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Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has insisted that the Nigerian Army must remain loyal to the nation instead of allowing itself to be reduced to defending the tenure of an individual. Oshiomhole, who said that presidents and governors will come and go but the Nigerian nation will remain, stated this while receiving the General Officer Commanding, GOC, 2 Division …

US President Barack Obama struck a combative note Tuesday to defend his controversial immigration policies under dual pressure from a hostile Congress controlled by the Republican party and a federal court injunction that put his deportation-relief program on hold. In an article published in Washington-based news website The Hill Tuesday, Obama vowed not to relent his defense for his executive …

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday condemned what he called the reversion by the terrorist group, Boko Haram, to the bombing of soft targets in parts of Nigeria in the wake of the ongoing recovery by Nigerian troops and their multinational allies of areas formerly controlled by the sect. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. …

Reports reaching us has it that the ancient city of Kano has just witnessed a bomb explosion which reportedly claimed the lives of 12 persons this Tuesday afternoon. While an earlier report has it that the attack took place at the Kano Line motor park, another report says it actually happened at the Karota motor park in Kofa-Nassarawa area of …

WASHINGTON – Dealing a lasting defeat to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant will require “a combined diplomatic and military effort,” United States Defense Secretary, Ash Carter told reporters on Monday at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. Carter spoke after he concluded a conference there with ambassadors and senior U.S. and regional military leaders. Earlier in the day during a …

President Goodluck Jonathan, weekend, said there was no going back on privatization of electricity projects in the quest of his administration to give stable power supply to Nigerians. The President, who spoke at the commissioning of Unit ST-6, at Egbin Power Plant, Ikorodu, Lagos, also said reliable power sector facilitates socio-economic development of any nation, adding that small and medium …

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan begs aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party, PDP members of the House of Representatives to sheath their swords and work for him in the forthcoming general elections. Vanguard reliably gathered that the president made the appeal when the aggrieved lawmakers met with him at the presidential Villa on Sunday night. A source privy to the development said”the lawmakers bared …

At least 65 people died in a ferry accident in a river in Bangladesh’s western Manikganj district on Sunday, after another 24 bodies were found, local media reported on Monday. Most of the new bodies were found after the ferry was lifted, local media quoted officials as saying. Forty-one bodies were recovered by rescuers late Sunday night. Rescuers were still …

The Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has berated the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, for his continuous scathing remarks about the health status of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), saying Buhari is stronger than Fayose. He said this on Monday while speaking with journalists after meeting with 705 community development associations and cooperative societies …

North Korea has banned foreigners taking part in its annual international Pyongyang marathon in April because of continuing concerns over the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, specialist tour groups said Monday. China-based agencies, Koryo Tours and Young Pioneer Tours, both said they had been informed of the decision on Monday morning. North Korea, which has not registered a single …