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Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Thursday launching a commission to review alleged voter fraud and voter suppression in the US election system, three White House officials said. Mike Pence and Kansas secretary of state Kris Kobach will lead the commission, which will look at allegations of improper voting and fraudulent voter registration in states and …

The Federal Government is making efforts to address the challenges confronting the operations of the Nigeria Police Force, acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has pledged. Osinbajo made the pledge on Thursday in Abuja at a two-day national security summit. The summit was organised by the office of the Inspector-General of Police in conjunction with Leadership group and the Council of Traditional …

The Nigeria Union of Teachers, (NUT), has said that it will breed more illiterates than literates, should federal government hands over primary education to Local government council. This was made known to newsmen by the president of the association,Micheal Olukoya, during a recent workshop in Abuja. Olukoya made the assertion while reminiscing lost members killed by Boko Haram in North …

The Court of Appeal in Lagos on Thursday reversed the sentence on Raymond Omatseye, a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on allegations of N1.5 billion fraud. Justice Yargata Nimpar, who read the decision of the court, said the High Court that tried him did not properly evaluate the evidence before it. The Federal High …

The Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Alhassan Rirum, has said that the investigation of the Emir of Kano, Mohammed Sanusi, by the House was not connected to a similar exercise being undertaken by an agency of the executive arm of the state government. The Kano Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission had earlier last week announced that it …

The National Assembly has passed the 2017 Appropriations Bill, raising the budget from N7.28 billion earlier proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari in December last year, to N7.44 trillion. The Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives separately presented their harmonised reports of the budget for consideration and subsequent passage on Thursday. According to the report, N434.4 billion …

Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Monday Igbuya has been impeached and Hon Sherriff Oborevwori has been elected in his stead. Twenty-two out of the 29 members signed the impeachment notice, accused Igbuya of incompetence and high handedness. The new Speaker, Rt Hon Sherriff Oborevwori, who represents Okpe constituency in the House, is an experienced politician …

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in the Gudu District, Abuja yesterday, May 10, 2017) turned down an attempt by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to stall the bail application of the former minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Bala Mohammed. Talba remanded him in prison, pending ruling on the bail application tomorrow. That …

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, has effected a major shake-up in the Nigerian Army High Command, with the appointment of Major-General Lucky Irabor as the new Commander, Multi-National Joint Task Force. General Irabor, who was Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole that led troops along with General Officers Commanding of 7 Divisions, 8 Task Force Division to …

Kano State House of Assembly, yesterday, constituted an eight-man committee to investigate allegations levelled against the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II. This came on a day Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, called on the Emir and Kano State government to respect the decisions taken by the Northern Governors Forum to resolve the crisis between them. Speaker of the 40-man Assembly, …