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ABUJA – President Mohammadu Buhari on Monday woke up to the realities of epileptic power supply in Nigeria, saying that the situation was no longer funny. Should the situation persisits, the president said it would seriously affect the change agenda of the present administration. The president said his administration must do everything necessary to increase power generation and distribution from …

United States President Barack Obama turns from sightseeing to state business on his historic Cuba trip on Monday, pressing President Raul Castro for economic and democratic reforms while hearing complaints about continued U.S. economic sanctions. Obama and Castro will have their fourth meeting, likely their most substantial, at the Palace of the Revolution, where Castro and his predecessor, older brother …

The senator representing Bayelsa-East senatorial district, Ben Murray-Bruce, says the huge salary of politicians is responsible for electoral violence. Murray-Bruce asked Nigerians to advocate for a reduction in salaries for political office holders. Reacting to a statement credited to a former governor of Oyo State, Adebayo Alao-Akala, in which the former governor reportedly said he was happy to have lost …

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has issued a statement on why it suspended the re-run elections in Rivers. The statement was issued by Oluwole Osaze- Uzzi, Director, Voter Education and Publicity. Read statement below: Pursuant to the Orders of the Court of Appeal, the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) conducted elections into various seats in both the National and the …

Cuba’s top negotiator with the United States welcomed the arrival of U.S. President Barack Obama to the island on Sunday and said officials there would listen with “respect” to any criticisms of the communist-run government. “We are neighbors. Although we might have profound differences, we have many values we share,” said Josefina Vidal, the general director of U.S. affairs at …

The embattled Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, yesterday, adduced reasons the 13-count criminal charge the Federal Government preferred against him before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, in Abuja, should be quashed. Saraki, who was alleged to have falsified the assets he declared while in office as the Governor of Kwara State from 2003 to 2011, insisted that the allegations …

The Registrar and Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Professor ‘Dibu Ojerinde, has faulted calls for cancellation of the Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), saying this will not be in the interest of the candidates, parents and government. He said the protest in Lagos, a few days ago allegedly by UTME …

President Barack Obama intends to nominate the first female combatant commander in the military’s history, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said Friday. Carter announced that he had recommended Air Force Gen. Lori Robinson to be appointed to lead U.S. Northern Command while speaking at a breakfast hosted by Politico. He described Robinson as having “very deep operational experience,” “very good …

Donald Trump pilloried Mitt Romney on his home turf on Friday, making his best appeal to the state’s majority Mormon population and questioning whether Romney truly represented their faith. The rally in Salt Lake City, coming one week after clashes between supporters and protesters forced Trump to cancel a Chicago event, was also marked by a couple hundred protesters outside …

With a goal to properly rehabilitate prisoners in Lagos State, a group, Prison Fellowship Nigeria (PFN) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Lagos State Ministry of Justice. According to the Executive Director of the group, Benson Ngoziwu Agwu, who stated this yesterday at a Media/Dinner held in Ikeja, the agreement will allow the group to unveil a pilot programme …