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The United States is encouraged by China’s efforts to restrain North Korea but Washington will not accept Beijing’s militarisation of islands in the South China Sea, US defence secretary, James Mattis, said on Saturday. The comments by Mattis, during the annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, show how Donald Trump’s administration is looking to balance working with China to restrain North …

A withdrawal by Donald Trump from the Paris climate accord would go down as a hallmark of his presidency. It would be unilateral, reckless and splashy – trademark Trump. The president has said he will announce his decision at 3pm ET (8pm BST) on Thursday. But while Trump has often stood on a range of issues as a maverick outlier …

The Federal Government will establish special schools for women who abandoned school to get married, Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, has said. “All women that married at an early age will have the opportunity to continue their education from their husband’s houses. “The schools will be in two categories so as to avoid problems emanating from the establishment of …

Members of the House of Representatives, mainly from the South-East are protesting in chambers. Their anger is over the withdrawal of a bill seeking to create a South-East Development Commission. The House has, however, re-listed the bill following the protests.   (Punch)

The Senate has confirmed the nomination of 15 of the 27 Resident Electoral Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission. The confirmation followed the adoption of the report by the Senate Committee on INEC at the plenary on Thursday. Chairman of the committee, Senator Suleiman Nazif, while presenting the report, said all the nominees were cleared by the Nigeria Police, …

Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has once again restated that Nigeria would be self -sufficient in rice production by 2019. The acting president made the statement yesterday in Abuja at the launch and official handover ceremony of Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) system developed through the Agricultural Market and Information System (AMIS) project to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural …

The Senate wednesday passed a bill scrapping the governing board of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and establishing the NCS Commission to superintend over the administration of the Customs Service. It also imposed a one per cent levy on free-on-board (fob) value of imports on dutiable and non-dutiable goods. The commission would be headed by a chairman who would be …

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, have expressed delight with the level of the observation of the sit-at-home order for the 50th anniversary of the declaration of Biafra today(Tuesday ). In their separate statements, the media and publicity secretary of IPOB, Comrade Emma Powerful and the MASSOB …

The Sit-at-home order declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB and Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, witnessed a total compliance by residents of Onitsha the commercial city, and Nnewi,the industrial town of Anambra State. At about 7.30 am when Vanguard drove from Onitsha to Nnewi, no vehicles, tricycles and motorcycles were seen on …

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to resign if he truly loves the country. Fayose said this is because ill heath is not allowing the President to effectively discharge his constitutional duties. Taking to his Facebook wall, the Special Assistant to Ekiti State Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Mr. Lere Olayinka, said Fayose …