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(CNN)President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday laying out a new travel ban after widespread criticism of his previous one. Here is the full executive order: Executive Order Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, …

(CNN)   President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Monday banning immigration from six Muslim-majority countries, notably dropping Iraq from January’s previous order. The new travel ban comes six weeks after Trump’s original executive order was rolled out to chaos and confusion at airports nationwide, and eventually blocked by a federal court. The new version exempts people who hold …

A High Court in Yola, Adamawa State, has convicted former Governor of the state, Bala James Ngilari for failing to adhere to the procurement laws of the state. In a 75-minute long ruling, Justice Nathan Musa found the former governor guilty of four charges, and discharged him on one, which bordered on conspiracy. The judge discharged and acquitted former Secretary …

Twelve Naira notes vendors have been arrested in a joint raid by officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN and Operatives of Lagos State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCIID, Yaba. Mint Naira notes in different denominations were recovered from the vendors, all women, who were arrested at event centres and bus stops in different parts of the state. …

Barring any unforeseen development, the Federal Government will this week unfold its Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP), which is expected to outline how the country will get out of recession and attain stability and growth. Competent Government sources confirmed to Vanguard last night that the long awaited economic plan, which was worked out by financial and economic experts in …

The sacked Chairman, National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has said members of the party are free to join other political associations to realise their political ambition. He said neither him nor any member of the caretaker committee had, however, joined the proposed Advanced Peoples Democratic Party. There have been reports that some politicians in …

(CNN)  President Donald Trump is asking Congress to look into whether the Obama administration abused its investigative powers during the 2016 election, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said in a statement Sunday. The request came a day after Trump took to Twitter to accuse former President Barack Obama, without providing any evidence, of wiretapping his phones in Trump Tower …

Apparently, they were completely oblivious of his message to them. Perhaps, by every conceivable circumstance, they had thought they were in the same ship and on the same page but little did they know that he had a mind of his own, especially when there was already some palpitations in the room. Of course, one does not need to brood …

A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Mr Victor Akande on Sunday lauded former President Goodluck Jonathan over his reconciliatory steps to resolve leadership crisis rocking PDP. Akande, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly representing Ojo Constituency, said in Lagos that such step had been long expected. The lawmaker had on Dec. 11, …

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday urged Nigerians to stop celebrating treasury looters. To him, it is unfortunate that someone accused of corruption is celebrated in his hometown because people believe he has taken his share of the national cake. “Today someone who is corrupt is celebrated. There is a problem that we must resolve, and if we don’t resolve it, …