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President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the suspension of tenure policy in the federal civil service with immediate effect. The policy which was introduced by a former Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Steve Oronsaye, during the administration of late President Umaru Yar’Adua, prescribed two terms of four years each for permanent secretaries and an eight-year tenure for directors. The …

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday returned to Abuja after a 13-day medical vacation in the United Kingdom. He arrived to a rousing welcome by almost all members of his cabinet including two state governors. The president’s plane touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at about 5.30 p.m. Answering questions from journalists after inspecting a guard of honour, Buhari said: …

By Oladipo Airenakho Frontline and leading contestant for the gubernatorial ticket of Edo State branch of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has been elected to fly the flag of his party in the September 10, 2016 governorship election in the state. Ize-Iyamu received 584 out of the total 713 delegates’ votes to defeat his two remaining opponents, …

On a recent afternoon at Hope Medical Group for Women, an abortion clinic in the far north-west corner of Louisiana, Kathaleen Pittman emptied the coffee pots, turned on the security system, and wondered how many more times she would repeat this end-of-day routine. “We’re in limbo right now,” said Pittman, the clinic’s administrator, as she flicked off the lights. She …

By Oladipo Airenakho Former Secretary to Edo State Government and a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party in the state, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has been projected to pick the parry’s governorship nomination at its primary election currently holding at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City. The primary is presided over by the chairman of the party’s nomination committee and …

Pressure for one last attempt to dump Donald Trump built among Republicans on Sunday, as the party’s leader appeared to encourage a possible revolt that could still see an alternative nominee chosen at next month’s national convention. After a week in which the presumptive nominee appalled many colleagues with his reaction to a shooting massacre in Orlando, House speaker Paul …

A renewed debate over gun laws will take center stage in Washington on Monday, as the Senate prepares to hold rare votes on new firearm restrictions. On the same day, family members of those killed at Sandy Hook in 2012 will return to court in Connecticut, as part of a lawsuit against the maker, distributor and dealer of the AR-15-style …

Mr Godwin Obaseki, winner of Saturday’s All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primaries in Edo, said his victory was a collective one for him, his co-contestants and the delegates. In the result of the primaries announced in the early hours of Sunday at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin, venue of the exercise, Obaseki scored 1,618 votes to clinch victory. He defeated …

Mild drama occurred while voting was on going as Ogiennwonyi, Imasuagbon accused the governor of alleged trying to intimidate delegates. It was observed that Imasuagbon who has been restless and the campaign Director of Odubu, Samson Osagie cried that the governor was moving around. But a chieftain of the party from Igueben, Ken Ihenseken engaged Imasuagbon in a war of …