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A warship armed with cruise missiles has joined the Russian battlegroup off the coast of Syria as part of Moscow’s response to US cruise missile strikes on the Syrian airbase of Shayrat. Russia’s angry declarations, a world away from hopes of a rapprochement voiced in Washington and Moscow after Donald Trump’s election, have overshadowed US secretary of state Rex Tillerson’s …

The US says it has put Bashar al-Assad on notice that it will take further military action if he uses chemical weapons again, while appearing to back away from wider military involvement in the Syrian conflict, less than 24 hours after launching Tomahawk missiles at a regime airbase. “The United States will no longer wait for Assad to use chemical …

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has challenged state governors to disclose how much they collect as security votes and how they have utilised monthly allocations for local government councils. Dogara said the leadership of the National Assembly on its part has directed its bureaucracy to publish what members collect in order to put to rest the allegation …

LAST week, old members of the Sigma Club of the University of Ibadan, held a dinner in honour of President General of the Igbo apex socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, in Lagos. At the event, some eminent Nigerians such as Elder Statesman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark; former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka …

Chinese president Xi Jinping has invited Donald Trump to pay a state visit to China later this year during a intensely choreographed visit to the billionaire’s Florida estate that was shunted from the headlines by the airstrikes on Syria. Beijing had hoped to use the two-day summit to burnish Xi’s credentials as a powerful world leader who had successfully tamed …

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Thursday observed that there were about three million out of school children, roaming the streets of the state, as Almajirai – pupils of Quranic schools converted to beggars. He noted however that most of such kids were found out to be from neighboring states and some countries in West Africa. “What we discovered from …

Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, on Friday dared members of the National Assembly to disclose their budgetary allocation, salaries and allowances to Nigerians. This, the governor argued, was the least they could do to bring about transparency and address the secrecy and negative image their earnings had generated over the years. Speaking at the closing ceremony of National Assembly …

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday approved the appointments of Wale Babalakin, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari and AVM Muktar Mohammed as chairmen, governing councils of University of Lagos (UNILAG), Bayero University Kano (BUK) and Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, Kaduna State. The President also approved the reconstitution of the boards of 19 agencies and parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Education for four …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has hinted that it will deploy to technology in coming elections in Nigeria, with the amendment of the amendment of the Electoral Act 2010. The Senate had on Thursday passed the amendment of the Act, in which it approved electronic voting and moved to legalised the existing electronic voter accreditation system. The National Chairman of …

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi ll, on Wednesday, said the North-West and the North-East remained the poorest parts of the world. Sanusi, made this statement at the Kaduna State Economic Summit in Kaduna, the state capital. The monarch, who spoke on the theme ‘Promoting investments in the midst of economic challenges’, said the North, as a region, constituted the …