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The Senate has given the Federal Government guidelines to follow in putting an end to the current economic recession facing the country. The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, gave the guidelines in Abuja on Tuesday in his welcome to mark the resumption of the Senate from a seven week recess. He said that during the recess he interacted with various age …

New York (CNN)- Hillary Clinton is visiting only two battleground states this week — hardly a sign of confidence at her standing 49 days before the election, but an acknowledgement that one task reigns above all: Preparing for her first face-to-face confrontation with Donald Trump. While she is set to make a quick trip to Florida on Wednesday, after dipping …

Some chiefs in the palace of the Oba ‎of Benin have disagreed over the endorsement of the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, for September 10 governorship election. ‎ A group of the chiefs belonging to the Egha Evbo’ Nore (town chiefs) had last week adopted the PDP candidate at the residence of the Esama of Benin, Chief Gabriel …

At least eight people were killed outside a church in a suspected Boko Haram attack carried out by gunmen on bicycles in northeast Nigeria, local residents said on Monday. The attack happened shortly after morning service on Sunday in Kwamjilari village, about 30 kilometres (19 miles) east of the town of Chibok, in Borno state. “Some of the worshippers remained …

Ahmad Khan Rahami, the man suspected in bombings in New York and New Jersey, is now in custody after a shootout with police, sources said. The shootout happened Monday in Linden, New Jersey, a local and federal law enforcement official said. Ahmad Khan Rahami, the man wanted for questioning in connection with bombings in New York and Seaside Park, New …

By Oladipo Airenakho Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has named the rebuilt and remodeled New Era College in Benin City after elder statesman and two-time Governor of the defunct Mid-West State and Bendel states, Dr. Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia. This is the second time the state government under Governor Oshiomhole would be immortalizing Dr. Ogbemudia as the government had, in …

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has predicted that the nation’s economy will likely come out of recession by the fourth quarter of this year when the result of the various measures put in place by the Federal Government and the monetary authorities becomes manifest. One of such measures, according to him, is the decision …

How much is Patience Jonathan worth? You can keep your guess. Here is mine: Goodluck Jonathan does not know. Some people say, he dares not ask, but that is just hearsay. What is important is: Patience has a general, and better idea. General because it is one thing to invite a bank to your presence and open several accounts, it …

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, and managers of the nation’s economy, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, Minister of Budget and Planning; and Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, Minister of Finance, yesterday, said the nation’s economic crisis will soon come to an end, insisting that “the worst is over.” Disturbed by the despair in the land over the …

The immediate-past governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has said that the exit of the former President Olusegun Obasanjo from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was reponsible for the ongoing crisis besieging the party. Daniel, who advised the warring Ali Modu-Sheriff and Ahmed Makarfi to close rank and work together in order to ensure victory of party at the …