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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Sunday called for constitutional role for traditional leaders in the country. Dogara made the call during a courtesy visit to Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi in Birnin Kebbi, on the sideline of the turbanning ceremony of the Chief Whip of the House, Alhassan Adodoguwa, as the Dallatun Kangiwa in Arewa …

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the September 28, 2016, governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, have filed a notice of appeal against the judgement of the state election petitions tribunal. This is just as the All Progressives Congress and its candidate in the 2016 poll, Godwin Obaseki, have filed a cross appeal challenging …

The Ondo State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, has advised civil servants in the state to learn how to get training on the use of computers for better productivity. Akeredolu said his administration would not tolerate computer illiteracy in the state civil service, saying it would better for the service if all the workers were computer literate. He, therefore, asked any …

The Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II, has called for more collaboration to strengthen the fight against human trafficking in the country. The monarch made the call on Saturday when he received the President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Laura Boldrini; the Italian ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Fulvio Rustico; the state Governor, Godwin Obaseki, and his …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has urged prospective candidates for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to crosscheck the data on their registration forms for the last time on May 6. The board’s Head of Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made the call in an interview on Saturday in Lagos. The call comes ahead of the 2017 …

A pro-democracy and good governance group, Concerned Nigerians, has threatened to shut down the country in peaceful protest if President Muhammadu Buhari fails to conduct a media chat in two weeks to let Nigerians know the true state of his health. In a statement signed and made available to newsmen by both its Convener, Prince Deji Adeyanju and the Secretary, …

Washington (CNN) In a major victory for President Donald Trump, the House has voted to dismantle the pillars of the Affordable Care Act and make sweeping changes to the nation’s health care system. The bill now heads to the Senate where it faces daunting challenges because of the same ideological splits between conservative and moderate Republicans that nearly killed it …

Gov Godwin Obaseki of Edo has said that his administration would build functional clinics and crèches in markets in the State. Obaseki said this after he made an on-the-spot assessment of facilities at the Oba market in Benin on Friday. The governor, displeased with the decayed toilets, non-functional clinics and poor power supply at the market, promised to revive and …

A top intelligence analyst, who was part of the Obama administration, Mr. Matthew T. Page, has thrown light on the claim made by former Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, that the State Department invited 12 northern governors to Washington to seek their support on the need to achieve regime change in Nigeria during the 2015 Presidential election. Former President …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, May 5, 2017, told Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how the wife of the suspended Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, Ayo Oke, Folashade, allegedly acquired the property situated at Flat 7B, 13, Osbourne Road, Osbourne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos, where the sums of …