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The accreditation tag of the State House correspondent of German Radio, Deutsche Welle, Mr. Ubale Musa, which was withdrawn by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan was restored on Monday. According to a statement from the office of the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the development was on the directive of President …

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, on Sunday said that a court process instituted by 30 All Progressives Congress members stopped him from acting on a letter from the party’s leadership, nominating four principal officers for the lower chambers of the National Assembly. He also said that reliance on conventional wisdom alone would not solve the …

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief Security Officer, Abdulrahman Mani, has revoked the order by the Aide-De-Camp to the President, Lt.-Col. Lawal Abubakar, removing operatives of the Department of State Services from giving Buhari close body protection. Mani, in a memo countermanding the ADC’s order, said the DSS operatives should disregard the directive by Abubakar. He said the order was a misrepresentation …

To the consternation of political associates, the sign of activity, as reflected by appointments and dismissals, have not been seen in the new administration. But that does not mean that the administration has been short of constructive engagements. It has undoubtedly been an anti-climax for those Nigerians who had been roused by the idea that the first month of the …

By Alltimepost.com Christian Mission schools owners are keeping up the fight for the return of their institutions, with a request, last weekend to Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to give them back to their original owners. The Archbishop, Bendel Province of the Church of Nigerian (Anglican Communion), The Most Reverend Friday Imaekhai made the passionate request while speaking at …

Prof. Attahiru Jega, outgoing chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has revealed his post-retirement plan. Jega’s tenure at the electoral body elapses in three days, and the former vice-chancellor of Bayero University Kano (BUK) says he will be returning to his profession thereafter. He made this known during an interactive session with journalists at a dinner organised in …

The US Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal throughout the nation Friday in a much-awaited landmark decision that triggered wild jubilation and tears of joy. In a 5-4 ruling, the highest court in the United States said the Constitution requires all 50 states to carry out and recognize marriage between people of the same sex. President Barack Obama, in heartfelt …

A civil society organisation, Centre for law and development on Friday in Abuja protested against the use of torture by police as a tool of investigation. It called on the government to punish any policeman caught engaging in torture, just as it offered pro bono legal representation for victims of torture. A lawyer and coordinator of the group, Deji Ajare, …

The Edo State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Benin on Friday upturned the election of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Yakubu Gowon, as the lawmaker representing Etsako West II Constituency in the Edo State House of Assembly. Gowon had been declared the winner of the April 11 state assembly poll and returned elected to represent the constituency, where …

President Muhammadu Buhari has dissolved the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation with immediate effect. The announcement was made in a terse statement issued by the Director Communications, Office of Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Haruna Imrana, on behalf of the HoS, Mr. Danladi Kifasi. “The directive to that effect was conveyed in a letter signed …