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A cross section of Nigerians have continued to appreciate God through the social media on the reported news that President Muhammadu Buhari will be returning home from London on Friday after his medical vacation. Many Nigerians have been showering praises on the originator of the news, Mr Femi Adesina who had earlier issued a statement indicating that the president would …

Despite the promise by the Ondo State Governor, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, not to do anything unlawful concerning the administration of local governments, we learnt yesterday that the accounts of the 18 councils in the state had been frozen. Equally, the state government had stopped the salaries of all political appointees in the third tier of government in the state as …

The Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN) and some of its members have filed a suit against the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), the Inspector –General of Police (IG) and the Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS) for violation of their rights. They want a Federal High Court in Abuja to award them N2 billion as compensation for …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the timetable for the 2019 elections, indicating that it would hold the next presidential and National Assembly elections on February 16, 2019. The commission also said that governorship and that of the state assembly polls will take place on March 2nd, 2019. The announcement of the timetable for the 2019 general election …

President Muhammadu Buhari arrived the country Today (Friday) at about 4 a.m., 51 days after he left the country on a medical vacation. Owing to the closure of the Abuja airport,  a presidency sources said that his plane was scheduled to land at the Kaduna airport in the wee hours of Friday, following which he was to be flown by …

An FCT High Court has convicted and sentenced two out of five policemen accused in the extrajudicial killings of six Apo traders in 2005 to death. The accused Ezekiel Acheneche and Emmanuel Baba were convicted of homicide punishable by death under section 22 1a of the penal code while others were absolved of wrongdoing and discharged. Justice Ishaq Bello while …

A bill for an Act to authorise the provision of free prenatal and postnatal health services for pregnant women in government hospitals, has been stepped down in the House of Representatives. The bill which was to be read the second time on the floor of the green chamber was not debated because copies were not made available to members on …

The UN Deputy Secretary-General, Ms Amina Mohammed, has called on the international community to remember the Chibok schoolgirls and thousands of other women abducted by the Boko Haram terrorists. Mohammed stated this in her speech to commemorate the 2017 International Women’s Day at the UN Headquarters in New York. “Today let us save a thought for the Chibok girls. “And …

Donald Trump’s newly revised travel ban is set to face its first legal challenge after a federal judge in Hawaii allowed the state’s attorney general to submit an amended lawsuit previously lodged against the president’s first, failed ban. Trump’s new executive order, signed on Monday, bars new visas for people from six Muslim-majority countries and replaces an initial order issued …

Former Utah Republican governor Jon Huntsman has accepted Donald Trump’s offer to be ambassador to Russia, an administration official said on Wednesday. Huntsman would assume the job, a high-profile and sensitive post that requires Senate confirmation, amid investigations into the contacts between Russian officials and the Trump campaign. Trump has said he wants to improve relations with Russian president Vladimir …