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NEW YORK — New York’s top court on Tuesday declined to hear Donald Trump’s gag order appeal in his hush money case, leaving the restrictions in place following his felony conviction last month. The Court of Appeals found that the order does not raise “substantial” constitutional issues that would warrant an immediate intervention. The decision is the latest legal setback for the …

The Senate spokesperson, Yemi Adaramodu, said the N6.6trillion supplementary budget was still being computed by the executive but would be sent to the National Assembly after its resumption on July 2. President Bola Tinubu is set to submit a N6.6trillion supplementary budget to the National Assembly for consideration in July. The Senate spokesperson, Yemi Adaramodu, said the N6.6trillion supplementary budget …

Obasanjo was first Head of State from 1976 to 1979. After his prison ordeal, he was elected Nigeria’s President and was in power from 1999 to 2007 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). #RevolutionNow convener, Comrade Omoyele Sowore, has slammed former President Olusegun Obasanjo for his Monday’s visit to the wife of President Bola Tinubu, Remi, in …

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has directed Heads of Local Government Administration to immediately take charge of the 23 council areas of the State. This follows the expiration of the statutory three-year tenure of the elected local government chairmen, vice chairmen and councillors on Monday, June 17, 2024. Governor Fubara gave the directive in a statewide broadcast in Government …

Despite withering criticism, President Joe Biden has vowed to make the US immigration system “more just President Joe Biden is set to announce a new policy that would protect hundreds of thousands of undocumented spouses of US citizens from deportation, according to administration officials. The issue of immigration has proven an election-year headache for Mr Biden, who recently issued a …

To save Nigeria from the pervasive economic challenges and place it on the path of prosperity and progress, Nigerians must move beyond trading blames and picking faults, but bond in unity, Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has emphasized. Obaseki, who spoke to journalists in Benin City, said the country is at a crossroads, restating the need for a serious …

The tripartite committee on national minimum wage has given reasons why the organised labour should have a rethink on the amount it is demanding as minimum wage. Alhaji Goni Aji,  the chairman of the committee said this in Abuja on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Organised Labour is demanding for N250,000 as minimum wage per month …

BEIRUT — He is among the very last survivors of his Gaza family, a clan so close they knew without thinking how blood and marriage bound them across generations and city blocks. Then, branch by branch, 173 of Youssef Salem’s relatives were killed in Israeli airstrikes in a matter of days in December. By spring that toll had risen to 270. Bones …

The Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, has revealed plans by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government, to lift the visa ban imposed on Nigerian travellers, soon. Keyamo disclosed this during a 44-minute interview with the Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu, Otega Ogra, published on the official YouTube page of the State House of Nigeria. He noted that a …

What to know about this week’s massive heatwave and how to stay safe Things are about to heat up in much of the U.S. with dangerously hot temperatures in the Midwest and Northeast next week, prompting health officials to urge people to make plans now to stay safe. The heat wave follows an earlier-than-usual one in the Southwest last week, which saw …