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The Senate, on Tuesday, received a motion to name the airport in Benin City, Edo State, after the late Oba of Benin Kingdom, Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Oba Erediauwa. The airport is to be named as ‘Oba Erediauwa Airport.’ The move was based on a motion moved by Senator Matthew Urhoghide (Edo South), titled, ‘Befittingly Renaming the Federal Airport, Benin City, …

Donald Trump’s first speech to Congress was closely watched around the world. Here’s what overseas media outlets made of it early Tuesday. Great Britain Opinion was divided in the U.K., where Prime Minister Theresa May is eager to forge closer ties with the U.S. as it prepares to depart from the European Union. A columnist for the left-leaning Guardian newspaper …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Abuja, Nigeria – The Federal government of Nigeria has said that it will continue to partner with a broad coalition of NGOs, Civil Society Organizations, to recover all assets stolen and stashed away locally and abroad. The Attorney General and Federal Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Mallami stated this at a Roundtable talk on Asset Recovery …

Donald Trump has accused former president Barack Obama and his “people” of organizing the demonstrations that have roiled city streets, airports and town halls during the first weeks of his presidency. In an interview with Fox and Friends, which aired on Tuesday morning in the US, the president also suggested Obama and his allies were behind the leaks of classified …

Ms Amina Mohammed, the immediate past Minister of Environment, has been sworn-in as the fifth Deputy Secretary-General of the UN at the UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday. The UN Secretary-General António Guterres administered the oath of office to Mohammed. “I want to say that I am extremely, very, very proud that you accepted to join our team. Thank …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced that students awaiting their O’level results will no longer be able to secure admission into higher institutions. In a statement by its spokesperson, JAMB also announced the introduction of fourth choice of higher institution during application by candidates. The statement reads thus : “In the cause of conducting admission exercise, many …

The Deputy Governor of Edo, Philip Shuaibu, on Tuesday in Benin received the report of Technical Committee on a law to harmonise revenue collection in the state. The report was presented by the Chairman, Edo Internal Revenue Service, Mr Oseni Elamah. The chairman said that the report would harmonise revenue collection between the state and the 18 Local Government Areas …

The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress kicked against the declaration of results of Saturday’s supplementary rerun election in Etche by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Elections were held for Etche State Constituency seat of the House of Assembly and the Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency seat, which were won by the Peoples Democratic Party. But the state APC argued …

As the White House moves forward with its plan to impose “extreme vetting” on immigrants to the US, a former senior official at Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has raised questions about the Trump administration’s ability to properly vet new hires as it fulfills its pledge to dramatically increase the number of border agents. James Tomsheck headed CBP’s internal affairs …

The annual dinner hosted by the White House Correspondents’ Association, in Washington, is traditionally an occasion when the US president is lampooned and ridiculed to his face, and is expected to take the ribbing in good part. So Donald Trump’s decision to boycott this year’s event looks like a serious sense of humour failure, indicative of his rapidly deteriorating relationship …