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Elder statesman Dr. Tunji Braithwaite is dead. The 82-year-old lawyer died this morning at St. Nicholas Hospital in Lagos. His son, Olumide, who confirmed his demise, told our correspondent in a telephone conversation the elder statesman died after a brief illness.

The member representing Ohaozara/Onicha/Ivo federal Constituency of Ebonyi state in the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Linus Okorie, has faulted the recent scathing attack by the leader of All Progressive Congress (APC), Ahmed Tinubu, on the Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu on the lingering fuel scarcity. Okorie in a statement on Sunday said that Tinubu derailed along …

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, on Saturday got a tongue-lashing from the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, over his recent comments on the lingering fuel scarcity in the country. The former Governor of Lagos State took a swipe at the minister, who is also the Group Managing Director of the …

He didn’t fancy the word “summit”. Similarly, “conference” or “dialogue”did not also seem appropriate to him.And so, he settled for “retreat”, which was a  smart way to go to avoid dissent. Smartly also, he tied the retreat to the aprons of the National Economic Council, NEC, a body of governors which he, as  Vice President, chairs. Read the insider’s account …

By Jim Hock, Chief of staff to U.S. Commerce Secretary With that historic tweet (“What’s up, Cuba?”) President Obama arrived in Havana, Cuba this week with Secretary Pritzker and other administration officials ready to build on the progress they have made toward normalization of relations between our two nations. In addition to meeting with government officials and a delegation of …

A former Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Professor Peter Okebukola, says the commission’s plan to make Medicine and Dentistry post-graduate programmes was long overdue. He said such initiative would not only put an end to producing “baby doctors,” it would also ensure that graduates emerging from the programmes were psychologically mature to practise, with a high level of …

A suspected suicide bomber intercepted in northern Cameroon on Friday before she could blow herself up claimed to be one of 219 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in the Nigerian town of Chibok in 2014, military and local government sources have told Reuters. Two girls carrying explosives were stopped by local self-defense forces in the village of Limani, in an …

Nigeria has indicted more than 300 local and foreign companies and individuals, including senior military officers, over an arms scandal. They are accused of defrauding the country of $241m (£170m) in fake contracts, a government statement says. President Muhammadu Buhari ordered a probe last year after funds meant to buy weapons to fight Boko Haram militants were allegedly diverted. More …

The grim economic situation in the country appears to be deepening by the day as 27 states in the country are finding it difficult to pay the salaries of their workers. President Muhammadu Buhari said this in his remarks at the second National Executive Committee meeting of the All Progressives Congress in Abuja on Thursday. Buhari said this in reference …

Minister of state for petroleum resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, has disclosed that the lingering fuel scarcity being experienced in all parts of the country may last for the next two months. He, however, said he is working round the clock to ensure that the fuel queues disappear and pleaded with Nigerians to be patient. Dr Kachikwu made this disclosure yesterday …