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President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed the appointment of the Minister of Environment, Mrs. Amina Mohammed, as the new Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, describing it as a welcome development. In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, Buhari expressed happiness that Mrs Mohammed would join the next United Nations Secretary-General Antonio …

The Edo Election Petition Tribunal says it will not limit parties on the number of witnesses to call in the petition filed by the PDP and its governorship candidate, Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu. The Justice Ahmed Badamasi-led three-member tribunal, which made the submission in its pre-hearing report on Thursday, fixed Jan. 11 as commencement date for hearing the petition. The party …

Edo State Commissioner of Police Mr Haliru Gwandu has flagged off the “Change Begins With Me” campaign in Edo State Police Command, cautioning police officers against sharp practices. Mr Gwandu accompanied by the representative of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG zone 5 DCP Mohammed Gwona, Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers and other senior officers of the command launched the …

Ordinary people around the world have been failed by globalisation, Justin Trudeau has told the Guardian, as he sought to explain a turbulent year marked by the election of Donald Trump, the Brexit vote and the rise of anti-establishment, nation-first parties around the world. “What we’re facing right now – in terms of the rise of populism and divisive and …

The Senate has rejected Ibrahim Magu’s nomination as Chairman of the EFCC. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, who addressed journalists after a closed-door session on Thursday, said the rejection was based on “security report.” He said the rejection would be communicated to President Muhammadu Buhari to take further action. (Punch)

The President of Nigeria Agribusiness Group, NABG, Sani Dangote, has expressed optimism over massive revolution in agribusiness in 2017 based on collaborations and synergies formed by the Federal Government and the group. Dangote stated this at the 2nd Annual General Meeting of NABG in Abuja, where he also disclosed that NABG Presidential Committee in partnership with the Federal Ministry of …

Reacting to the 2017 budget where the Ministry of Education is expected to get N398.01billion in the recurrent expenditure, the Chairman of Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Lagos chapter, Dr Laja Odukoya, described the education budget as budget of hatred for the sector. He said: “Clearly this government has a pathological hatred for knowledge and education. What other …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday re-arraigned a former Governor of Oyo State, Chief Rashidi Ladoja, alongside one Waheed Akanbi for an alleged fraud of N4.7bn. The EFCC claimed that Ladoja and Akanbi committed the offence in 2007. The charge, marked FHC/L/336c/08, was filed against them in 2008 and they were first arraigned before Justice A. R. Mohammed …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, presented the N7.298 trillion 2017 Appropriation Bill before the joint session of the National Assembly. In this report we captured 10 take-aways from President Buhari’s Budget Presentation speech, where he said: 1. For the record: For many years we depended on oil for foreign exchange revenues. In the days of high oil prices, we did …

Members of the Senate have called for the resignation, probe and prosecution of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, for allegedly owning one of the companies awarded contracts in the rehabilitation of the North-East. Lawal was alleged to have resigned his directorship of the company after becoming the SGF and the company had executed the contract. …