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The Federal Government, yesterday, announced that the construction of the Azura-Edo 450 megawatts independent power plant in Edo State has been completed. The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, who disclosed this at the inauguration of the newly appointed Chairman of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Professor James Momoh, in Abuja, said Azura has notified him on the …

A senior magistrate’s court sitting in Lokoja, Gogi State, yesterday, ordered that Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West senatorial district be remanded alongside two others in the police custody till June 11. Melaye who was brought to court in hospital ambulance and rolled on stretcher was arraigned on a six count charge of illegal possession of firearm, criminal conspiracy and …

China’s Central Bank said Thursday that it has signed a currency swap agreement with its Nigerian counterpart. The agreement will allow the two sides to swap a total of 15 billion Chinese yuan ($2.35 billion) for N720 billion or vice versa, in the next three years, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said on its website. The move is aimed …

  In the wake of Rudy Giuliani’s statements about the hush payment made to Stormy Daniels, outgoing Republican Rep. Charlie Dent called for congressional oversight hearings into the matter, suggesting that it would be hypocritical not to hold them. “I think there is certainly a role for Congress,” the Pennsylvania Republican said on CNN’s “Newsroom” on Thursday. “Let’s put the …

Embattled Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West) was yesterday arraigned before a Magistrate’s Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, for allegedly jumping out of a police vehicle. He was accused, in a First Information Report (FIR), of destroying the side glass of a police vehicle and attempting to kill himself and jumping out of the vehicle. He was also said to …

Matthew Urhoghide (Edo-PDP), the senator who was attacked for calling for impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari, has reported his ordeal in the hands of hoodlums in his state to his colleagues. Mr Uroghide on Thursday called for the invocation of section 143 of the Constitution to start impeachment process of Mr Buhari for his approval and withdrawal of $496 million …

President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has said that the failure of the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to show up for security briefing on the killings across the country is a threat to democracy. Saraki made this known in a tweet via the verified Twitter handle, The Senate President. The Senate had invited Idris to come and …

Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II has called on the Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola to mobilize his colleagues in the Governors’ Forum to tackle the problem posed by cattle herdsmen that seems to have colonized the country. Oba Ewuare II made the call when he visited the Osun State Governor at the State House in Osogbo, as part of …

The suggestion by the U.S. President Donald Trump to visit Nigeria may not happen any moment soon as it will take up to a year to prepare, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has said. Mr Onyeama said in Washington DC that Mr Trump also has a very busy schedule while Nigeria’s general election was also coming up. Mr …

The coming month will see the two strands of Donald Trump’s nuclear diplomacy – with Iran and North Korea – intertwine in ways that are hard to predict. Trump is threatening to abrogate the 2015 multilateral nuclear agreement with Iran by refusing to extend sanctions waivers when they expire on 12 May. A few weeks later he is due to …