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The US Senate’s new Republican leader and President Barack Obama have both promised to end the political gridlock that has so frustrated American voters. Republicans made historic gains in the mid-term elections and now control both legislative chambers. Incoming Senate leader Mitch McConnell said he would make the ineffective Senate function and pass bills. Mr Obama said he was “eager …

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he will work to change an ineffective Senate: “We are going to function.” Republicans made historic gains in Tuesday’s mid-term elections, gaining seats in the House of Representatives and capturing control of the Senate. Mr Obama will respond later to what was a terrible result for Democrats. “The Senate in the last few years …

The Republicans also increased their grip on the House of Representatives and now control both chambers of Congress for the first time since 2006. Republican Senator Mitch McConnell said the result was a vote against “a government people can no longer trust”. Mr Obama is to hold a press conference later on Wednesday. He has already invited congressional leaders from …

The Presidency yesterday berated former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar over his remarks on the security situation in the country, saying that some past utterances of Atiku contributed to the escalation of insurgency in the North. Okupe stated this while speaking on the last day of Public Affairs Forum, a programme organised by his office to enable ministers give an account …

As the Boko Haram insurgency bites harder, over 12,000 Nigerians, mostly women and children are reported to have fled to Bosso, a local government area in Diffa Province of Niger Republic, Daily Trust reports. This, according to the report, was confirmed by Malam Issa Amadu, an official of the French rescue committee, International Rescue Committee (IRC). Amadu said more and …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday in Abeokuta urged Nigerian youths to be God-fearing and to develop good characters and values to enable them succeed as future leaders. Obasanjo made the appeal at the First Green Legacy Moments With Chief Olusegun Obasanjo On Leadership and Human Security In Africa. The programme was organised by the Centre For Human Security (CHS), …

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday confirmed Suleiman Abba as substantive Inspector General of Police. The President’s media aide, Dr. Reuben Abati made this disclosure via his Twitter handle @abati1990 on Tuesday. According to him, “At Police Council meeting today, President Jonathan confirmed Suleiman Abba as substantive Inspector General of Police.” It could be recalled that Abba was appointed the acting …

YOLA— FEW hours after the Federal Government gave the military marching orders to flush out Boko Haram insurgents from Mubi, the commercial nerve centre and second largest town in Adamawa State, the terrorists, yesterday, defiantly renamed the town ‘Madinatul Islam’, which means the city of Islam. Four local governments of Michika, Madagali, Mubi North and Mubi South of Adamawa State …

A bomb attack has reportedly occurred in Potiskum, Yobe state. Witnesses say a suicide bomber targeting members of the Shiite group, Islamic Brotherhood of Nigeria, detonated his explosive vest, killing many instantly. A resident of the town, Adamu Mohammed, told PREMIUM TIMES over the telephone that nearly 20 persons were killed and several others injured. “My sister lost three of …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for an independent inquiry to unravel the circumstances surrounding the apparently fake ceasefire deal announced by the Jonathan Administration on Oct. 17th, now that the sect’s leadership has described as an impostor the man with whom the phantom deal was negotiated. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity …