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Strong indications emerged on Saturday that the leadership of both chambers of the National Assembly might have agreed to invite President Muhammadu Buhari to address a joint session of the federal lawmakers whenever he returned to the country. One of our correspondents learnt that the decision was the outcome of the meeting of the Senate and House of Representatives principal …

The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has highlighted the need to embrace self- sufficiency as a viable alternative to improve Nigeria’s dwindling economy. The Group made the call during a press conference organised in Lagos to announce the 22nnd Nigerian Economic Summit. The summit appropriately themed ‘Made in Nigeria’, is scheduled to hold from the 10th to 12th October at …

Had Ex-First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan not claimed ownership of $31.4 million found in the bank account of a former presidential aide, Mr. Waripome Dudafa, the issue may not have been made public by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,This was the outcome of an investigation into the matter that had elicited calls in the polity for the prosecution of …

BIAFRANS in Enugu showed a laissez-faire attitude toward the Sit- at- Home protest call by Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB on Friday. In a tour around Enugu metropolis concerning the sit-at-home order and protest Vanguard discovered that the so-called Biafrans went about their normal activities against the order especially those at New market, Enugu. A trader Eze.H Ndidiamaka who sells …

Civil rights groups on Friday berated the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration for incurring a N2.2tn domestic debt in the last one year. The groups, in separate interviews on Friday with Saturday PUNCH, said that there were no visible impacts of the borrowed money on the country in the period. We have exclusively reported on Wednesday that statistics obtained from the Debt …

The Edo State Government has declared September 27 and September 28 as public holidays for the conduct of the governorship election in the state. The rescheduled Edo State governorship election will hold on Wednesday, September 28. Governor Adams Oshiomhole announced this on Saturday evening at an event organised in his honour by the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress …

By Oladipo Airenakho Benin City, Nigeria -The Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress have thrown their weights behind Mr. Godwin Obaseki, candidate of the All progressives Congress (APC) in the September 28 gubernatorial election in Edo State, Nigeria. The endorsement took place during a solidarity gathering to honor Governor Adams Oshiomhole at the New Era College, now Samuel Ogbemudia …

The worldwide Sit-at- Home protest called by Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, against the continued detention of its leader and Director of Radio Biasfra Mr. Nnamdi Kanu was complied with totally by resident of Onitsh and Newi. In Nnewi and Onitsha, all the markets and financial house were under lock and keys, while gates of schools, Federal, State Governments institutions …

A new video showing the killing of Keith Lamont Scott, filmed by his wife, shows police warning Scott to “drop the gun” as his wife screams that he did not have a weapon. Scott, 43, was killed by police in Charlotte, North Carolina, after he was mistaken for a suspect in another incident. Police have refused to release police body …

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that considering how hard he prayed to become the President of the country, he cannot complain about the challenges facing the country. Buhari was quoted in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, as saying this while briefing Nigerian professionals in the United States about the challenges facing the …