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President Muhammadu Buhari arrived the country Today (Friday) at about 4 a.m., 51 days after he left the country on a medical vacation. Owing to the closure of the Abuja airport,  a presidency sources said that his plane was scheduled to land at the Kaduna airport in the wee hours of Friday, following which he was to be flown by …

An FCT High Court has convicted and sentenced two out of five policemen accused in the extrajudicial killings of six Apo traders in 2005 to death. The accused Ezekiel Acheneche and Emmanuel Baba were convicted of homicide punishable by death under section 22 1a of the penal code while others were absolved of wrongdoing and discharged. Justice Ishaq Bello while …

A bill for an Act to authorise the provision of free prenatal and postnatal health services for pregnant women in government hospitals, has been stepped down in the House of Representatives. The bill which was to be read the second time on the floor of the green chamber was not debated because copies were not made available to members on …

The UN Deputy Secretary-General, Ms Amina Mohammed, has called on the international community to remember the Chibok schoolgirls and thousands of other women abducted by the Boko Haram terrorists. Mohammed stated this in her speech to commemorate the 2017 International Women’s Day at the UN Headquarters in New York. “Today let us save a thought for the Chibok girls. “And …

Donald Trump’s newly revised travel ban is set to face its first legal challenge after a federal judge in Hawaii allowed the state’s attorney general to submit an amended lawsuit previously lodged against the president’s first, failed ban. Trump’s new executive order, signed on Monday, bars new visas for people from six Muslim-majority countries and replaces an initial order issued …

Former Utah Republican governor Jon Huntsman has accepted Donald Trump’s offer to be ambassador to Russia, an administration official said on Wednesday. Huntsman would assume the job, a high-profile and sensitive post that requires Senate confirmation, amid investigations into the contacts between Russian officials and the Trump campaign. Trump has said he wants to improve relations with Russian president Vladimir …

A few hundred marines with heavy artillery have been deployed to Syria in preparation for the fight to oust Islamic State from its self-declared headquarters of Raqqa, a senior US official said on Wednesday. The deployment is temporary but is a sign Donald Trump’s White House is leaning toward giving the Pentagon greater flexibility in making routine combat decisions in …

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said yesterday workers were running out of patience with the Federal Government over delay in negotiation of a new minimum wage. It said the workers could not wait indefinitely for government to respond at its own time. Speaking at the Fourth NLC National Gender Conference in Abuja, NLC President Comrade Ayuba Wabba said workers were getting …

The Osun State government, yesterday imposed a two-day curfew on the ancient city of Ile-Ife following the violent clash between Hausa and Yoruba. This is coming at a time when death toll from the clash has risen to 10. Scores of others also sustained various degrees of injury, just as property worth millions of naira were destroyed, with several houses, …

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said, at 60 years, he is happy and fulfilled. He turned 60 yesterday. Osinbajo spoke to State House Correspondents, shortly after he cut his birthday cake, with ministers, at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, which he presided over at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He attributed his new age and other favour …