Budget: N’Assembly concluding work on clean copy

There were indications on Monday that the Reconciliation Committee of the National Assembly on the 2016 budget was rounding off work to produce a clean copy of the document to be submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari this week.

The PUNCH learnt that the committee, which is chaired by the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yusuf Lasun, had planned to make the re-worked budget ready last Saturday but was caught up with the preparations for the May Day celebrations on Sunday.

Fayose is an ingrate, says Bode George

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A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, has described Governor Ayodele Fayose as an ingrate for saying that he would not support him (George) to become the national chairman of the party.

George also slammed Fayose for saying that PDP elders must take the backstage in the party’s affairs.

Speaking during an interview with Channels Television on Sunday, Fayose had blamed the loss of the 2015 general election on the elders of the party.

I never expected Leicester will be champions — Ranieri

Claudio Ranieri spoke with pride after his Leicester City side became champions of England for the first time in their 132-year history on Monday night.

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Chelsea 2-2 draw with Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge meant that the Foxes held an unassailable lead at the top of the Barclays Premier League table with two games to play – thus completing one of the most remarkable sporting stories ever seen.

New minimum wage: how realistic?

This year’s May Day activities in Nigeria were marked with the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Unions Congress (TUC) jointly tabling a demand for the upward review of the national minimum wage from N18,000 to N56,000.

Missing mom, daughter rescued from New Zealand forest

Hiker Rachel Lloyd said she was on the verge of dying when search and rescue crews found her and her mother five days after they got lost in the New Zealand wilderness.

The North Carolina natives set out on a day hike Tuesday but soon became lost in Tararua Forest Park in New Zealand. Rachel, 25, became injured and could no longer walk.

I love Jonathan, but he shouldn’t have run in 2015 – Fayose

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state has declared that the immediate past president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan should not have participated in the 2015 presidential election.

It would be recalled that in the build up to the epic election, Fayose was a major supporter of the ex-president who is alleged to have deployed federal might and resources in installing him as the Ekiti State Governor in 2014.

Marriage scandal: I regret putting blames on Tiwa Savage – Freeze

Cool FM’s On-Air Personality, OAP, Freeze, says he feels sorry for his ill comments on Tiwa Savage’s marriage scandal.

Freeze who had earlier blamed the singer for the manner of approach she employed in dealing with her marriage crisis with Teebillz, appealed to the public to offer prayers on behalf of the couple, rather than making a joke out of the situation.