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Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, has urged the Supreme Court to declare the petitions submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission seeking his recall as illegal. The Senator in an appeal he filed against the March 16, 2018 judgment of the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, also urged the apex court to declare the recall process as illegal. …

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja said that his administration did not have any hidden religious agenda. President Buhari The President also called on religious leaders to work towards the broader goal of building a strong and unified nation, and avoid insinuations that could divide the populace, especially along religious lines. Speaking while receiving a delegation of the Arewa Pastors …

The Peoples Democratic Party has condemned Federal Executive Council’s approval of $1bn to procure military equipment to fight insurgency, without recourse to the National Assembly. The party noted this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, on Thursday in Abuja. The money is to be drawn from the Excess Crude Account. The PDP urged the National …

Dangerous, growing, yet unnoticed: the rise of America’s white gangs White gangs are less covered by the media, and less punished – even though 53% of gang members in Mississippi are white When he was 13, three white teenage boys beat Benny Ivey. They aimed for his chest as his back pressed against the wall of his friend’s house in …

Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the state government is working with the Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II, to build a world-class Royal Museum, to hold stolen artefacts being recovered by the Benin Kingdom. Obaseki disclosed this when he hosted Prof. Nicholas Thomas of Cambridge University and Prof. Mrs. Annie Coombes of the University of London, both …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the disbursement of $1 billion to fight insecurity. The National Economic Council (NEC) approved the spending last December. Briefing State House correspondents at the end of security meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, Minister of Defence Mansur Dan-Ali said: “What I can add, after all that I have said is to inform you that of recent, …

Despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s admonition, some All Progressives Congress (APC) governors are still bent on tenure extension for the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), led by Chief John Odigie-Oyegun. They say the party does not need to conduct congresses and national convention, but the President has warned the governors against illegal acts capable of making the party to lose the …

In less than twenty four hours after the meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abuja, ended in deadlock, the governors appeared to have had a change of mind and agreed to conduct fresh Congress for officers in the three tiers of government. President Buhari had met with the APC governors at the …

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has congratulated Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, as the immediate past governor of the state clocks 66 years on April 4. In a statement, Obaseki praised Comrade Oshiomhole for his accomplishment as a former Governor and labour leader, noting, “We celebrate you and all that you have accomplished through your humble beginnings to your illustrious …

Police in California have named a woman who opened fire at YouTube’s headquarters in a suburb of San Francisco, injuring three, before killing herself. Officials from the San Bruno police department identified her as Nasim Najafi Aghdam, who was in her late 30s. Police said the motivation was unclear, but her father, Ismail Aghdam, told the Bay Area News Group …