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The residents of the Grenfell Tower block have been failed and betrayed by the local council, the new Labour MP for Kensington, Emma Dent Coad, has said, expressing fury at the way Kensington and Chelsea treats its social housing tenants. She said residents made homeless by the fire were increasingly concerned that they would be rehoused outside of the borough, …

Donald Trump is reportedly being investigated for potential obstruction of justice by the special counsel looking into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. This marks the first time that the investigation, which has hung over Trump since his inauguration, has potentially implicated the president himself. The Washington Post reported on Wednesday night that the federal investigation into the Trump …

The Labour MP David Lammy has called the Grenfell Tower blaze “corporate manslaughter” as police announced the number of dead had risen to 17 and warned it would rise further during a painstaking search of the remains of the building. Firefighters were forced to stop looking for the dead on Thursday because of fears the building might collapse. The commissioner …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Benin City, Nigeria – Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), says the three-month quit ultimatum issued to Igbos residing in Northern Nigeria by Arewa Youth is capable of dismantling the nation’s unity and diversity even as it potentially violates sections 42 & 43 of the Nigerian Constitution (as amended). That section of the constitution …

Acting president Yemi Osibanjo on Tuesday attributed the nation’s increasing security problems to corrupt practices and injustice. He also said inability of government to provide the basic needs of the people gave rise to incessant agitations by ethnic groups in the country. Osinbajo spoke at the 50th Conference of Nigerian Law Teachers Association held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, …

Members of Taraba State chapter of Miyeti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, clad with arms, yesterday, took its protest against the state’s Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranchers Establishment Bill 2017 to the House of Assembly, threatening breakdown of law if the bill is passed. The anti-open grazing bill was sponsored as an executive bill to the state House of …

Barely 48 hours after the arrest of notorious kidnap kingpin, Chukwudi Onuamadike a.k.a Evans, in his palatial mansion in Lagos, police sources, yesterday, disclosed that the dreaded leader of the gang has started singing like a canary, naming high-profile accomplices. It was gathered that detectives investigating the case were kept busy, yesterday, taking him round Lagos, with a view to …

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission must have been quoted out of context on its directive to distribution companies to provide all Maximum Demand customers with meters, Kano Electricity Distribution Plc, has explained. KEDCO’s Media and Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Kandi, while making the clarification, said there was nothing ambiguous about the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission’s statement, to the effect that …

The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, commenced a series of consultations with leaders across the country on the recent quit notice handed down to people of the South East to leave the Northern part of the country. Osinbajo kicked off the consultations with a meeting with leaders from the Northern part of the country. He is expected to meet …

The Otaru of Auchi Kingdom, Alhaji Aliru H. Momoh, in Edo, on Monday announced the arrest of 24 suspected Boko Haram members operating as Fulani Herdsmen in the community by the Nigerian Army. The monarch told newsmen in his palace at Auchi, headquarters of the Estako-West local government area of the state that the commandant of the Nigeria Army School …