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The former head of the US government ethics watchdog has warned that Donald Trump’s conflicts of interest put the country at risk of being seen as a “kleptocracy”. Speaking to the Guardian, Walter Shaub, who quit this month as director of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), condemned the president for using his hotels and other properties for government business …

Donald Trump’s presidency was this weekend facing fresh turmoil after a week of unadulterated disasters that culminated in the removal of his chief of staff. With his legislative agenda stalled and his White House descending into civil war, Trump appeared to be losing support in a Republican party that had previously rallied round him. Senior Republicans in Congress scolded the …

If looks could kill. There is Anthony Scaramucci going full alpha male: chest out, shoulders back, thumbs on belt, feet planted solidly apart, eyes fixed in a deadly stare. There is Reince Priebus, less obviously macho but with a face like thunder as he glares back, a yawning chasm between them. Many historic photographs have been taken in the Oval …

The Minister of Communications, Mr. Adebayo Shittu, has said the Federal Government has concluded plans to establish an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) university. The proposed ICT school, he said, is informed by the low-ranking of Nigeria in terms of development when compared to other African countries’growths. At the yearly lecture of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering held at the …

After a long lull in their nefarious activities, the dreaded Badoo, a ritualist gang, struck again yesterday at the Ikorodu area of the state and wiped out four out of an entire family of five. The deceased persons identified as the patriarch of the family, his wife and two children, were murdered right in their residence at no 4, Ile …

The Lagos State Government has disclosed how the federal government rejected its plan to resolve the challenges of overpopulation and sanitation in three prisons in the state under the administration of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu. It, however, canvassed the relocation of the prisons across the federation to more spacious locations, which he said, would largely solve the problem of accommodation …

Values have degenerated so much that leaders no longer know where to draw the line between decency and moral turpitude. This is manifest in a brazen and unacceptable anti-poor admission policy at the Edo University, Iyamho (EUI). Professor Emmanuel Aluyor, Vice-Chancellor of the University, which a former governor of the state, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, situated in his home town, told …

The Cross River State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps has handed over two Toyota Highlander Sport Utility Vehicles it recovered from suspected criminals to the state Special Anti-Robbery Squad. The Deputy Corps Commander in charge of operations, Mr. Lucky Ugenlo, said the cars were recovered when the suspects brought the vehicles to the command’s National Vehicle Identification Scheme …

Members of the House of Representatives are enraged after the lawmakers could not take delivery of exotic cars worth about N6.1bn as official vehicles for the 360-member House. Every four years, lawmakers get exotic official vehicles, better known as “utility or committee” cars, though the cars are more like the personal property of the legislators. Investigations on Sunday showed that …

By MajiriOghene Etemiku Abuja, Nigeria – Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has commended the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for its courage in quickly passing the host community Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) following the second reading. The passage of the bill has eventually established a framework relating to the petroleum producing host community’s participation, cost …