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Donald Trump has unleashed an extraordinary barrage of criticism against several of his own top officials, accusing senior members of the Department of Justice (DoJ) of having conflicts of interest and expressing regret that he had appointed Jeff Sessions as US attorney general. In a 50-minute interview with the New York Times, conducted in the Oval Office on Wednesday, Trump …

Worried by rising kidnap and rape cases across the state, Lagos State Government has introduced measures during this vacation to forestall any possible ugly situation that may arise in public schools. Governor Ambode of Lagos State The state government had in a memo to all permanent secretaries, tutors-general of the six educational districts in the state, asked them to stop …

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the temporary forfeiture of a property at Banana Island, Lagos, reportedly bought for $37.5m in 2013 by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. The property, designated as Building 3, Block B, Bella Vista Plot 1, Zone N, Federal Government Layout, Banana Island Foreshore Estate, has 24 apartments, 18 …

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has commended the Lady Mechanic Initiative for the resourcefulness put in the refurbishment of the abandon Edo Line Complex into a modern workshop. He gave the commendation when he visited the Workshop accomplished by his deputy, Hon Philip shiabu and other government functionaries yesterday. Obaseki who expressed satisfaction with the level of work done …

Edo State Governor Mr. Godwin Obaseki said his administration has resolved to privatize the Specialist Hospital in Benin City to provide world class healthcare services. According to the governor, the privatization of the hospital will put it at par with the best hospitals in the world and will serve the healthcare needs of Nigerians who ordinarily would have traveled abroad …

Edo State Governor Mr. Godwin Obaseki has inaugurated the ‘Clean and Green Edo’’ Committee saying it will serve as one of the key planks to drive environmental reforms in the state. Inaugurating the members of the committee at Government house in Benin City, Obaseki noted that the state needed to be clean and conducive for investors to do business. He …

The Senate has said it supports the executive’s decision to go to court for interpretation of Section 171 of the Constitution. In order to bypass the Senate in some appointments, the presidency has been relying on section 171 of the constitution to make the appointment. This has resulted in a series of clashes between the Senate and the executive with …

The collapse of the Senate Republican healthcare bill on Monday night left Mitch McConnell pursuing a last-ditch change of tactics: to repeal Barack Obama’s healthcare law now, then replace it later. But less than 24 hours later, his plan appears to have been thwarted. The Republican party has mounted a seven-year crusade against the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly known …

Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has announced that the Senate will vote on a clean repeal of Obamacare without any replacement, after two Republican senators broke ranks to torpedo the current Senate healthcare bill. Senators Mike Lee of Utah and Jerry Moran of Kansas came out on Monday night in opposition to McConnell’s Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), the Senate …

Donald Trump said Republicans should “let Obamacare fail”, after the dramatic collapse of efforts to repeal and replace Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA). The president spoke as a new plan to simply repeal the 2010 law with no replacement was effectively strangled at birth by a deeply divided party. This followed the withdrawal of legislation, blindsiding the president, on …