President MUHAMMADU BUHARI is expected to receive the President of the United Nations General Assembly, MARIA ESPINOSA, who is paying a one-day official visit to Nigeria on Monday.

Ms ESPINOSA’s Spokesperson, MONICA GRAVLEY, announced this at a media briefing at the UN headquarters in New York.

According to her, the PGA’s visit to Nigeria is part of her eight-day official trip to Central and West Africa.

The Nigerian Army says it will re-organise the ongoing exercise Harbin Kunama III and expand its mandate following resurgence of banditry in the North West.

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General TUKUR BURATAI, who announced this at a news conference in Abujasaid that though Harbin Kunam III, launched on April 1, had achieved a lot in Zamfara, there was resurgence of bandits’ activities in contiguous states.

The Army chief was represented by Major General LAMIDI ADEOSUN, Chief of Training and Operations.

The Lagos state House of Assembly passed the state’s 2019 appropriation bill of 873.532 billion Naira for 2019, barely a month to the end of Governor AKINWUNMI AMBODE’stenure.

 The approval came more than 80 days after the governor presented the appropriation bill of 852.316 billion Naira on February 5, to the state assembly.

The passage followed the adoption of the report and recommendations of the house committee on budget and economic planning, headed by GBOLAHAN YISHAWU, APC-Eti-Osa II.

The house approved 393,841,387,020 Naira from the consolidated revenue fund for recurrent expenditure and 479,691,073,705 Naira from development revenue fund for capital expenditure.

Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, ABDULAZIZ YARI, has urged incoming governors to brace up for another cycle of recession that will hit the country soon. 

Governor YARI made this know during the induction of the newly-elected and returning governors in Abuja.

The governor of Zamfara State made it clear that there is a possibility of a recession by the mid-2020 till third quarter of 2021.