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President Muhammadu Buhari has sent forty-seven ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for screening and subsequent confirmation. Senate President Bukola Saraki who read the list, said they are Career Foreign Service officers. According to President Buhari, the curricular vitae of the nominees would be forwarded to the Senate. Some of the names are Ngozi Okeke; Garba Baba; Usman Bakori; Ibrahim Isa; …

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal, on Wednesday, confirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari and three of his ministers were currently sick. Lawal disclosed this while saying the opening prayer at the beginning of a meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. …

The Federal Government has said that it understood the ‎present economic situation in the country and has the magic wand to turn it around. Government also said following due process has caused a delay in releasing the N350 billion it pledged to inject into the economy to reflate it. Government had promised to release the money immediately the 2016 budget …

Barely 11 days to the primaries of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, a governorship aspirant of the party, Mr Don Obaseki, Monday, announced his withdrawal from the race, saying that he has lost faith in the scheduled primaries of the party. He said he hopes to contest the governorship election under another platform which he said he will …

The former secretary of state claimed the mantle as the presumptive nominee, making her the first woman to lead a major party’s bid for the White House Hillary Clinton declared victory in the Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday, marking the first time a woman will capture the nomination of a major political party in the United States’ 240-year history. Clinton, …

The National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD) will commence a nationwide strike tomorrow. The president of the association, Dr. Muhammad Askira, announced this on Tuesday, saying the decision was taken at the ordinary general meeting of the national executive council of the association held in Jos between May 30 and June 5. “Sixteen out of 58 federal tertiary …

Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, Tuesday night, said the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND, is obsolete urged the public to discountenance statements from the group. Spokesperson of the group, Brig Gen Mudoch Agbinibo in a statement, said: “We appeal to the general public and all sane minds on the activities of Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) to disregard all …

Worried about the recent events happening in the country with particular concern on the relationship between the Igbo and Hausa, Governor Rochas Okorocha, his Kaduna and Bauchi States’ counterparts, Mallam Nasir El Rufai and Alhaji Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar, and the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, on Tuesday met with the leaders of Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo led …

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, told the Senate that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will act on his behalf as President for the 11 days he would be on medical vacation to the United Kingdom, UK. In a letter to the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, President Buhari said he was writing in line with Section 145 (1) of the 1999 Constitution, …

Keshi, according to available information, died in the wee hours of Wednesday. Sources said his death was shocking as he spoke with several of his friends, including sports journalists and editors, from Benin City, Edo State, on Tuesday. Keshi, 54, who lost his wife, Kate, last year, was said to be planning to return to his base in the United …