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There was jubilation on Friday after the Edo State Governorship Election Petitions tribunal dismissed a petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, challenging the declaration of Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress as winner of the September 28, 2016. The two-hour ruling read by the Chairman of the three-man panel, by Justice Ahmed …

A groundbreaking black jurist who became the first Muslim woman to serve as a US judge has been found dead in New York’s Hudson river. The body of Sheila Abdus-Salaam, a 65-year-old associate judge of New York’s highest court, was found floating off Harlem about 1.45pm local time, a police spokesman said. Police pulled Abdus-Salaam’s fully clothed body from the …

Donald Trump has said that US relations with Russia may be at “an all-time low” and declared a new-found faith in Nato, suggesting the alliance was “no longer obsolete”. The US president’s remarks at the White House followed a two-hour meeting in Moscow between his secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, and Vladimir Putin, which failed to resolve any of the …

At some time after 7pm on Monday night, Bruce Ward will be escorted into the death chamber in the Cummins Unit in Arkansas, strapped to a gurney, and have IV lines inserted into his veins. The lines will run through a hole in the wall to a “chemical room” separated from the main chamber by a one-way mirror, and behind …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Benin City, Nigeria – As the war against corruption in Nigeria rages on, frontline anti-graft, human and environmental rights crusader, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), has tasked all state governors in the country to open their books for public scrutiny. ANEEJ made the demand in Benin during the week while commending the …

Edo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal will on Friday deliver judgement in a petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu.‎ It was learnt that the three-man panel, led by Justice Ahmed Badamasi had on Wednesday informed the parties in the case of its readiness to deliver judgement before the expiration of the statutory180 days …

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that he is looking for where the members of the Aso Rock cabal are and that he does not know of such in the in the presidency. Osinbajo who made this knwon at the presidential villa in Abuja said “cabals are meant to be secret”. “Cabals are meant to be secret. I am still looking …

The Emir of Kano and former Central Bank governor (CBN), Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on his instagram page, has said that he is upset at legion of beggars on the streets in Nigeria and mostly in the north. This came as he called on northerners to emulate southern economic ways of life rather being idle. Most of the beggars roaming …

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it will soon introduce electronic Tax Clearance Certificate (TCC) system to help reduce fraudulent certificates. Mr. Kola Okunola, Director ICT, FIRS, said this in a presentation at the ongoing training by Journalism.com Ltd., in collaboration with FIRS on Thursday in Abuja. He said that the implementation of the e-TCC verification system had reached …

Acting on a tip-off, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday found $43.4 million (about N13.237 billion), N23 million and £27,000 cash at House 16, Osborne Road in Ikoyi, Lagos Island. The anti-graft agency suspected that the cash might have been proceeds of crime kept at the residence to prevent any bank alert. But the identity of the owner …