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Donald Trump has again upended conventional political wisdom by advocating a government shutdown in September, to fix a “mess” in the Senate. The president’s tweets continued a return to wayward form after a period of relative stability. On Monday, remarks about the American civil war and the current crisis with North Korea prompted an influential historian to say that one …

The British Government on Tuesday said it has set aside ‎£5m to support the fight against human trafficking in Nigeria. The British Deputy High Commissioner in Nigeria, Laure Beaufiks, made this known in Benin during her visit to the Speaker of the Edo House of Assembly, Justin Okonoboh. “My Prime Minister, Theresa May, has set aside ‎£5m to support the …

The apex Southern Kaduna socio-cultural body, Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, has advised Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, to resign if he cannot stop the crisis in the region. The group also demanded for the investigation and prosecution of el-Rufai for admitting to paying Fulani herdsmen. SOKAPU said this in a statement by its President, Solomon Musa, on Monday. The union, …

The Federal Government has reiterated its determination to stop the importation of Premium Motor Spirit otherwise known as petrol by 2019. The Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru disclosed this to newsmen on the sideline of the ongoing Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas, U. S. Baru, who was represented at the conference by …

The Senate on Tuesday began the screening of 27 Resident Electoral Commissioner nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari for confirmation. The leader of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, presented the president’s request for approval of the nominees at plenary in Abuja. After the motion, the senate directed its Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission to screen the nominees and …

An FBI translator travelled to Syria to marry a former German rapper turned Islamic State recruiter she was supposed to be investigating, it has been revealed. Daniela Greene, who warned her jihadi bridegroom he was under investigation, quickly began having second thoughts and returned to the US shortly afterwards. She pleaded guilty to making false statements involving international terrorism and …

An Australian man has been handcuffed and locked up in a US detention centre after apparently breaching his visa conditions by just over one hour. Sydney man Baxter Reid, 26, was in the US on a five-year visa and had travelled to Canada as part of a requirement for him to exit and re-enter America every six months to keep …

Workers in Cross River State on Monday lamented over the early payment of their May salaries. The state governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, had on April 30 ordered that the May salaries of workers be paid. It will not be the first time that Ayade, whose cardinal priority had been the prompt payment of salaries, will be paying workers ahead of …

Donald Trump has named his most likely challenger in the 2020 presidential election. It is Elizabeth Warren. Standing before the faithful of the National Rifle Association in Atlanta on Friday, the president predicted a surfeit of candidates. “You’ll have plenty of those Democrats coming over and you’re going to say, ‘No, sir, no thank you – no, ma’am,’” the president …

The Nigerian Immigration Service has rescued 16 children from child labour in Ekiti State in the last four months. The NIS Comptroller in Ekiti, Mrs. Oluremi Talabi, disclosed this in Ado Ekiti when the Boots family from Netherlands – that adopted two children in Ekiti 12 years ago – visited her in her office. Joshua, 18, and Victor, 14, were …