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Donald Trump will on Tuesday sign an executive order to unravel Barack Obama’s plan to curb global warming, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency said on Sunday, claiming the move would be “pro-growth and pro-environment”. “The president is keeping his promise to the American people,” said Scott Pruitt, a former Oklahoma attorney general who has questioned accepted climate science, …

America’s biggest coal boss is hopeful that his industry will soon be freed of “fraudulent” green legislation that has hampered his industry, but warned Donald Trump to “temper” expectations about a boom in mining jobs. Robert Murray, founder and chief executive of Murray Energy, the largest privately held coalminer in the US, is confident Trump will follow through with campaign …

This is certainly not the best of times for the embattled Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC as powerful forces, within and outside of government, not disposed to his continued stay in office have intensified efforts to break down his defence lines. One of such moves,Saturday Sun learnt, is an ongoing discreet investigation into the true …

Former Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Abubakar Tsav believes that the embattled acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), Ibrahim Magu may not be confirmed by the Senate because some interests have ganged up against him. The retired Police boss said that greed and the quest for wealth are the major challenges facing the nation. In this interview, …

The Edo State Government has reiterated it commitment towards promoting health care delivery for the under-aged citizens of the state, in collaboration with the World Health Organisation. Governor Godwin Obaseki, disclosed this when he received representatives of development partners at the Government House in Benin. Obaseki noted that his administration was concerned that the future of the state could be …

The Benson Idahosa University, Edo State, has faulted the clarification by the Federal Government that Fanta and Sprite beverages manufactured in Nigeria by the Nigeria Bottling Company were safe for consumption. A Lagos High Court had ordered the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control‎ to compel the NBC to include a written warning that the drinks could not …

Donald Trump suffered a major legislative reversal on Friday as Republicans were forced to pull their repeal of the Affordable Care Act from the House floor. After weeks of contentious negotiations over the American Health Care Act (AHCA), Republicans had to admit defeat as they could not gain sufficient support from their own side for the plan to overhaul US …

Republicans’ efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare, looked a lot like a tall man trying to stay warm under a short blanket. When Republicans pulled in one direction, they lost coverage at the other end. Hardline conservatives wanted to change regulations that define health insurance, such as a requirement that health plans cover maternity …

The Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, on Thursday said he had directed all governorship aspirants in the state not to contest the 2019 election against the incumbent governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, and his deputy, Dr. Oluranti Adebule. The monarch provided justification for his directive, which he said, was founded on Ambode’s unprecedented performance in government under two years even …

Currency speculators and others who had stockpiled the greenback continued to count their losses on Thursday, when the naira extended its gains on the parallel market and inched closer towards a convergence between the street price for the dollar and the rate offered by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for invisible transactions. The naira sold for between N380 and …