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Rocio Fuentes weighed up the cost of getting some new sofas for her new apartment in Pasadena, Texas, and decided the family budget could just about stretch to it. Just one month after moving in, Hurricane Harvey swept through and the Fuenteses were left not only with the ruined furniture but also an ongoing rental demand for a dwelling they …

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in Daura, Katsina State, assured Nigerians that he would deploy the grace of his recovery to serve the country with renewed strength. Buhari who described his recovery from illness as the act of the Almighty God said he returned to the country with renewed hope and strength to pursue policies that would improve the livelihood of …

Despite the conviction and sentencing to death of some criminals by several courts in the country, no civilian governor has signed the death warrant for the execution of such convicts, thereby leading to the congestion of prisons across the country. The Controller of Prisons in Niger State, Alhaji Mohammed Babagana, who disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Minna, …

The Federal Government is expected to meet with leadership of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Wednesday to resolve the ongoing industrial action by the doctors. A statement signed by the Deputy Director, Press in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Samuel Olowookere, said the leadership of the striking doctors, the leadership of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said on Tuesday the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting has been postponed due to inadequate time to prepare the documents for the meeting. The minister stated this in a statement issued in Kano by his Special Adviser, Mr. Segun Adeyemi. He said the two-day public holiday declared for the Eid …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has tasked charitable persons, governments, religious groups and other organisations to remember the people of Benue State and others in distress, as the world celebrates the International Day of Charity on September 5, 3017. Obaseki said the scale of the crisis resulting from the flooding in parts of Benue State was beyond the power …

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday challenged Nigerians to abate the growing separatist agitations and debates about the unity of Nigeria, tasking them to rather channel their energies and resources towards building a great nation. Osinbajo made this remark while representing President Muhammadu Buhari at a feast in commemoration of the Eid-El Kabir celebration in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said it …

The Federal Government has deployed 711 N-Power agricultural extension agents to Edo to boost agricultural activities in the state. The Programme Manager of the State Agricultural Development Programme (ADP), Mr Peter Aikhuomobhoebe, disclosed this in an interview with Newsmen in Benin on Monday. Aikhuomobhoebe also disclosed that the Federal Government provided another 100 Knapsack sprayers to the state. He said …

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday attributed the continued Boko Haram attacks being witnessed in the North-East geopolitical zone to the huge size of the area. He said the country would still be witnessing such attacks being carried out by members of the Boko Haram sect because of the vast area involved. Osinbajo spoke when he represented President Muhammadu Buhari at …

Allegations of ethnic and religious bias in appointments into top management positions in the nation’s cash cow, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, drew the ire of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, and other opinion moulders in the South, who described it as a threat to national unity. Maikanti Baru While Afenifere described it …