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Donald Trump has claimed tougher gun laws would not have prevented Sunday’s mass shooting at a south Texas church, arguing that more restrictions might have led to more casualties. Speaking at a news conference in South Korea on Tuesday where he was asked about “extreme vetting” for gun purchases, the president said: “If you did what you’re suggesting, there would …

Eighteen months before guiding Donald Trump to election victory, Steve Bannon delivered the opening shot in the ruthless Republican campaign to paint their Democratic opponent as corrupt. The future White House chief strategist produced a book in May 2015 accusing Hillary Clinton of trading favours for donations to her charitable foundation. Its questionable central charge, on the sale of a …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), former Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Adolphus Karibe-Whyte (JSC) and stakeholders in the justice sector, have urged players in the justice sector to pursue speedy dispensation of criminal cases. The charge was given at a symposium on speeding up criminal litigation in Nigeria, organised by the Initiative for Socio-Cultural Fairness and Equity (FISE) in …

President Muhammadu Buhari says Federal Government’s leveraging on Information and Communication Technology ( ICT ) and the enforcement of Bank Verification Number ( BVN ) has saved the nation of N24.7 billion monthly. The president disclosed this when he declared open the 2017 eNigeria Conference, organised by National Information Technology Development Agency ( NITDA ) at the International Conference Centre, …

Contrary to the rumoured death of former Vice President Alex Ekwueme in the social media, an official of Memfys Neurological Hospital, Enugu, and his younger brother have debunked the report. An official of the hospital who on condition of anonymity in Enugu on Tuesday said that ”Ekwueme is still in Memfys Hospital. “Former Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, is alive, …

President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his commitment towards achieving the promised change made to Nigerians during his campaign in 2015, noting that Information and communication Technology, ICT, would be used as the major driver for his administrative developmental governance and economic reform plans to achieve the desired goal. President Buhari disclosed this in Abuja at the opening ceremony of the …

For about seven and a half hours yesterday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) grilled a former Kogi State Governor Idris Wada in connection with the ongoing probe of N23billion poll bribery scandal. The poll bribery cash was facilitated by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison- Madueke. Wada was quizzed in respect of about N500million allocated …

Britain has come under mounting pressure to launch a crackdown on tax avoidance and reform its network of offshore havens, amid international outrage at the activities of multinationals and billionaires revealed by the Paradise Papers. During urgent questions in the House of Commons on Monday, the disclosures from the leak were described as the “biggest tax scandal of this generation” …

Twenty six people were killed when a gunman opened fire in a church in Texas on Sunday. The violence is consistent with a trend in recent US history – mass shootings have become more frequent and more deadly. If the number of fatalities remains at 26, Sunday’s shooting will be the fifth-worst mass shooting in recent history. Three of the …

The newly appointed Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, on Monday met with the leadership of the National Assembly, where he stated that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration could not succeed without the help of the Legislature. Mustapha, who met with the leaderships of the Senate and the House of Representatives separately, pointed out that President of …