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The Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing may bow to pressure from electricity distribution companies (DisCos) to hike electricity tariffs as one of the solutions to resolve the crises in the power sector. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Power, Louise Edozien, who gave indication to this yesterday in Jos, lamented that low tariffs remained a stumbling block on the …

The Spanish foreign ministry has asked North Korea’s ambassador to leave Spain before the end of the month due to his country’s repeated refusals to renounce its nuclear weapons program. “Today, the North Korean ambassador was summoned and was told of the decision to consider him as a persona non grata, therefore he must stop working and abandon the country …

Donald Trump will use his first address to the UN general assembly on Tuesday to call for international action to confront North Korea and Iran, which he will portray as twin threats to global security, the White House said. The US president will warn member states that they risk being “bystanders in history” if they do not mobilise to confront …

…delegates seek return to regional govt, part-time legislators Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Monday, hosted the All Progressives Congress (APC) panel on True Federalism in Benin City, the Edo State capital, as the party commenced public consultation on Nigeria’s restructuring. Welcoming members of the party’s Team One, in charge of the South-South geopolitical zone, made up of the …

Benin City, Nigeria – Stakeholders in Edo state, at the International Day for the preservation of the Ozone Layer on Saturday expressed concerns that 30 years after the Montreal Protocol, Nigeria was yet to enact legislation, like many other countries in the world to protect the ozone layer. Made up of National Association of Refrigeration and air-conditioning Practitioners (NARAP), members …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has suspended its strike after a final four-hour meeting with the Federal Government delegation, which ended around 9pm in Abuja on Monday. The ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, addressed a briefing at the Nigeria Labour Congress secretariat to announce the union’s “conditional suspension of the strike.” Ogunyemi said the strike was suspended, after the …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday departed Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, for New York, to participate in the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity confirmed the departure on his Facebook page, on Sunday, in Abuja. Adesina posted: “President Buhari departs Abuja to New York for 72nd Session …

The Trump presidency is opening up a new battlefront in the intense and controversial war over American voting rights. After a decade of wrangling between Democrats who have sought to expand voting opportunities and Republicans who have invoked the specter of voter fraud to restrict them, the focus is now on purging registration lists – even at the risk of …

The United States must stop threatening North Korea’s leader if a peaceful solution to the nuclear crisis is to be found, China’s ambassador to Washington has said, as Kim Jong-un reiterated his country’s aim to reach military “equilibrium” with the US. Cui Tiankai told reporters in Washington: “They [the US] should refrain from issuing more threats. They should do more …

Governors of the 19 northern states have greeted residents across the north for being nonviolent in the face of clashes between members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Soldiers in Abia State which endangered some northerners living in parts of the South-east. The governors, who spoke through Kashim Shettima, Governor of Borno State and Chairman of the Northern …