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•Court adjourns case till July 17, as defence lawyer applies to withdraw The immediate past governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, who is facing a 19-count charge, has adduced reasons the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, should prosecute him in Kogi. The former governor in a letter he wrote to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, …

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday gave all the state governors seven days to provide concrete feedback on their plans to rev up food production in their respective states. Tinubu gave the directive at the 142nd National Economic Council meeting attended by state governors and some deputies at the State House, Abuja. He also announced a National Construction and Household Support …

WASHINGTON — “Oh, Joe.” That gasp, from patrons at a Chicago bar when President Joe Biden first stumbled verbally in his debate with Donald Trump, spoke for a lot of Americans on Thursday night. In watch parties, bars, a bowling alley and other venues where people across the country gathered to tune in, Trump supporters, happily, and Biden supporters, in their angst if …

The six governors of the South-West states of Nigeria, under the auspices of ‘the South-West Governors’ Forum, on Monday, June 10, 2024, met in Lagos, where they discussed issues about the development of the region. Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Lucky Aiyedatiwa (Ondo), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Ademola Adeleke (Osun), and Biodun Oyebanji (Ekiti) attended the meeting. At the …

The Federal Government has been advised on the need to reopen the country’s borders so that items, particularly food, can be imported legally and legitimately to fight hunger among Nigerians. The call was made by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) during an advocacy meeting with traditional rulers and other stakeholders held inside the Conference Hall of the …

Communities in the Niger Delta have threatened to cripple oil production in the region if the Federal Government continues to remain adamant over the growing clamour for the release of the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu has remained in a solitary confinement at the Abuja headquarters of the Department of State Services, …

The confrontation in Atlanta between Joe Biden and Donald Trump Thursday night has a good chance of becoming the most fateful presidential debate in US history. For the first time, a sitting president and an ex-president will lock horns before millions of viewers, in an encounter taking place far earlier than normal — even before the party conventions. The CNN-hosted showdown is the most pivotal moment …

RIO DE JANEIRO — Armored vehicles rammed into the doors of Bolivia’s government palace on Wednesday as President Luis Arce said his country faced an apparent attempted coup. In a sense, the uprising was the culmination of tensions that have been brewing in Bolivia for months, with protesters streaming into the nation’s capital amid a severe economic crisis and as two political titans …

The immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, who is facing a 19-count charge, has written a letter to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, pleading to be allowed to face his trial in Kogi. Ex-governor Bello, in the letter he wrote through his team of lawyers led by Mr. Abdulwahab Mohammed, SAN, …

The 36 State Governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) are currently holding a physical meeting in Abuja to review the outcome of the ongoing negotiation on the proposed new national minimum wage embarked on by the tripartite committee on the national minimum wage. The NGF Chairman, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State, is also expected to …