare open first NPFL board, staff retreat The retreat is being held to review the operations of the NPFL in the last year and develop strategies for improvement. Health CPHIA23: Zambia seeks to host cholera vaccine production hub The Africa-CDC DG, Mr Kaseya, has said less than 1 per cent of vaccines, 5 per cent of diagnostics and 30 per cent of therapeutics used in Africa are currently manufactured in Africa. 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