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Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, thursday led a National Assembly delegation to partake in the 137th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly taking place in St. Petersburg, Russia, with the theme: ‘Promoting Cultural Pluralism and Peace through Inter-faith and Inter-ethnic Dialogue.’ Saraki who is a member of the Governing Board of the IPU, according to a statement by his Chief Press …

Kachikwu: Issues raised in memo were not on fraud but governance Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo Thursday broke his silence on the notion that President Muhammadu Buhari approved the financing loans for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) when the president was receiving treatment in the United Kingdom and had handed over power to him as acting president, stating that he (Osinbajo) …

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon declared war on the Republican establishment on Saturday, comparing Mitch McConnell to Julius Caesar and asking “who’s going to be Brutus” in the political assassination of the Senate majority leader. In an unapologetic speech at the annual Values Voter Summit in Washington DC, Bannon called on the social conservatives assembled in the cavernous ballroom …

In his speech on the Iran nuclear agreement, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), President Trump made a number of factual assertions. The deal was negotiated by Iran, the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council (United States, Russia, United Kingdom, France and China), Germany and the European Union. Here’s a guide to some of …

Every tricycle rider and road user plying the Addo-Badore road, knows a middle-aged man, who constantly appears on the road with a shovel – from the Market Bus Stop to the end of the road in Badore – filling potholes, directing traffic and packing sand from the drainage beside the road to give way to a free flow of water …

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has revealed for the first time the response of President Muhammadu Buhari to the controversial memo on the Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru. It would be recalled that the minister’s memo raised issues over the conduct of the NNPC GMD on contracts and appointments. …

The Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II, on Thursday 12th October, 2017 inaugurated the Benin Taditional Council Customary Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee (BTCCADRC), to arbitrate in disputes between individuals and communities in the Kingdom for a tenure of 18 months. The eight-member Committee, made up of mostly retired Justices​, were inaugurated at the Oba Palace grounds, in Benin. The Oba of …

United States Department of Defense announced on Friday that Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al-Darbi was sentenced to 13 years in confinement for conspiracy, attacking civilian objects, hazarding a vessel, terrorism, attempts, and aiding the enemy. The sentencing hearing took place today in a military commission courtroom at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. During his Feb. 20, 2014, …

WASHINGTON — United States Defense Department is releasing two policies that will affect foreign nationals entering the military or who are already in the military, Stephanie Miller, DoD’s chief of accessions, said on Friday. The changes will affect the MAVNI pilot program — the acronym stands for Military Accessions Vital to National Interest — and green card holders seeking to …

Former Secretary General of the Common Wealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, says that Nigeria will fare better if the on-going call to restructure the country into regions is adhered to. Anyaoku gave this view on Thursday, shortly after paying a courtesy visit to Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, at the Government House, Benin City. He said that Nigeria’s economy was …