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Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, Wednesday, described the recent increment in the pump price of petrol as one of the gifts of President Muhammadu Buhari to Nigerians to celebrate his one year in office, saying the president’s one year in office as “a colossal waste.” In a statement titled; “Petrol Price Increment as Buhari’s 1st Year Anniversary Gift to …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is set to charge the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo, over a fresh revelation that he allegedly helped a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to launder $153m during the build-up to the presidential election. An impeccable source at the EFCC told one of our correspondents that Okonkwo was …

Tomatoes, one of its main ingredients and a staple of Nigerian cuisine, are going for $2 each at local markets, with wholesale baskets costing as much as N42,000 or $212, Kaduna State Agriculture Commissioner, Manzo Daniel, told AFP. The culprit is a moth called Tuta absoluta, which has destroyed crops in the northern Kaduna State, forcing the local government councils …

Donald Trump easily won the Washington state primary on Tuesday, but his victory was overshadowed by violence outside a rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where protesters smashed windows and threw rocks at police. With 73% of votes counted in Washington, Trump had won 76.2% of primary voters. John Kasich and Ted Cruz, both of whom have dropped out of the …

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi on Tuesday appealed to Nigerians to be patient and give the administration more time to achieve its objectives. Making the appeal while answering questions at the forum of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, Amaechi said: Rotimi Amaechi “We encountered challenges; were we expecting to encounter those challenges? yes; did we think …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has invited the Edo State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Dan Orbih, over the N700 million allegedly received by the party to fund the 2015 presidential election. A source said that Orbih was being quizzed at the Port Harcourt office of the EFCC over his alleged role in the collection and disbursement …

Hillary Clinton launched a no-holds-barred attack on her likely general election opponent, Donald Trump, in a speech laced with explicit warnings about the dangers of electing him to the presidency. The former US secretary of state returned to Detroit on Monday to address the Service Employees International Union’s international convention and ask its 2.1 million workers for help in defeating …

The Obama administration has quietly seeded the diplomatic bed for its next push to transfer detainees out of Guantánamo Bay, the Guardian has learned, as Barack Obama aims to reduce the prison’s population before leaving office. According to US officials, the administration has deals in place to send approximately two dozen longtime Guantánamo detainees to about half a dozen countries. …

Barack Obama has said Washington supports Vietnam’s territorial claims against Beijing in the South China Sea and promised it greater access to security equipment. “In the South China Sea, the US is not a claimant in current disputes, but we will stand with our partners in upholding key principles like freedom of navigation,” the US president said in a speech …

The Minister for Information and Culture with the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, Monday, said the Federal Government is considering opening a robust dialogue with the Niger-Delta militants on the need to stop militancy in the oil rich region. The duo who spoke an interactive session with a coalition of civil societies in Lagos, chaired by Dr. …