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Hilary Clinton said on Tuesday she takes “personal responsibility” for her loss to Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential race. But the former Democratic nominee also blamed Russian interference in the US election and the release just before the election of a letter by the FBI director, James Comey, pertaining to the investigation into her emails, saying such factors deprived …

FBI director James Comey said on Wednesday that he thought concealing the discovery of new Hillary Clinton emails before last year’s election would have been “catastrophic”. Giving evidence to a hearing of the Senate judiciary committee on oversight of the FBI, Comey defended his decision to inform Congress that new emails had been discovered that could have a bearing on …

The Senate, on Wednesday, confirmed the nomination of two ministerial nominees sent to the chamber by President Muhammadu Buhari for legislative confirmation. They are Professor Stephen Nkani Ocheni (Kogi State) and Mr. Suleiman Zana Hassan (Gombe State). (Punch)

Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia said that the entry of the Chinese into Aba shoe and garment production process would engender healthy competition among producers. Ikpeazu disclosed this while showing the Chairman of Huajian shoe factory, China, Mr Zhang Huarong, some locations for sitting of factory around Aba metropolis. “The coming of Zhang Huarong and his team will boost the …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former heads of state, Ibrahim Babangida and Abubakar Abdusalami, on Tuesday met in Minna, Niger State capital. The meeting held at lbrahim Babangida’s hilltop mansion lasted for three hours and was believed to have dwelt on the state of health of President Muhammadu Buhari. The generals were said to have considered all constitutional options available for …

Donald Trump has again upended conventional political wisdom by advocating a government shutdown in September, to fix a “mess” in the Senate. The president’s tweets continued a return to wayward form after a period of relative stability. On Monday, remarks about the American civil war and the current crisis with North Korea prompted an influential historian to say that one …

The British Government on Tuesday said it has set aside ‎£5m to support the fight against human trafficking in Nigeria. The British Deputy High Commissioner in Nigeria, Laure Beaufiks, made this known in Benin during her visit to the Speaker of the Edo House of Assembly, Justin Okonoboh. “My Prime Minister, Theresa May, has set aside ‎£5m to support the …

The apex Southern Kaduna socio-cultural body, Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, has advised Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, to resign if he cannot stop the crisis in the region. The group also demanded for the investigation and prosecution of el-Rufai for admitting to paying Fulani herdsmen. SOKAPU said this in a statement by its President, Solomon Musa, on Monday. The union, …

The Federal Government has reiterated its determination to stop the importation of Premium Motor Spirit otherwise known as petrol by 2019. The Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru disclosed this to newsmen on the sideline of the ongoing Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas, U. S. Baru, who was represented at the conference by …

The Senate on Tuesday began the screening of 27 Resident Electoral Commissioner nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari for confirmation. The leader of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, presented the president’s request for approval of the nominees at plenary in Abuja. After the motion, the senate directed its Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission to screen the nominees and …