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WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary James N. Mattis welcomed Defense Minister Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah of Qatar to the Pentagon today to reaffirm the strategic security partnership between the United States and Qatar, chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White said. In a statement summarizing the meeting between the two defense leaders, White said Mattis and the defense minister discussed mutual security …

Against expectations, Edo State Government will not hand over schools to missions or other stakeholders yet, because the state is still gathering data and studying the outcome of such experiment in the past, amid other issues that must be addressed. Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State made the submission when he received the National Executive Council members of Annunciation Catholic …

…Plan will help relocate Sapele Road facility …State Prison Controller apologizes for erring personnel Edo State Government is working with the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) to build a new prison facility to enable the state command of NPS relocate its facility along Sapele Road area of Benin City, according to the state Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki. The governor disclosed this …

The Senate has resumed plenary about an hour after thugs stole its symbol of authority, the mace. The lawmakers appear to have secured a replacement mace which is being used for the plenary. The thugs, who stormed the Senate chamber on Wednesday morning, are believed to have been led by a suspended lawmaker Ovie Omo-Agege. The Senate has already accused …

Today, some armed hoodlums led by suspended Senator, Ovie Omo-Agege, walked into the Senate plenary and seized the symbol of authority of the Upper Legislative Chamber, the mace. This action is an act of treason, as it is an attempt to overthrow a branch of the Federal Government of Nigeria by force, and it must be treated as such. All …

The Senate plenary was on Wednesday disrupted after suspected thugs invaded the chamber and made away with the mace. The incident happened few seconds after a suspended senator, Ovie Omo-Agege, entered the chamber. Our reporter observed that about 10 suspected thugs who came to the venue with the senator forced their entrance into the chamber. Seconds later, the thugs ran …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed June 5 for judgment in a suit seeking to compel the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and its Governor, Godwin Emefiele to provide information on the amount the country paid for President Muhammadu Buhari’s treatment in London last year. Justice John Tsoho chose the date on Tuesday after parties adopted their final …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the national chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Chief Olu Falae, on Tuesday meet privately in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, to deliberate on how to form mass coalition political forces capable of wresting power at the centre from President Muhammadu Buhari and his All Progressives Congress (APC). Obasanjo who is spearheading the Coalition …

Senate on Monday summoned the Governor of Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun and the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan Ali to explain how and why the sum of $462m was released for the purchase of helicopters without the approval of the Nigerian Senate. Citing order 43, Senator Sam Anyanwu equally made reference to section 80, 2 …

A former military dictator, Ibrahim Babangida, says Nigerians no longer take him seriously because he annulled the June 12, 1993 Presidential election adjudged as the most credible election in the history of Nigeria. Babangida said this during a programme on Channels Television titled, ‘Roadmap 2019’ on Monday. When asked to explain further if it was true that people dismissed his …