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The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Eastern Narrow Gauge. The cost of the project was put at $3.02bn. The decision was taken at the weekly meeting of the council presided over by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, disclosed this to State House correspondents at …

The Senate, on Wednesday, urged the Federal Government to reduce the number of its agencies in order to save cost of governance. The red chamber took the decision following the approval of the report of its joint committee on Finance and National Planning on the 2021-2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper presented by the Chairman, Solomon Adeola. …

SALT LAKE CITY, UT — The two major-party candidates for vice president, Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Kamala Harris, will face off Wednesday night in this election’s vice presidential debate. The event is planned just a week after a chaotic first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. The debate also comes amid heightened attention …

Former Vice Chairman of Ovia South West Local Government Area, Hon. Omosede Adenomo, has hailed residents in the LGA for turning out en masse to cast their votes for Governor Godwin Obaseki, noting that the mandate will enable the governor consolidate on successes recorded by his administration in the first term. At a solidarity rally in Ora Ward, Ovia South …

Edo State Geographic Information Service (EdoGIS) agency on Wednesday presented copies of digitally generated Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) to investors under the Edo State Oil Palm Programme (ESOPP), on the back of Governor Godwin Obaseki’s agricultural reforms. Managing Director, EdoGIS, Francis Evbuomwan, while presenting the C of O to the investors in Benin City, reassured that the Obaseki-led administration …

“If you scrap SARS, you lose the chance of getting those doing well to continue to do well,” he said. Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has opposed the calls to scrap the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). This, he said, was because there are good personnel in the police unit who could be denied the chance of performing better should the …

…The minister also gives a reason why the focus is on the South-east The Nigerian government has approved over N650 million (N653,886,584) for the purchase of hi-tech equipment to monitor frequencies in the country, especially in the Southeastern part. This was disclosed by the communication minister, Isa Pantami, at the end of Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting presided by President …

…Assures electorate of adequate security to forestall any breach of the peace Nigeria’s President, Mohammadu Buhari spoke to the heart of Ondo people today, urging them to reelect incumbent governor and All Progressives Congress gubernatorial candidate in Saturday October 10, 2020 election, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. In a video message to party supporters at the Grand Finale of the All Progressives Congress …

WASHINGTON – The United States Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom (Rosatom), on behalf of the Government of the Russian Federation, have signed a final amendment to the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Uranium from the Russian Federation (Agreement). This amendment extends the Agreement through 2040 and reduces U.S. reliance on uranium from Russia …

Twenty-fourth annual U.S.-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue was held today October 6, 2020 via virtual sessions,  according to the statement released by the office of the Spokesperson to the State Department.  Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Ambassador Atul Keshap welcomed the Vietnamese delegation to the Dialogue, highlighting the strong ties between our two countries …