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(CNN)   Donald Trump called out House Republicans Tuesday for proposing a measure that would gut an independent ethics panel, although the President-elect suggested the ethics panel was “unfair.” “With all that Congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the Independent Ethics Watchdog, as unfair as it … may be, their number one …

(CNN)  ISIS has claimed responsibility for the deadly New Year’s attack at an upscale Istanbul nightclub that left 39 people dead. The terror group offered no further clues about the identity of the attacker, and authorities in Turkey continue their search for the suspect. ISIS’ claim — made in a statement posted to Twitter — cannot independently be verified by …

(CNN)  At least 60 people died in a prison riot in Brazil over the weekend, state-run media reported Monday. The 17-hour uprising started Sunday afternoon as part of a rivalry between two criminal organizations at the Anísio Jobim Prison Complex in the city of Manaus, Agencia Brasil reported, citing the country’s Public Safety Secretary Sergio Fontes. Guards and 74 prisoners …

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that Nigeria will be a nation where your knowledge, talent and character affect it citizen’s upward mobility and not tribe, religion or birth in 2017. Jonathan made this known in his 2017 message and prayers for his beloved country, he prayed that Nigerians in the year 2017 will continue to forge greater ties across …

By Oladipo Airenakho Benin City – Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has assured the people of the state of a quick economic recovery in 2017, even as he announced the prohibition of activities of private tax collectors in the state. Gov. Obaseki, who gave the assurance in his new year broadcast, said he would never betray the confidence reposed in …

MY NEW YEAR MESSAGE TO NIGERIANS, JANUARY 1, 2017 My dear Compatriots, I am happy to welcome you to the beginning of a New Year in our beloved country Nigeria. I felicitate with you today at a time when our nation is witnessing a new and impressive turnaround in our security and socio-economic situation. I know you will join me …

The Presidency has denied that the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has been sacked. In a series of tweets on Saturday, Garba Shehu, the spokesman for President Muhammadu Buhari said, ” no report has been made available to the Presidency by the Attorney General of the federation over the matter.” The Senate had …

An Assistant Commissioner of Police, identified as one Christopher Osakue, has reportedly committed suicide in Benin, the Edo State capital.‎ It was gathered that the late Osakue allegedly shot himself in the head with his service pistol in his residence located on Upper Sokponba on Wednesday. The deceased was said to have sent a woman and a little boy, said …

The major reason for communal crisis, particularly in the seven local government areas of Edo South, is land. Youths, under the aegis of Community Development Associations (CDAs), allegedly took over the sale of land in most of the Bini communities and, in the process, scammed those who wanted to buy. Apart from that, youths who believe their communities are more …

The Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Martins Azubuike was yesterday impeached by members of the House. Twenty out of the 24 members signed his impeachment notice but 19 of them sat at the plenary when he was impeached. 16 members make up the quorum for the House to sit. A new Speaker, Bishop Kennedy Njoku, …