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The House of Representatives Majority Leader, Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila, at the weekend said that the House would continue to support Federal Government’s effort to end economic recession in the country. He also promised speedy passage of 2017 budget, saying, “we shall also do our very best to ensure speedy passage of the 2017 budget just presented to us by the …

In this piece UGOCHI OBIAKOR and ZAINAB ABDULAZEEZ, report that various participants in the MMM scheme used money meant for other things in the hope of making profits. She is a petty trader and single mother. Popularly called Mummy Samuel in her neighbourhood, she tries to make ends meet doing all she could to take care of her three children …

The National Judicial Council said on Friday that it had sanctioned a judge of Abia State High Court, Justice Ugbo Ononogbo, and a counterpart in the Zamfara State High Court, Justice Nasir Gunmi, for various acts of misconduct. In a statement by its Acting Director of Information, Mr. Soji Oye, the NJC said it recommended Ononogbo for dismissal and Gunmi …

The Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Babachir Lawal, says calls by the Senate for his resignation and prosecution was an attempt to rubbish his person. Lawal made this known while speaking to newsmen shortly after the 2017 Budget Proposal presentation by President Muhammadu Buhari before the joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday in Abuja. The …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers on Friday presented petitions to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Nigeria Police on its reservations over the conduct of the re-run elections. Mr Honourable Asita, APC’s Deputy Governorship candidate in the 2015 election, made this known during a protest march to INEC office in Port Harcourt. Asita, with other leaders and …

Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, yesterday, told President Muhammadu Buhari that the world was watching him on how he would handle the Senate’s Wednesday’s resolution calling for the sack of Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr Babachir Lawal, for allegedly soiling his hands in corrupt practices. This came as the Senate resolved to probe Lawal’s alleged uncharitable …

President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed the appointment of the Minister of Environment, Mrs. Amina Mohammed, as the new Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, describing it as a welcome development. In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, Buhari expressed happiness that Mrs Mohammed would join the next United Nations Secretary-General Antonio …

The Edo Election Petition Tribunal says it will not limit parties on the number of witnesses to call in the petition filed by the PDP and its governorship candidate, Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu. The Justice Ahmed Badamasi-led three-member tribunal, which made the submission in its pre-hearing report on Thursday, fixed Jan. 11 as commencement date for hearing the petition. The party …

Edo State Commissioner of Police Mr Haliru Gwandu has flagged off the “Change Begins With Me” campaign in Edo State Police Command, cautioning police officers against sharp practices. Mr Gwandu accompanied by the representative of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG zone 5 DCP Mohammed Gwona, Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers and other senior officers of the command launched the …

Ordinary people around the world have been failed by globalisation, Justin Trudeau has told the Guardian, as he sought to explain a turbulent year marked by the election of Donald Trump, the Brexit vote and the rise of anti-establishment, nation-first parties around the world. “What we’re facing right now – in terms of the rise of populism and divisive and …