As President Donald Trump’s norm-busting legal retribution campaign against his perceived political foes continues, Americans seem to be seeing it for what it is. Motions are being filed in former FBI Director James Comey’s case. On Friday, New York Attorney General Letitia James is due to be arraigned in Virginia. And CNN reported Thursday that Ed Martin, one of the most polarizing Trump Justice Department officials, …
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“Together, let us strengthen Nigeria’s democracy and restore national confidence in our elections.” The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially welcomed its new Chairman, Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN, following a formal handover ceremony at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. In her address, Acting Chairman Mrs. May Agbamuche-Mbu described the transition as a “significant moment in our nation’s democratic …
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The Kremlin may have convinced itself that US President Donald Trump didn’t have the stomach to apply real pressure on Moscow to end the brutal conflict in Ukraine. It was, after all, just a carefully timed Kremlin phone call to the White House last week that convinced the US president to back away from his own threats of providing long-range Tomahawk missiles to …
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The US has announced new sanctions targeting Russia’s two largest oil companies in an effort to pressure Moscow to negotiate a peace deal in Ukraine. The announcement came one day after US President Donald Trump said a planned meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Budapest would be shelved indefinitely. “Every time I speak to Vladimir, I have good …
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Mr Kanu’s decision to disengage the lawyers who took over his defence just this year sparked a surprise, coming barely 24 hours after he met with the defence team preparatory to Thursday’s proceedings. Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Thursday, announced the disengagement of his Kanu Agabi-led legal team at the Federal High Court …
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This is a statement of fact that most people don’t recognise. Not recognising this fact has a lot of consequences in the way you handle money. One of the consequences is lack of appreciation for small money and hence carelessness about such amounts of money. N1 is small and can rarely buy anything in Nigeria today. As a result, most …
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The new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, on Thursday assumed office at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. Amupitan arrived at about 2:40 p.m. in the company of the Acting Chairman, Mrs May Agbamuche-Mbu, national commissioners and the secretary to the commission, shortly after he was sworn-in at the presidential villa. He is expected to …
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The Nigeria Police Force said it arrested the human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, for luring protesters into a restricted area to protest in contravention of an order of a court. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, said this during a media conference on Thursday in Abuja. “Sowore has been arrested by the Nigeria Police Force, and the reason …
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President Bola Tinubu on Thursday urged the newly appointed Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Joash Amupitan, to defend the integrity of Nigeria’s elections, describing credible polls as the bedrock of any democracy. Speaking at the State House in Abuja shortly after administering the oath of office to the new INEC boss, Tinubu said Amupitan’s appointment, confirmed by …
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The House of Representatives has passed a bill seeking to strip the president of the power to remove the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), without recourse to the National Assembly, for the second reading. The proposed legislation — A Bill for an Act to Amend the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act, 2004, and for …
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