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The Department of State Services says it recovered over N270m from the houses of the judges it raided late on Friday and in the early hours of Saturday. The agency said this on Saturday, while explaining the reason for its widely-criticised raid, during which over four judges were arrested. The DSS said N93,558,000.00; $530,087; £25,970; and €5,680 (a total of …

(CNN)-Donald Trump has one more chance to save his flailing White House campaign. Trump will square off Sunday night against Hillary Clinton in the second presidential debate, an opportunity to look the nation in the eye and express genuine contrition for lewd and sexually aggressive comments about women he made a decade ago. New revelations emerged Saturday after CNN’s Kfile …

A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, says the biggest challenge confronting the commission is the reckless mindset of politicians, who believe that winning an election is a do-or-die affair. Through this mindset, Jega said, Nigerian politicians had turned the nation’s electoral arena into a bloody battlefield characterised by political thuggery, snatching of ballot boxes …

ARLINGTON, Va. — Florida National Guard members began aerial and ground search-and-rescue operations on Friday as Hurricane Matthew continued to move northward, pummeling the U.S. southeastern coast with heavy rains and wind. “The Guard is very well postured to be able to support with well-trained soldiers and airmen in specific skills sets to assist civil authorities,” said Air Force Maj. …

By Alltimepost.com Nine days, following the controversial governorship election in Edo State, Edo Civil Society Organizations have accused the Nigeria Police Forces and the Department of State security (DSS) of complicity in the electoral irregularities that greeted the poll. Edo Governorship election was held on September 28, 2016, with Godwin Obaseki, candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) declared …

The Federal Government, on Friday, gave reasons why it decided to drop the two-count forgery charge it initiated against the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, before an Abuja High Court at Jabi. FG said it took the decision considering that the subject matter is already pending before Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Abuja Division of …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issue a Certificate of Return to the Edo State Governor-elect, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, who won the September 28 governorship election in the state. In his address, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Edo State, Mr. Sam Olumekun, described the election as historic in the history of the commission and Edo people, noting that an …

The federal government on Thursday withdrew the charges of criminal conspiracy relating to the alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Orders, 2015, filed against Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, at the Abuja High Court. In doing so, the Ministry of Justice filed an application to amend the charges and attached the amended charges. In the new …

International Monetary Fund (IMF) is projecting that Nigeria’s economy will end its recession in 2017, growing by 0.6 per cent that year. According to the IMF’s World Economic Outlook (WEO) released yesterday in Washington, the fund is projecting that the current economic recession will outlast 2016, with a gross domestic product (GDP) contraction of 1.7 per cent, reported online news …

The administration seeks to implement cost cutting measures and raise revenue to ward off the recession, the president yesterday submitted its Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) for 2017 to 2019 to the National Assembly, in which it proposed a N6.866 trillion budget for the 2017 fiscal year. It also proposed an oil benchmark of $42.50, …