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PORTLAND, Maine— Maine’s top election official could face an impeachment attempt in the state Legislature over her decision to keep former President Donald Trump off the Republican primary ballot. At least one Republican lawmaker has vowed to pursue impeachment against Democratic Secretary of State Shenna Bellows despite long odds in the Democratic-controlled Legislature. Bellows said Friday that she had no comment on …

The Bayelsa Government has invited the parents of a four-year-old girl and the 54-year-old man allegedly involved in a marriage in the Akeddei community in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the government’s intervention is coming on the heels of media reports of a Dec. 26 marriage between the ‘bride’ and …

The Senate on Saturday, December 30, observed a minute silence in honour of late governor of Ondo state, Rotimi Akeredolu SAN and a former speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ghali Umar Na’Abba. The resolutions of the Senate followed motions moved that effect by Senator Jimoh Ibrahim (APC -Ondo South) and the Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin …

Nigeria 2024: Why we’ll slide further into economic chaos •Scarcity to bite harder as failures hit us more•Reasons the budget may not be implemented SPECIAL REPORT BY DR DELE SOBOWALE “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, in the strife of truth and falsehood, for the good or evil side.” James Russell Lowell, 1819-1891. INTRODUCTION No …

• Babalola Carpets NIA Over Arms Shipment To Nigeria• Foreign Bandits Responsible For Attack Should Be Arrested — Amachree• HURIWA Demands Sack Of Security Chiefs• We Are Investigating Attack, Says IGP Despite having about half a dozen intelligence outfits with humongous budgetary allocations, intelligence failure has continued to compound insecurity in Nigeria, as security experts maintain that the recent carnage in …

Israeli military acknowledges destroying Ottoman-era bathhouse while targeting Hamas in Gaza The Israel Defense Forces struck a centuries-old Ottoman-era bathhouse when it targeted a claimed “Hamas terrorist squad” in mid-December, the IDF confirmed Sunday.  The Hamam al-Samra, in the Al-Zeitoun neighborhood of northern Gaza, was said to have been built in the 14th century and was the only public bathhouse in the Gaza …

The Senate on Saturday, December 30, called on all service chiefs to appear before it to explain the events that led to the deaths of nearly 200 Nigerians on the Plateau on Christmas Eve. The Nation reports that the house minority caucus had raised an alarm three days ago demanding for a halt on the bloodlettings in the state. The caucus recommended …

The presidency on Saturday predicted that Nigerians will witness economic prosperity and breakthroughs through the policies and programmes of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the year 2024. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Public Affairs, Temitope Ajayi explained that the president was committed to fulfilling his renewed hope agenda for the country in the new year …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON  A new Commissioner of police, Funsho Adegboye has assumed duties in Edo State, succeeding CP Mohammed Dankwara as the 46th commissioner of police in Edo State. The official hand over ceremony held at the state police Command headquarters in Benin City on Friday, December 29, 2023. Available records indicated that CP Funsho Adegboye was among the 40 …

The Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy has announced the commencement of applications for teaching positions under its Build-A-Thon initiative programme. This was announced on the Ministry’s “X” handle on Thursday. The programme which was launched earlier in December, according to the Minister of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, will promote early-technology adoption among senior secondary students. The programme …