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As part of measures to control illegal migration, human trafficking and other security challenges in Nigeria, the Oba of Benin, Ewuare II has urged course participants of the Institute of Security Studies, Abuja to send a proposal to the federal government on how to control the nation’s porous borders, especially in the North East. Oba Ewuare made the call during …

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has urged the Federal Character Commission (FCC) to set up a compliance unit that will monitor the distribution of federal government appointments and infrastructural facilities across the country, in line with the principle of federal character. Obaseki made the call on Thursday, at the commission’s seminar for South-South Zone, with the theme: “The Spread …

Donald Trump declared James Comey “a weak and untruthful slime ball” on Friday in response to a new book, in which the former director of the FBI caricatures him as a mafia don, and claimed: “It was my great honor to fire James Comey!” “James Comey is a proven LEAKER & LIAR,” the president tweeted. “Virtually everyone in Washington thought …

Members of the newly reconstituted Board of the Nigerian Institute For Oil Palm Research (NIFOR) have been charged to come up with development plan that would help revive the entity and make it regain its lost glories. The charge was given by the Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, Oba of Benin when the Chairman of the Board, Emperor …

An FCT High Court, Maitama, on Thursday sentenced Magistrate Mohammed Balogun, to three years imprisonment for demanding gratification to influence judgment. Justice Ishaq Bello who convicted Balogun, however, gave him N500, 000 option of fine. The convict was charged to court by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, on a two-count bordering on demanding gratification. Bello while …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has commenced the disbursement of N26 billion Agribusiness/Small and Medium Enterprises Investment Scheme (AGSMEIS) fund contributed by all deposit money banks to finance eligible projects, the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, said on Thursday. Speaking at a ceremony to commence disbursement of the fund, Emefiele said lenders contributed five per cent of their Profit After …

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says it will include farming and crop production as part of the one year primary assignment for corps members from the next service year. Mr Bello Ballama, the NYSC FCT Coordinator, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday. He said that the move was to …

P,lenary at the Senate on Thursday became rowdy over alleged incompetence of President Muhammadu Buhari to address the spate of killings by armed herdsmen. ‎Lawmaker representing Abia South Senatorial District, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, had raised a point of order to make reference to the conflicting reasons given by officials in the Buhari-led administration for the herdsmen/farmers clashes. Abaribe noted that …

The Federal Government is worried that the International Criminal Court is unrelenting in pursuing eight cases against Nigeria, says the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubabakar Malami (SAN). He said this on Thursday while playing host to the newly elected President of the ICC, Prof. Chile Osuji, at his office in Abuja. Malami said the ICC …

President Donald Trump’s allies are preparing an extensive campaign to fight back against James Comey’s publicity tour, trying to undermine the credibility of the former FBI director by reviving the blistering Democratic criticism of him before he was fired nearly a year ago. The battle plan against Comey, obtained by CNN, calls for branding the nation’s former top law enforcement …