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Robert Mugabe has resigned as president of Zimbabwe with immediate effect after 37 years in power, ushering in a new era for a country as uncertain as it is hopeful. The man who ruled with an autocrat’s grip for so many years finally caved to popular and political pressure, hours after parliament launched proceedings to impeach him. He had refused …

The Presidency says the Federal Government is concluding plans, latest by December, with the Switzerland Government for the repatriation of $321m looted from Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria reported on Monday that the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Justice Reforms, Mrs. Juliet Ibekaku, made the disclosure at the Conversation on Anti-corruption Campaign organised by the Centre …

…unruly officer will be duly sanctioned – Police CP Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, and the Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., have condemned the manhandling of officials of the Edo State Traffic Management Agency (EDSTMA), by a police officer while on duty on Sapele Road, in Benin City. Obaseki said it is barbaric for a police …

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday promised to give Nigeria free and fair elections, no matter which way the results swing. Buhari made the promise in his reaction to the Saturday governorship election in Anambra State which was won by the state governor, Willie Obiano. Obiano sought and won his re-election on the platform of …

Eweka Grammar School in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State is one of the several others in the state with dilapidated infrastructural facilities.

The Igbo socio-political and Cultural Organisation, the Ohanaeze has described the former Vice President, Dr Alex Ekwueme, as an outstanding patriot whose contributions to the country’s socio-political evolution would be indelible. The President General of Ohanaeze, Chief John Nwodo, said in a statement in Abuja on Monday that with the demise of the first elected Vice President of Nigeria, the …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday sent condolences to Nigerians, and to the Government and people of Anambra State, on the death of a former vice president, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, on Sunday. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President commiserated with the entire Oko Kingdom, the Aguata Council of Traditional Rulers, and …

The Observer has gained access to a secret hitlist of almost 100 prominent individuals targeted by Harvey Weinstein in an extraordinary attempt to discover what they knew about sexual misconduct claims against him and whether they were intending to go public. The previously undisclosed list contains a total of 91 actors, publicists, producers, financiers and others working in the film …

Zimbabwe’s ongoing crisis descended into outright chaos on Sunday after president Robert Mugabe failed to announce his resignation as widely expected in a national address on live television. Instead, in a rambling 30 minute address, Mugabe offered no concessions to his critics, the tens of thousands who marched calling for his resignation or the army commanders who led the military …

… Says Edo State pursuing a holistic industrialization plan Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has said that the narrative of Africa Rising will be but mere rhetoric except governments and other stakeholders take decisive action to harmonize plans, provide incentives and the support structures that will accelerate industrialization on the continent. He said that much as there is the …