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…delegates seek return to regional govt, part-time legislators Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Monday, hosted the All Progressives Congress (APC) panel on True Federalism in Benin City, the Edo State capital, as the party commenced public consultation on Nigeria’s restructuring. Welcoming members of the party’s Team One, in charge of the South-South geopolitical zone, made up of the …

Benin City, Nigeria – Stakeholders in Edo state, at the International Day for the preservation of the Ozone Layer on Saturday expressed concerns that 30 years after the Montreal Protocol, Nigeria was yet to enact legislation, like many other countries in the world to protect the ozone layer. Made up of National Association of Refrigeration and air-conditioning Practitioners (NARAP), members …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has suspended its strike after a final four-hour meeting with the Federal Government delegation, which ended around 9pm in Abuja on Monday. The ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, addressed a briefing at the Nigeria Labour Congress secretariat to announce the union’s “conditional suspension of the strike.” Ogunyemi said the strike was suspended, after the …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday departed Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, for New York, to participate in the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity confirmed the departure on his Facebook page, on Sunday, in Abuja. Adesina posted: “President Buhari departs Abuja to New York for 72nd Session …

The Trump presidency is opening up a new battlefront in the intense and controversial war over American voting rights. After a decade of wrangling between Democrats who have sought to expand voting opportunities and Republicans who have invoked the specter of voter fraud to restrict them, the focus is now on purging registration lists – even at the risk of …

The United States must stop threatening North Korea’s leader if a peaceful solution to the nuclear crisis is to be found, China’s ambassador to Washington has said, as Kim Jong-un reiterated his country’s aim to reach military “equilibrium” with the US. Cui Tiankai told reporters in Washington: “They [the US] should refrain from issuing more threats. They should do more …

Governors of the 19 northern states have greeted residents across the north for being nonviolent in the face of clashes between members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Soldiers in Abia State which endangered some northerners living in parts of the South-east. The governors, who spoke through Kashim Shettima, Governor of Borno State and Chairman of the Northern …

Governors of the South-east zone rose from an emergency meeting in Enugu yesterday and proscribed all activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the region, even as they appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw the military from the zone. On the same day, the Nigerian Defence Headquarters (DHQ) formally declared IPOB a terrorist organisation, while former President …

Theresa May has rebuked Donald Trump for suggesting the people responsible for an explosion on a London tube train were known to the Metropolitan police. The prime minister expressed her frustration as she spoke for the first time about the “cowardly attack” at Parsons Green underground station in west London, which injured at least 22 people. Trump claimed on Twitter …

The Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammad Sanusi II, yesterday, in Kano declared that the era of financial dependency on the Federal Government by states was over. The emir, who made the submission when he received a team of Lagos/Kano Economic Summit in his palace, noted that a working strategy should be evolved by states to lift them out of economic …