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Dozens of buildings collapse in hardest-hit towns of Amatrice, Accumoli and Arquata del Tronto after quake that struck early on Wednesday morning. The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck a string of towns and villages across a mountainous swath of central Italy has risen to 73, with more people still unaccounted for. The 6.2-magnitude quake struck at 3.36am …

The Lagos State Command of the Nigerian Prisons Service, has appealed to Nigerians to assist the service with facilities that would aid the reformation of inmates. The command’s Controller, Timothy Tinuoye, made the appeal when he spoke with an editorial team of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that visited him Monday in Lagos. He said the appeal became necessary …

A former governor of Edo State, Prof. Osarhiemien Osunbor, on Tuesday explained that some leaders of his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party, fought him while he was in power due to his alleged refusal to misappropriate state resources. Osunbor, who is currently a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, said this during a political rally of the governorship candidate …

The Federal Government has started reviewing the proposed Special Crimes Court Bill 2016, prepared by the Prof. Itse Sagay-led Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, in preparation for its transmission to the National Assembly. This was confirmed to our correspondent by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), whose office received the proposed bill from …

The National President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, on Tuesday led workers in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, to protest the killing of two workers allegedly killed by security agents attached to the Government House while on a protest a couple of weeks ago. This is as solidarity protests took place simultaneously in Kwara, Kogi and Katsina states …

The Japanese Government, through its agency, Japan International Cooperation Agency, has donated solar power worth $9.7 million to the Federal Government to boost electricity in the country. The Ambassador of Japan to Nigeria, Mr Sadanobu Kusaoke, disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday during the inauguration of the project. Kusaoke stated that Japan considered the power sector as one of the …

The United States Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry, on Tuesday met with President Muhammadu Buhari behind closed doors. Kerry arrived at the forecourt of the Presidential Villa in Abuja for the meeting at 3:07pm and was received by the State House Chief of Protocol, Amb. Lawal Kazaure. Kazaure later led him to the President’s office where Buhari and some …

The Federal Government has declared that gas alone cannot solve the country’s electricity challenges. Disclosing this at the just concluded 2016 Annual Conference of the National Association of Energy Correspondents in Lagos state, Minister Of Power, Works And Housing, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola, said that efforts are in place to encourage embedded power adding that work is in progress to …

The umbrella body of Ijaw youths, the Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide, has condemned the desperation by some politicians to rope former President Goodluck Jonathan into the formation of the Niger Delta Avengers. The group, in a statement by its spokesman, Mr. Eric Omare, said the desperation came to the pinnacle with the media report that said that intelligence report indicated …

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is to propose amendments to its guidelines to stem the spate of inconclusive elections through removing the eight million uncollected Permanent Voter Cards from its assessment of elections in the country. Yakubu, new INEC boss Speaking to newsmen, weekend, INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, also denied claims that it had received legal advice from …