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A former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that Nigeria’s current debt situation is closer to the prevalent situation in the 70’s and 80’s that led the country and the African continent as a whole into unservicable debts. Mr Obasanjo said this on Friday in Lagos at the first edition of the Nigerian Story organised by the ‘Why I Am Alive’ …

The General Assembly has adopted a budget of 3.07 billion dollars for the United Nations (UN) in 2020. It followed the consideration of the report of the Assembly’s Fifth Committee, which handles administrative and budgetary matters. This is the first annual budget of the organisation in 45 years, according to the UN, which had been operating a two-year budget cycle …

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has described the members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) as psychopaths with the aim of causing confusion and spreading distrust between Muslims and Christians. ISWAP on Christmas Day executed 11 Christians in its captivity. The group has also released a video of the execution claiming it is “revenge for the killings of …

Thugs on Saturday attacked the Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Philip Shaibu’s family house in Jattu-Uzairue, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State. It was gathered that a patrol team from the Edo State Police Command responded to a distress call from members of the family and swung into action. A source said: “One of the thugs scaled …

Chairman of the Edo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Barr. Anselm Ojezua has assured party members that there is no cause for worries despite the altercation between the governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki and the suspended National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole, noting that no man can play God in the state’s politics. Ojezua spoke with journalists …

Ahead of the Edo governorship election in 2020, the Oba of Benin, Ewuare II has urged traditional rulers in the state to fast and pray for peace in the land. The Oba gave the charge at the quarterly meeting of Edo Council of Traditional Rulers and Chiefs in Benin today (Saturday). The monarch said the prayers and fasting should go along with …

…Says he Remains Suspended Until He Apologizes …Says actions taken since suspension remain ultra vires Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki sounded spiritual and philosophical in his latest verbal tirade with the suspended National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, when he turned to the divine, saying Oshiomhole has done something bad against God and Edo …

A Benin High Court has held Col. David Imuse; Publicity Secretary of the Edo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Chris Azebamwan and the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, for contempt of court and ordered for substituted service of the charges. The order was given in the case involving Anselm Ojezua Esq; Deputy …

Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Pastor  at the Open Heavens group based in Charlton, south-east London,  Gabriel Diya, and and his two children,  died at  a swimming pool in the Costa del Sol,  in the south of Spain on Christmas eve. But the hotel where the incident took place described  it as “tragic accident.” It was gathered that the …

Japan on Thursday executed a 40-year-old Chinese man convicted of murdering a family of four, in the country’s first execution of a foreigner since the disclosure of details on sentences carried out began in 2007, the justice ministry said. The man, Wei Wei, had committed the murders in mid-2003 with two accomplices who were also Chinese nationals, media reported. The …