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WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. will resign his post, the Justice Department said Thursday. Mr. Holder will remain in office until a successor is nominated and confirmed. Mr. Holder, the 82nd attorney general and the first African-American to serve in that position, had previously said he planned to leave office by the end of this year. Particularly …

The management of Egypt Air, which was accused of maltreatment and wrongful deportation of a Nigerian medical student, Joshua Kunle Abdul-Azeez, studying in Ukraine and tearing his Nigerian international passport has admitted making a mistake and offered to compensate the student. This followed an intervention by the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora. Having received a complaint filed against Egypt …

President Goodluck  Jonathan declared, yesterday, in New York that the country will not relent in its fight against terrorism, pointing out that there must be international collaboration to end the menace. In his speech at the United Nations General Assembly, President Jonathan said the world must come together to halt the practice of terrorist organisations occupying territories in order to  …

ABUJA—For the second time this week, pandemonium reigned in the House of Representatives, yesterday, following allegations of a $50,000 bribe to members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to suppress a house inquest into the alleged $9.3 million cash seized by the South African Government. The House went into a near riot following the admission by a member of the …

The US-led coalition has targeted oil refineries in Syria during a third night of air strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants. The raids – carried out by US, Saudi and UAE aircraft – killed 14 IS fighters and five civilians in eastern Syria, activists said. The US military said the refineries generated as much as $2 million (£1.2m) per day …

Nnewi, Anambra, Nigeria – By Sonde Ojeikere Confusion and sorrow filled the air in Nnewi, Anambra State recently, when a wonder Bank, Tabak Cooperative Credit and Thrift Bank, operated as a Micro Finance Bank closed down unannounced, allegedly making away with over N105million belonging to customers. The Bank, said to have been established early last year by one Chief Oladipo …

Benin, Edo, Nigeria – By Sonde Ojeikere As the five-year-tenure of the incumbent Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Professor Osayuki Oshodin expires on November 29, 2014, six eminent Professors of the Ivory Tower have started jostling for the plum job. Besides the six UNIBEN Professors who have reportedly indicated interests in the Vice Chancellorship position, the institution’s …

Asaba, Delta, Nigeria – By Sonde Ojeikere Passengers and drivers plying the Asaba-Onitsha Road have appealed to the Federal and Delta State Governments to urgently take steps to rehabilitate the damaged portions of the road in order to ease the traffic gridlock associated with the sufferings of the road users. Our correspondent who was on hand to inspect the level …

BENIN CITY—AHEAD the 2015 presidential election, Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, has submitted a letter of intent to the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, just as he intensified consultations with stakeholders across the country, including former Presidents, Vanguard has gathered. It was gathered that time table for his nationwide consultation meeting with APC governors, meetings with …

Barack Obama: IS “must be degraded and then ultimately destroyed” US President Barack Obama has urged the world to help dismantle the Islamic State’s (IS) “network of death”. He was speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York as US warplanes stepped up air strikes against IS militants in Iraq and Syria. The UN Security Council later adopted a …