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Donald Trump painted a picture of a dystopian America — and sold himself as the only one who can fix it.As he accepted the Republican nomination here Thursday night, Trump delivered tough talk, promising to eradicate crime, build a border wall, defeat ISIS, rejuvenate the economy and prod U.S. allies to step it up or else. “I’m with you,” Trump …

Donald Trump has never faced more pressure on the national stage than he will Thursday evening when he accepts the Republican nomination. This week’s Republican National Convention has been dominated by unexpected fireworks ranging from the plagiarized speech his wife delivered and the way the campaign prolonged the episode to Ted Cruz’s shocking address Wednesday in which he refused to …

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has described the allegation from the former Chairman of Appropriations Committee, Abdulmumuni Jibrin against him in the budget controversy as an after thought. He also debunked the claims by Jibrin that he was removed because he did not support the immunity proposal in the House for presiding officers of the National Assembly. …

Some civil society groups in Nigeria have condemned a bill before the House of Representatives which “seeks to properly supervise, monitor and co-ordinate Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) in Nigeria.” The groups are Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP; Women Advocates and Documentation Centre, WARDC; Women Empowerment and Legal Aid Initiative, WELA; Partnership for Justice, and Committee …

The Senate, yesterday, said it would proceed with the screening and confirmation of the 47 ambassadorial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari last month. It also urged the President to urgently submit the list of non-career ambassadors to balance the nomination. The Senate, however, agreed with the decision of President Buhari not to include names from Bayelsa, Ebonyi, …

The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) says that taxation of petroleum products like fuel, diesel, kerosene and gas holds a huge revenue potential for Nigeria. This is contained in a report PPRA made available to the Ministry of Finance and obtained by newsmen at the conclusion of the two-day National Revenue Retreat in Kano. According to the Report, PPPRA …

Former Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation and member, representing Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency, Kano State, Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin, on Thursday, let the cat out of the bag, revealing the issues that exactly led to his ouster as the chair of the ”juicy” committee. Read his full statement below: I am obliged to make further statements after listening to the full statement …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday promised that his administration will continue to welcome innovative ideas in the gas, technology and agricultural sectors as ways of repositioning the nation’s economy. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President spoke while receiving the Letter of Credence of the High Commissioner of the Republic of …

Portugal’s former prime minister who was the UN’s refugee chief for 10 years, Antonio Guterres, took the lead in the first straw poll vote on Thursday to pick the next UN secretary-general, diplomats said. Slovenia’s former president Danilo Turk came second in the secret vote by the UN Security Council to choose a successor to Ban Ki-moon. “Guterres is the …

PTurkey has formally charged 99 generals and admirals in connection with the weekend’s thwarted coup attempt – just under a third of the country’s 356 top military officers. President Erdogan is meeting with loyal commanders and his cabinet in Ankara. Authorities have banned all academics from travelling abroad, as the purge of state employees suspected of being connected to the …