Tag: 2020
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TNG Special: 20 Entertainers to watch out for in 2020[Part 1]
The listed showbiz stars delivered inspiring performances in 2019 and could well be on their way to exceeding prospects and doing more in 2020. With their aptitude, dedication and consistency, they may continue to rise in their careers in 2020 Uzor Arukwe No one saw him coming. Uzor’s rise in Nollywood is a testament to…
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Jubilation in Lagos as JAMB suspends use of NIN for 2020 UTME
Some candidates from Badagry who were preparing for the forthcoming 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) expressed joy on Saturday as JAMB suspended the National Identification Number ( NIN) registration. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews that it was a welcome development. NAN also reports that some of the parents…
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My new year resolutions – Francis Ewherido
By Francis Ewherido It is a New Year and a new decade. It is good to see 2020. When you think of the frailty of life, close shaves with death and people who passed on even in the final weeks of 2019, you cannot but be grateful to God for seeing 2020. At the beginning…
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Sports Minister unveils 2020 plan
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, on Tuesday, announced some of his plans for the Youth and Sports sector in the new year. Dare, in a statement by his Media Assistant, Mr Kola Daniels said that his plan was to ensure that sports and the youth of Nigeria are taken to…
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2020: APC’ll survive Oshiomhole-Obaseki war, but it’s beginning of the end
Azu Ishiekwene In an article entitled “2019: How Atiku will lose – and other matters,” published this time last year, I made six predictions: 1) Atiku will lose 2) despite Access Bank having Diamond Bank for supper, there won’t be a rat race for size among banks and liquidity will get tighter 3) Super Eagles…
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2020: We’ll create new opportunities in agric, other sectors – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will create new opportunities in agriculture, manufacturing and other long neglected sectors to address the challenges of poverty among Nigerians in 2020. The president stated this in a letter addressed to Nigerians, released by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Wednesday, to…
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Bishop Oyedepo issues prophetic words for 2020
Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church, has assured Nigerians that 2020 would be a year of breaking limits. Oyedepo, who is the founder of Living Faith church aka Winner Chapel, gave the prophecy during the 2019 cross-over night at the church’s headquarters in Ota, Ogun State. Stating that the bible was made up of…
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APC to Nigerians: We’ll not disappoint you in 2020
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has assured Nigerians it will not disappoint them but will intensify efforts at delivering more dividends of democracy in 2020. In a statement on the New Year celebration signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa Onilu, the APC said that the faithful execution of policies and programmes of…
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BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu signs 2020 budget into law
Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday signed the 2020 budget of N1. 168trillion into law. The signing, which took place in the Governor’s office at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja had the Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; Speaker Mudashiru Obasa; Chairman, House Committee on Budget and Economic Planning Hon. Gbolahan Yishau; Commissioner for Budget and…
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TNG Review: Factors that’ll shape NASS in 2020
…full fledge rubber stamp legislature loading …as N37bn renovation money may wear NASS toga of a rubber stamp legislature …Bills against Nigerians such as anti-social media, anti-Hate speech may sail through By Emman Ovuakoorie As Nigerians count hours into the incoming 2020, one major factor among so many other factors is the issue of…