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The Delta State House of Assembly has passed a vote of confidence in Senator Ifeanyi Okowa for his leadership qualities and for proper management of the affairs of the state since he assumed office a year ago. Okowa The House at its resumed plenary after over three weeks break , held that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa had done well despite the …

This is a time of high anxiety for supporters of Hillary Clinton. The polls show a tightening race between Clinton and a Republican nominee who, among other things, wants to date his own daughter, deport 11 million US residents and start a trade war with China. Other polls show a close contest in the final Democratic primary in California, between …

More than 400 pages of released Trump University files describe how staff should target financial weaknesses to sell high-priced real estate courses A federal judge has given the world an unprecedented glimpse into the ruthless business practices Donald Trump used to build his business empire. US district court judge Gonzalo Curiel on Tuesday made public more than 400 pages of …

By Oladipo Airenakho Leaders and 161 delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ovia North East local Government Area of Edo state have endorsed Mr. Godwin Obaseki as their sole candidate in the September 10, 2016 governorship election in the state. The APC Deputy Leader of the Local Government Area, Chief Akenwe who announced the endorsement during the week …

Though the ministers in President Muhammadu Buhari’s government have only been in office for six months, THISDAY Editorial Board elected to draw up a ministerial dashboard based on their accomplishments and challenges in the hope that it serves as feedback mechanism on what the people of Nigeria expect from them. Street light Street view.  Babatunde Fashola (and Mustapha Shehuri) Power, Works …

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Osun State chapter, yesterday warned President Muhammadu Buhari against acts capable of plunging the country into civil war, saying tampering with the constitutionally guaranteed immunity of governors would spell doom for the country. The party, in a statement issued in Osogbo by its Director of Research, Publicity and Strategy, Prince Diran Odeyemi, urged the President …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday, in Abuja expressed its committment to conclude the suspended elections in Rivers, Imo, Kogi and Kano states not later than July 31, 2016. The elections were earlier disrupted by violence, forcing INEC to cancel the polls and pull out its staff. INEC, however, gave a caveat. It said provided that all necessary consultations …

Irked by the refusal of some past public officers to return their diplomatic passports and other official documents, the federal government has ordered their arrest. The officials include former governors, lawmakers and others who served during the last dispensation of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. Government had since last year ordered all ex-officials to submit those documents to the Nigeria Immigration Service, …

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has called for a restructuring of the Nigerian federation to cater for the aspirations of its component units. According to him, such restructuring is the only answer to the current agitation for a Biafra Republic. The ex-vice president spoke, yesterday, in Abuja, at the unveiling of a book, ‘We are all Biafrans,’ written by a …

Yahaya Kabir The “Tuta Absoluta” scourge, otherwise known as “tomato Ebola”, which has severely attacked tomato production in Nigeria in recent months has shown, yet again, how vulnerable the country’s food security readiness is. Nigeria with an estimated population of over 180 million is confronted with challenges of food insecurity, poverty and inadequate health care. A projection by the United …