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The Senate has confirmed the nomination of 15 of the 27 Resident Electoral Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission. The confirmation followed the adoption of the report by the Senate Committee on INEC at the plenary on Thursday. Chairman of the committee, Senator Suleiman Nazif, while presenting the report, said all the nominees were cleared by the Nigeria Police, …

Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has once again restated that Nigeria would be self -sufficient in rice production by 2019. The acting president made the statement yesterday in Abuja at the launch and official handover ceremony of Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) system developed through the Agricultural Market and Information System (AMIS) project to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural …

The Senate wednesday passed a bill scrapping the governing board of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and establishing the NCS Commission to superintend over the administration of the Customs Service. It also imposed a one per cent levy on free-on-board (fob) value of imports on dutiable and non-dutiable goods. The commission would be headed by a chairman who would be …

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, have expressed delight with the level of the observation of the sit-at-home order for the 50th anniversary of the declaration of Biafra today(Tuesday ). In their separate statements, the media and publicity secretary of IPOB, Comrade Emma Powerful and the MASSOB …

The Sit-at-home order declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB and Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, witnessed a total compliance by residents of Onitsha the commercial city, and Nnewi,the industrial town of Anambra State. At about 7.30 am when Vanguard drove from Onitsha to Nnewi, no vehicles, tricycles and motorcycles were seen on …

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to resign if he truly loves the country. Fayose said this is because ill heath is not allowing the President to effectively discharge his constitutional duties. Taking to his Facebook wall, the Special Assistant to Ekiti State Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Mr. Lere Olayinka, said Fayose …

The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, signed into law two bills that have earlier been passed by the National Assembly. According to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the Acting President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, the bills signed into law will ultimately facilitate access to more affordable credit for Nigerians. The signed bills are …

Donald Trump’s administration is mired in scandal, senior Republican senator John McCain has said, but he urged America’s allies to stand by the nation as it navigates “troubled times”. In a speech in Sydney, Australia, McCain said the US remained the most important country on Earth, and the global defender of “truth over falsehood”. McCain also used the speech to …

The Trump administration has drafted a federal rule that would allow many religious employers to stop providing contraception coverage in company healthcare plans, the result of a “religious freedom” executive order signed by Donald Trump earlier this month. The rule, as first reported by the New York Times, would overturn one of the most controversial policies to result from the …

The Niger State Government has warned parents against withdrawing female children from school, so as to give them out in marriage. Hajia Fatima Madugu, Commissioner for Education, gave the warning while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Minna. “A major challenge we face in Niger is that of parents withdrawing their female children from school …