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In a renewed onslaught against Boko Haram, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, Saturday gave a 40-day ultimatum to Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole in the North-east, to capture the terror group leader, Abubakar Shekau, dead or alive. Announcing the ultimatum in a statement Saturday, the Director of Army Public …

Future presidential elections in the country may be thrown open to interested Nigerians from the age of 35 and above, if constitution amendment proposals now before the House of Representatives are adopted. The current minimum age for qualification for the office is 40. Besides, Nigerians from the age of 25 years may also be allowed to seek election into the …

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Saturday monitored the conduct of the First School Leaving Certificate (FSLC) examination organised by the state ministry of education. The governor told newsmen shortly after inspecting some examination centres in Benin that the aim was to see the method of administration of the exams and improve on it if need be. He said that …

During the presidential campaign, Anthony Scaramucci, the smooth-talking New York financier known by friends as “the Mooch”, convinced reluctant Republican donors to open their wallets for Donald Trump. But as White House communications director, Scaramucci will have to convince the American public that Trump, who is at record low approval ratings, is fulfilling his promises. Scaramucci accepted the job on …

Former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has explained in clear terms the meaning of restructuring to enable those who do not understand the word “Restructuring” to understand. Atiku who spoke on “Restructuring for A United and Progressive Nigeria” in the University of Nigeria Nsukka on 19th July 2017, today went to his tweeter handle to buttress his points. According …

The Nigerian Prisons Service has launched a probe into the fire incident that engulfed the Kuje Medium Prisons on Friday. While some reports had said the incident occurred in the morning, prison authorities said the fire occurred at about 4:30pm. “Minor fire was detected in Kuje Medium Security Prison hospital at about 4.30pm.and was immediately put out by security personnel …

Sean Spicer has resigned as White House press secretary, bringing to an end a tumultuous six months as the public face of Donald Trump’s administration. Spicer stepped down after the president tapped Anthony Scaramucci, a New York financier and longtime Trump supporter, as the new White House communications director. The White House had been without a communications director since May, …

Six months ago, one powerful white man in the White House, watched by seven more, signed a piece of paper that will prevent millions of women around the world from deciding what they can and can’t do with their own bodies. In that moment, on his very first Monday morning in office, Donald Trump effectively signed the death warrants of …

Nigerian motor manufacturing company, Innoson Motors, is set to export made-in-Nigerian cars to Mali. The Charge‘d Affair of Nigera in Mali, Yara Abdulsalam, says an indigenous motor manufacturing company, has signed an MoU with a Malian firm to export 400 locally made vehicles to Mali. Abdulsalam made the announcement on Friday in Abuja when he led a delegation of businessmen …

OJ Simpson, the former NFL star famously acquitted of murder, was granted parole on Thursday and is expected to walk free in October after being jailed nine years for a botched robbery attempt. “I am sorry the things turned out the way they did,” Simpson, 70, said via videoconference with the Nevada board of parole commissioners. “I had no intention …