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The Senate has rejected a bill seeking to compel the Federal Government to recognise Lagos as the country’s commercial capital. Based on the bill the recognition will entitle Lagos to one per cent of the nation’s revenue. The bill, which was sponsored by Senator Oluremi Tinubu, was rejected in a rowdy session on Wednesday. During the second reading of the …

By Terri Moon Cronk – DoD News WASHINGTON — The American nuclear mission is vital to the nation’s security, Defense Secretary Ash Carter recently told troops at the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New. The secretary was traveling across North Dakota, New Mexico, California and Hawaii through Oct. 1 to focus …

The Peoples Democratic Party on Monday said that it would challenge the outcome of the Edo State governorship election at the election petitions tribunal. The Independent National Electoral Commission had last Thursday declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Godwin Obaseki, as the winner of the election. According to the electoral umpire, Obaseki had a total of 319,483 votes …

The Federal Government, through its newly set up National Prosecution Coordination Committee, may start filing fraud charges against some former governors before the end of October. It was learnt that the NAPCC and some of the special teams of prosecutors, pooled together by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, had commenced the review …

Global oil benchmark, Brent crude, extended its rally on Sunday to hit the $50 per barrel mark, the third time this year. This comes as the expected return of the Forcados export terminal has helped to boost Nigeria’s planned crude oil exports this month to about 1.98 million barrels per day, the most since January. Forcados, whose export has been …

The factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, and the Chairman of its National Caretaker Committee, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, have agreed to set up a 24-man committee to handle negotiation between the two warring factions. The committee, which will consist of 12 members each from the two factions, is expected to be unfolded this week, …

The Federal Government has constituted what the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation called a “constitutional and electoral reforms committee”. A statement issued by Salihu Isah, the Special Adviser to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, said the committee was set up to reform the electoral process. The committee will be …

Member representing Egor/Ikpoba Federal constituency of Edo state in the House of Representatives and chieftain of the PDP, Johnson Agbonayinma, has described the governorship election which threw up Mr Godwin Obaseki as governor elect as very transparent, adding that it is true reflection of the wishes of the people of the state. Agbonayinma who stated this while congratulating Mr Obaseki …

At a ‘safe house’ in Nigeria, the wives of Boko Haram fighters share their stories A few dozen women sit on mats in the shadow of a neem tree. Their giggles rise with the hot dusty air as they sketch elaborate designs on their hands with henna. Some of the women wear abayas; others wear short-sleeved blouses with long skirts …

The General Superintendent, Deeper Life Bible Church, Williams Kumuyi, has urged Nigerians to look at the brighter side of the country as it celebrates its 56th independence anniversary. Kumuyi made the call when he spoke to journalists at the Benin Airport on his way to Delta State for a Church programme on Sunday. The cleric also urged the Federal Government …