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The country’s national budget will rise by N1.16tn in 2018, according to projections contained in the 2018-2020 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy submitted to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari. The President forwarded the MTEF/FSP to the National Assembly on Tuesday, with a covering letter read to members of the House of Representatives by the Speaker, Mr. …

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has said that the relationship between the state government and the Benin Monarch, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, in the last one year, has improved the quality of life in the state. Governor Obaseki disclosed this on Friday at a Gala Night to mark the one-year coronation anniversary of …

The Senate has approved a multitrillion-dollar budget that Donald Trump has called a “first step towards massive tax cuts”, a largely symbolic move that sets the stage for Republicans to rewrite the US tax code without a single Democratic vote. The Senate on Thursday voted 51-49 to pass the budget resolution, a blueprint of trillions of dollars in federal spending …

It was the night his supporters waited nine long months for. Barack Obama returned to the fray on Thursday with a fervent denunciation of Donald Trump in all but name, condemning the politics of division and rekindling the politics of hope. The former US president earned deafening cheers at a rally ostensibly for the Democratic candidate in a gubernatorial election …

Minister Lieberman, Ambassador, members of the delegation, it is always good to have you here. We meet today to reaffirm our two democracies’ strong relationship. It is good to go back to principles sometimes. In 1948, President Truman recognized Israel’s independence within hours of its declaration. Since then, Israel and the U.S. have developed what President Reagan called an “ironclad …

Benin City, Nigeria – United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. W. Stuart Symington has visited the International Christian Center, housing the Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs) at Uhogua, in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State. Receiving the US Ambassador at the IDP camp, Pastor Solomon Folorunsho, expressed thanks to the US Ambassador and his team, for finding time out …

The Peoples Democratic Party has said that it will not force former President Olusegun Obasanjo to return as its member. It said it would respect the decision of the former President, but added that whether he returned or not, it (the party) would not die. Obasanjo had on Tuesday vowed never to return to the party, saying he would rather …

The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions on Wednesday asked Stanbic IBTC Bank and Zenith Bank to unfreeze two accounts linked to the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience. Members of the panel took turns to condemn the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for the continued freezing of the accounts by the banks when there was a …

  The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered an interim forfeiture of 14 properties in “choice areas” of Abuja which were allegedly traced to the immediate past Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Bala Mohammed, and his son, Shamsuddeen. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba granted the interim forfeiture order upon an ex parte application by the Economic and Financial …

Following the recent mass outcry by Edo State indigenes and residents, the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in Abuja, yesterday yielded to pressure and effected the transfer of embattled Edo State Police Commissioner, Haliru Gwandu Abukar from the state. Until now, Abubaka had defied initial transfer slammed on him by the Police Service Commission (PSC) by refusing the deployment to his …