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Minister Lieberman, Ambassador, members of the delegation, it is always good to have you here. We meet today to reaffirm our two democracies’ strong relationship. It is good to go back to principles sometimes. In 1948, President Truman recognized Israel’s independence within hours of its declaration. Since then, Israel and the U.S. have developed what President Reagan called an “ironclad …

Benin City, Nigeria – United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. W. Stuart Symington has visited the International Christian Center, housing the Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs) at Uhogua, in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State. Receiving the US Ambassador at the IDP camp, Pastor Solomon Folorunsho, expressed thanks to the US Ambassador and his team, for finding time out …

The Peoples Democratic Party has said that it will not force former President Olusegun Obasanjo to return as its member. It said it would respect the decision of the former President, but added that whether he returned or not, it (the party) would not die. Obasanjo had on Tuesday vowed never to return to the party, saying he would rather …

The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions on Wednesday asked Stanbic IBTC Bank and Zenith Bank to unfreeze two accounts linked to the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience. Members of the panel took turns to condemn the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for the continued freezing of the accounts by the banks when there was a …

  The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered an interim forfeiture of 14 properties in “choice areas” of Abuja which were allegedly traced to the immediate past Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Bala Mohammed, and his son, Shamsuddeen. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba granted the interim forfeiture order upon an ex parte application by the Economic and Financial …

Following the recent mass outcry by Edo State indigenes and residents, the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in Abuja, yesterday yielded to pressure and effected the transfer of embattled Edo State Police Commissioner, Haliru Gwandu Abukar from the state. Until now, Abubaka had defied initial transfer slammed on him by the Police Service Commission (PSC) by refusing the deployment to his …

President Muhammadu Buhari and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, have reacted to an application seeking the removal of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu. Magu’s appointment as acting EFCC chairman, despite his repeated rejection by the Senate, has constituted the basis for several applications pending in court. One of the motions brought in March …

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has explained why he picked National Coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, Otunba Gani Adams, as the 15th Aare Ona Kakanfo designate of Yorubaland, saying it was based on his antecedents in the promotion of Yoruba culture. The position was held last by the late Chief Moshood Abiola, who died in 1998. …

United Labour Congress of Nigeria, ULC, has rejected the erection of statue of President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, in Owerri by Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, including naming a street in the state capital after Zuma. While demanding that the statue be pulled down, ULC described honouring of Zuma by the governor as highly insensitive and contemptuous of …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said the “madness”in Plateau State which led to recent killings of at least 20 people had gone too far. He has therefore instructed the military and the police to bring the violence to an instant end. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement made …