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House Republicans narrowly approved a controversial plan to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on Thursday, taking a significant first step toward fulfilling a seven-year promise to repeal and replace the 2010 law that served as a landmark overhaul of the US health care system. Republicans passed the American Health Care Act with one vote to spare, following a dramatic …

The Redeemed Christian Church of God has announced the death of the Assistant General Overseer and Pastor-in-charge of RCCG, West African coast, Pastor Olu Obanure. Obanure became the Assistant General Overseer in charge of Establishment following his investiture at the 64th Annual Convention of the church last August. According to a statement announcing Obanure’s demise and signed by the church’s …

The West African Examinations Council says it has launched a talk back platform, known as “WAECKonnect’’ to improve effective communication between the council and candidates. The organisation said this in a statement issued by its Head of Public Affairs, Mr Damianus Ojijeogu, on Thursday in Lagos. WAEC said it established the platform to further engage the candidates and bridge the …

The Iyase (Prime Minister) of Benin Kingdom, Chief Sam Igbe, yesterday, faulted members of the Senate over their comment that the anti-corruption war of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would fail if the Nigerian worker continued to live in abject poverty. Pointing out that the Senate seems to be ignorant of the fact that majority of workers in the country work …

A group, Northern Patriotic Assembly (NPA) has warned politicians in the country to stop exploiting President Muhammadu Buhari’s ill health situation for political and personal gains. In a statement issued in Kaduna Wednesday the group said such actions by politicians was “immoral and despicable”. The statement signed by its President, Idakwo Jibrin and Secretary General, Alhaji Adamu Wakil pointedly accused …

The Presidency explained yesterday why President Muhammadu Buhari was not at the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. He “continues to take a rest from official functions on the advice of his doctors”, Information, Culture & Tourism Minister Lai Mohammed told reporters at the State House after the meeting. Mohammed said: “The President chose today to rest; he was in …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday in Abuja decried the unsuccessful prosecution of high-profile corruption cases in Nigeria. Obasanjo expressed his displeasure while delivering the inauguration lecture of the Olusegun Obasanjo Good Governance and Development Research Centre, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). The title of the lecture is “Leadership, Governance and the Challenges of Development in Nigeria: The Way Forward.’’ …

House Republicans are planning to hold a vote on Thursday on a controversial plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, expressing confidence that they had the votes to pass it. Majority leader Kevin McCarthy, emerging from a meeting in the office of House speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday evening, told reporters that Republicans had at least 216 yes …

The US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, has said Donald Trump’s “America first” approach to the world means decoupling US foreign policy from values such as human rights and freedom. Addressing state department diplomats and staff, Tillerson said there were times when insistence that foreign countries abide by US values got in the way of the pursuit of national interests. …

Hilary Clinton said on Tuesday she takes “personal responsibility” for her loss to Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential race. But the former Democratic nominee also blamed Russian interference in the US election and the release just before the election of a letter by the FBI director, James Comey, pertaining to the investigation into her emails, saying such factors deprived …