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Following the official flag-off ceremony for commercial operations of the 185km Abuja-Kaduna standard gauge rail project, on Tuesday, in Abuja, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari, saying “We are excited that President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned our project.” The PDP which took to its verified Twitter handle @PdpNigeria to hail President Buhari said: “We congratulate …

Residents of Oghara community in Delta State on Tuesday, barricaded the Benin-Warri section of the East-West road over an alleged illegal acquisition of a large portion of land belonging to the community by authorities of the Nigerian Navy Logistics Command Oghara, Delta State. The protest which lasted for several hours created heavy gridlock until the men of the Nigeria Police …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for the merging of government’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as part of efforts to curb wastage in government. Obasanjo made the call on Tuesday in Abeokuta while addressing members of the Joint Tax Board who paid him a courtesy call at his Hilltop residence. The former president said that government needed to block …

Michelle Obama cast the presidential race as one between a positive role model for children — in Hillary Clinton — and a damaging one — in Donald Trump — in the marquee speech on the Democratic National Convention’s opening night. The first lady never mentioned Trump by name, but leveraging her popularity, she made a rare, if not unprecedented, foray …

President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the Abuja-Kaduna commercial train operation. After series of postponements, the President Today (Tuesday) flagged off the commencement of full commercial operations of the rail project. The modernisation phase of the project commenced with the signing of the contract for the construction of Abuja (Idu) to Kaduna (Rigasa) rail line in 2009. Buhari said the new …

Oladipo Airenakho   Benin City – As earlier speculated, a reshuffle of the principal officers in the Edo State House of Assembly was on Monday effected on the floor of the Assembly, with the Speaker Rt. Honourable (Mrs) Elizabeth Ativie stepping down and exchanging position with her former Deputy, Honourable Justin Okonoboh. The move is considered to be a balancing …

Thirty one years after his administration was toppled in a military coup, President Muhammadu Buhari has finally opened up on why he was sacked. Buhari said in an exclusive interview granted The Interview, that he was removed from office because he was planning to purge the military hierarchy of corruption. Buhari, who has not spared the military even in his …

Tim Kaine took the stage alongside Hillary Clinton in Miami Saturday and offered his first greeting to voters as a vice presidential nominee — in Spanish. “Bienvenidos a todos,” the Virginia senator said, a phrase that translates to “welcome to everyone.” Clinton and Kaine’s first joint appearance as running mates at a campaign rally here marked the official unveiling of …

The Nigerian Army has said five of the 19 soldiers who went missing after an ambush by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno have been found. The military launched a search for the troops after they went missing Thursday during a military operation in the town of Alagarno in Borno state, the epicentre of Boko Haram’s seven-year Islamist insurgency. Army spokesman, …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the result of Imo North Senatorial District rerun election, conducted on Saturday, July 23, inconclusive. Also declared inconclusive were the results of Oru East and Isiala Mbano State Constituencies following reported cases of shootings, which characterised the exercise in some communities in the two affected areas. The shootings were reported at Okata …