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Donald Trump suffered a major legislative reversal on Friday as Republicans were forced to pull their repeal of the Affordable Care Act from the House floor. After weeks of contentious negotiations over the American Health Care Act (AHCA), Republicans had to admit defeat as they could not gain sufficient support from their own side for the plan to overhaul US …

Republicans’ efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare, looked a lot like a tall man trying to stay warm under a short blanket. When Republicans pulled in one direction, they lost coverage at the other end. Hardline conservatives wanted to change regulations that define health insurance, such as a requirement that health plans cover maternity …

The Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, on Thursday said he had directed all governorship aspirants in the state not to contest the 2019 election against the incumbent governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, and his deputy, Dr. Oluranti Adebule. The monarch provided justification for his directive, which he said, was founded on Ambode’s unprecedented performance in government under two years even …

Currency speculators and others who had stockpiled the greenback continued to count their losses on Thursday, when the naira extended its gains on the parallel market and inched closer towards a convergence between the street price for the dollar and the rate offered by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for invisible transactions. The naira sold for between N380 and …

The Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City has been described as the biggest gamble of Donald Trump’s business career. In 1990, he relied on high-interest loans known as junk bonds to launch the casino-hotel complex. The gamble was a spectacular failure and, just over a year later, the Taj Mahal filed for bankruptcy. Now Trump is taking the biggest gamble …

US secretary of state Rex Tillerson has directed US diplomatic missions to identify “populations warranting increased scrutiny” and toughen screening for visa applicants in those groups, according to diplomatic cables seen by Reuters. He has also ordered a “mandatory social media check” for all applicants who have ever been present in territory controlled by Islamic State, in what two former …

Hi everyone, how are you? If your name is Ivanka (there really aren’t that many of you), then maybe you had a great week. Maybe you got a new job with your dad with perks like access to classified information from the US government (chances are much higher if your last name is Trump). Which brings me to the subject …

The foreign ministers or foreign ministry representatives of about 60 countries are to meet Wednesday in Washington to discuss strategy in the fight against the terrorist group Islamic State. The State Department said the diplomats would “review the campaign to date and strategize how to further accelerate the defeat of ISIS,” using an alternative name for Islamic State. Secretary of …

The Presidency Wednesday night dissociated itself from the face-off between the Senate and the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hammed Ali (rtd), saying that the issue does not concern the Presidency. Recall that the Senate on Wednesday declared Ali unfit to occupy the office of CG Customs and subsequently called for his sack. The Customs CG had declined to appear before …

The Senate on Wednesday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Comptroller- General of Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali,rtd because he is unfit to hold any public office. The Senate has also urged the NCS to outrightly cancel its proposed payment of import duty on old Vehicles. The resolutions of the Senate followed the failure of the …