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Contrary to the impression created by the Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Wednesday said his party has not endorsed any person as the sole candidate of the party for the 2019 presidential election. Okorocha on Monday had stated that 34 governors in the country had endorsed …

Military authorities in Zimbabwe have agreed to grant the former president Robert Mugabe immunity from prosecution and a “generous pension” and have told him his safety will be protected in his home country. Mugabe, who ruled Zimbabwe with an iron fist for 37 years, resigned on Tuesday, hours after parliament launched proceedings to impeach him. He had refused to leave …

It’s a sweltering Saturday in October and Pastor Eugene Keahey is becoming agitated. His flock live in a Texas town that hasn’t had running water in 30 years and the donated bottled water they rely upon is in short supply. “We got six cases of water from a donor but two have already gone in the last hour,” said Keahey, …

Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II arrived Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory on Wednesday, in continuation of his post-coronation thank you visit to His Excellency, President Mohammadu Buhari. At the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja, His Royal Majesty was welcomed by a crowd of people made up of sons and daughters from Edo State, as well as other …

Zimbabwe’s former vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa has returned to the country and will be sworn in as president on Friday. Mnangagwa fled for his safety to South Africa two weeks ago when he was sacked by Robert Mugabe, triggering a political crisis that culminated in the resignation of the 93-year-old autocrat on Tuesday. Mnangagwa touched down at a military air base …

Zimbabwe’s former vice-president, whose sacking sparked events leading to the shock resignation of long-time leader Robert Mugabe, has returned to take charge of the country, state TV says. Emmerson Mnangagwa, who fled to South Africa two weeks ago, will be made the new president on Friday, it said. His dismissal led the ruling party and the military to intervene and …

Edo State of Nigeria has built formidable structures and systems to receive and re-integrate victims of human trafficking and illegal migration who are indigenes of the state, the State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki said during the week. Obaseki was Speaking at the International Conference on Women Empowerment and the Fight Against Trafficking in Persons: Partnership Between Nigeria and Italy, organized …

Donald Trump has sustained more than his fair share of political losses during the first 10 months of his presidency, mostly at the hands of the federal courts. It was the federal courts that struck down his “Muslim travel ban” on three separate occasions, that blocked his ban on trans people in the military and that did the same to …

NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. — The Navy has deployed unmanned underwater vehicles to join in the search for the Argentine navy submarine A.R.A. San Juan, which is missing in South Atlantic waters. The equipment consists of one Bluefin-12D (Deep) UUV and three Iver 580 UUVs, which are operated by the Navy’s recently established Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Squadron 1, based in …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has said that grooming Nigerian children to compete with their counterparts across the globe, especially arming them with skills and knowledge to meet the peculiar demands of a globalised society would be the best legacy the country can bequeath her children. Governor Obaseki said this in commemoration of Universal Children’s Day, marked every November …