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Donald Trump was unaware his former national security adviser Michael Flynn was working as a “foreign agent” when he gave him the job, according to his press secretary. “I don’t believe that was known,” said Sean Spicer, when asked by reporters at his regular press briefing on Thursday. Flynn resigned in February after just four weeks as national security adviser …

Bernie Sanders has launched a withering attack on Donald Trump, accusing him of being a pathological liar who is driving America towards authoritarianism. In an interview with the Guardian, the independent senator from Vermont, who waged a spirited campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, gave a bleak appraisal of the new White House and its intentions. He warned …

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will send a letter to parliament next week to formally resume power, after nearly two months away on medical leave, his spokesman said on Friday. He said he will not resume power immediately, instead leave his vice in charge. Femi Adesina said in a tweet that the letter to the National Assembly will be sent on …

President Muhammadu Buhari has said he is pleased to be back in Nigeria. In his first meeting with top government officials led by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa Friday morning, after he returned from medical vacation, President Buhari said, ” I am pleased I am back, I am feeling much better now.”   (Punch)

President Muhammadu Buhari has landed at the Aso Presidential Villa, Abuja helipad after some 51 days vacation in London United Kingdom. His chopper talked ground at about 8:42 am on Friday. Meanwhile, as early as 7:00am, some key officials of his government were already gathered at the Aso Villa Helipad to receive him. Among officials were Vice President,Yemi Osinbajo,Chief of …

Brig-Gen. Samuel Ogbemudia the two-term governor of the defunct Bendel State who raised the benchmark of governance and laid the infrastructure for development in Edo and Delta States has died at 84. General Ogbemudia Ogbemudia died in Benin on Thursday night at about 11.00 p.m. reliable sources close to him disclosed last night. Ogbemudia had a very successful military career …

A cross section of Nigerians have continued to appreciate God through the social media on the reported news that President Muhammadu Buhari will be returning home from London on Friday after his medical vacation. Many Nigerians have been showering praises on the originator of the news, Mr Femi Adesina who had earlier issued a statement indicating that the president would …

Despite the promise by the Ondo State Governor, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, not to do anything unlawful concerning the administration of local governments, we learnt yesterday that the accounts of the 18 councils in the state had been frozen. Equally, the state government had stopped the salaries of all political appointees in the third tier of government in the state as …

The Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN) and some of its members have filed a suit against the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), the Inspector –General of Police (IG) and the Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS) for violation of their rights. They want a Federal High Court in Abuja to award them N2 billion as compensation for …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the timetable for the 2019 elections, indicating that it would hold the next presidential and National Assembly elections on February 16, 2019. The commission also said that governorship and that of the state assembly polls will take place on March 2nd, 2019. The announcement of the timetable for the 2019 general election …