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It took almost a week after Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico for the U.S. territory’s plight to take center stage in the American news cycle. That was partly due to President Trump, who used his Twitter account and public statements to wage a battle with the National Football League and its protesting athletes, rather than focusing national attention on …

A former state judge who believes that “God’s law” can invalidate federal court decisions won Alabama’s Republican primary for U.S. Senate on Tuesday night, sending a clear warning to President Trump and GOP leadership that conservative grass-roots anger will continue to roil the party into the 2018 midterm elections. Roy Moore, who was twice suspended from his job as the …

The leadership of the Senate and governors from the South East states of Nigeria are reportedly to meet President Muhammadu Buhari on ways to resolve the crises emanating from the series of ethnic agitation including that of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The senators’ resolve to meet with the executive was reached on Tuesday at its resumption after eight-week …

The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, has warned the Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose to jettison his presidential ambition under the party, maintaining that PDP has zoned the presidential ticket to the north. Prince Adeyeye gave the comment after Governor Fayose has made public his ambition to contest the coming 2019 presidential …

Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, yesterday, declared October 1 as a day of prayers for the country. CAN President, Dr Samson Ayokunle CAN President, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, in a statement by his Special Assistant, Media & Communications, Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, in Abuja, said: “The unity of the country has been under consistent threat as the citizens have been polarised along …

Saraki, who made the announcement at the end of Tuesday’s plenary, said that the move was designed to strengthen the institution of the Senate as well as ensure that proper oversight functions were carried out. According to Saraki, the Committee on Public Accounts now has Senator Matthew Urhoghide, PDP, Edo South as Chairman, just as Committee on Trade and Investment …

The Chairman of the South-East Governors Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, has said that the forum has resolved to rehabilitate and reintegrate members of the outlawed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra. The governors, he said, decided to proscribe the activities of the outlawed group to save the lives of 12 million Igbo living in different parts of the …

*condemns killing of cops, commiserates with families Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has assured Edo people and Nigerians in general that his administration was on top of the security situation in the state. Obaseki gave the assurance after an emergency meeting with security agencies in the state at the Government House in Benin City. The meeting was sequel to …

The National Assembly says it cannot be intimidated into abandoning its duty of providing platform for Nigerians to agree or disagree on any proposed legislative measure, saying no one can gag Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Nigeria. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Yakubu Dogara, said this on Tuesday in Abuja in his remarks at the resumption of plenary after …

Edo State Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) rose from an emergency congress on Monday, with the decision to uphold the supension order slammed on some of its members, recently accused of misappropriating the N5m meant for the state council of the NUJ. Members of the chapel’s executive involved in the alleged fraud were affected by the …