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A former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has confirmed THISDAY’s exclusive report on Tuesday that his apartment was one of the many searched by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), following the discovery of N13.3 billion in a neighbouring apartment (Flat 7B) at Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, by the commission last week. In a follow-up to the information …

Mexico City – Mexican authorities should swiftly and credibly investigate the murder of crime reporter Maximino Rodríguez, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Monday. Unknown assailants shot and killed Rodríguez on April 14 in the northern Mexican city of La Paz, according to his employer. Rodríguez, 73, reported on crime and the police on Colectivo Pericú, a blog that …

By Lisa Ferdinando – DoD News WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis began a visit to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to discuss efforts to strengthen commitments to the U.S.-Saudi security partnership. Saudi Arabia has been a key U.S. security ally for more than seven decades, Mattis said en route to the kingdom. The country remains a “pillar of our security …

A senior North Korean official has accused the US of turning the Korean peninsula into “the world’s biggest hotspot” and creating “a dangerous situation in which a thermonuclear war may break out at any moment”. North Korea’s deputy UN ambassador, Kim In-ryong, described US-South Korean military exercises as the largest ever “aggressive war drill” and said his country was “ready …

Theresa May has said she wants to hold a snap general election on 8 June, despite repeatedly claiming that she was against the idea of an early vote. In a surprise statement outside Downing Street on Tuesday morning, the prime minister claimed that opposition parties were jeopardising her government’s preparations for Brexit. “We need a general election and we need …

In a bid to court working-class voters, Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday to revamp a temporary visa programme used to bring foreign workers to fill jobs in the US. The president will use a visit to a manufacturing company in Kenosha, Wisconsin, a crucial state he snatched from Hillary Clinton in the election, to promote his …

Some members of the House of Representatives, yesterday supported the call by National Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, for autonomy for the third tier of government in Nigeria. But the lawmakers placed more emphasis on financial autonomy to free local governments from the shackles of state governors who, in most cases, see them as an extension of the state …

The Senate leadership is considering two options to overcome constitutional hindrances being projected by administration officials not to seek fresh Senate confirmation for Mr. Ibrahim Magu, as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Following the second Senate rejection of Mr. Magu, administration officials and sympathisers had cited section 171 of the constitution to buttress the claim that …

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, warned on Monday that figures could be manipulated if a population census was conducted by Nigeria in 2018. He stated that political interests would determine the outcome of the results, rather than the actual figures. The speaker argued that 2018 was too close to 2019, an election year, a reason …

Former Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, has lauded the anti corruption fight by President Muhammadu Buhari, describing it as a good omen. The former Kano State governor, made this disclosure to journalists in Sokoto on Monday. Shekarau said, “The efforts by the president to fight corruption in all its ramifications is good for Nigeria. “Anybody, who gets any money …