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ABUJA—The Federal Government, yesterday, introduced some austerity measures and scaled down the crude oil bench mark for the 2015 budget. In a bid to insulate the economy from falling crude oil prices the federal government announced far-reaching policy measures to deal with the crashing crude oil prices, cutting 2015 oil benchmark from $78 to $73 per barrel. Crude oil prices …

The Adonte Community in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta, has appealed to the State Government, to provide potable water in the area. The Obi (traditional ruler) of Adonte, Emmanuel Offor, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Adonte on Sunday that his subjects had been without potable water for 24 years. The traditional ruler said the public …

Traders in Akwa Ibom have called on the state government to ensure transparent disbursement of the state’s share of the N220 billion Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) loan to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME). The President, Conference of Akwa Ibom Traders (CAIST), Chief Christopher Usoro, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in …

Boko Haram has massacred scores of children, gloated about the kidnap and enslavement of more than 200 teenage girls and killed thousands more in a brutal five-year uprising to create a strict Islamic state in northeast Nigeria. But the Islamist rebels’ latest video aimed at showing an unidentified community happy to be under their control is a departure for a …

Suspected Islamic militants have hacked to death a university professor in western Bangladesh, several years after he led a push to ban students wearing full-face veils, police said Sunday. Police have arrested at least 20 people for questioning over the murder near Rajshahi University in the west of the Muslim-majority country where the victim was a professor of sociology, a …

Fresh facts emerged yesterday that contenders for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have intensified their bid to get the endorsement of Ashiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The five contenders – former military Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari; former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal; Kano State governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso; …

By Sani Adamu, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). When President Goodluck Jonathan declared his intention to contest the 2011 presidential election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), some cynics doubted his chances of winning the election. Political pundits observe that the pessimists’ view was not because Jonathan was not popular but because of the growing demand for …

Barack Obama told students in Brisbane, Australia – where he is attending the G20 summit – that security in the region must depend on mutual alliances. He said there was “no question” over his commitment to Asia-Pacific allies, referring to US efforts to increase its strategic focus on the region. The two-day G20 summit will focus on promoting economic growth. …

Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwaibom state says the Nigerian people must be allowed to choose their leaders at various levels of governance. Akpabio who said this in Abuja on Thursday insists that it is only when leaders emerge through the consensus of the electorate that representative democracy can thrive in the country. In civil democratic societies across the world, leaders …

Aminu Tambuwal, the speaker of the House of Representative has picked the notice of intent and the nomination forms to run for the office of the President of Nigeria on the platform of the All Progressive Congress, APC. Aminu Tambuwal had earlier tipped to run as governor of his state, Sokoto. But the speaker received the presidential nomination form on …