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They sat through hours of pummelling by Hurricane Irma, with winds pounding them at up to 115mph and rain driving in a solid white sheet as bright as a snow blizzard. Then on Monday, Floridians woke up to survey the damage, begin the cleanup and get back to carrying on regardless. By noon, the jet skiers were back on the …

The Commissioner of Police in Anambra, Mr Garba Umar, has reiterated the preparedness of security agencies to help achieve credible, free, fair, and violence-free governorship election in Anambra on Nov.18. Umar, who doubles as the Chairman of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Security in the state, gave the assurance during the meeting of the Committee at the Independent National Electoral …

The Presidential Panel set up to investigate alleged human rights violations by the Nigerian Army, yesterday, held its inaugural sitting in Abuja, with Benue indigenes narrating how soldiers helped rampaging herdsmen to attack their communities. This came as the chairman of the probe panel, Justice Biobele Georgewill, said the proceeding will provide a unique opportunity to those that have genuine …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has explained why the war against the Boko Haram insurgency has remained intractable, noting that the country needed to treat the root of the problem and not the symptoms. Speaking in an interview with the BBC in Lagos, Obasanjo noted that former President Goodluck Jonathan did not take the insurgency seriously in the belief that the …

…Report on sequence of project implementation ready All is now set for the smooth take-off of the planned Benin Industrial Park with the receipt of the preliminary report by Governor Godwin Obaseki from the Mahindra Group in India, on Monday. A visibly elated Obaseki, who was accompanied by the Commissioner for Wealth Creation, Cooperatives and Employment, Hon. Emmanuel Usoh, and …

As schools prepare to resume for the 2017/2018 academic session on Monday, many parents have expressed concern at the high cost of school items. Some parents, who spoke in Lagos on Saturday, said that school items had become costlier than school fees. Mr Wale Olufela, a civil servant, stated that school fees remained the same from the previous session but …

Viral reports portraying Vice president Yemi Osinbajo as a prospective candidate for the forthcoming 2019 presidential candidate, was on Saturday debunked by the Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity to Vice President, Mr Laolu Akande. According to him, Osinbajo has nothing to do with such publication and the website was created by faceless individuals who want to tarnish the …

Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has explained why he changed his mind by wanting his deputy, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, to contest in next year’s governorship election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state. The governor had come under criticism after he adopted Olusola as a candidate for the 2018 governorship election. Olusola’s adoption had been widely …

WASHINGTON — As Hurricane Irma continues to approach the coast of southern Florida today the federal government is working with state and local agencies “to help save lives, protect families, and assist those in need,” President Donald J. Trump said yesterday as part of his weekly address to the nation. Irma, currently a Category 4 hurricane, is expected to reach …

· Investments in Agric, Tech, Trade top Agenda Over ten key players in the organised private sector of Singapore as well as state-owned enterprises, met with the Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Friday, in the Asian country, as he intensified his quest for foreign investors and partners to bolster the state’s industrialisation drive. The governor’s meeting with …