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Fuel hike: Nigerians flay Senate’s recommendation
Some Nigerians in Abuja on Friday flayed the Senate recommendation for a N5 fuel levy on every litre of petroleum or diesel imported...
Buhari personally negotiated Lagos-Calabar rail project funding – Osinbajo
Mudiaga Affe, Calabar The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari personally re-negotiated the funding of the Lagos-Calabar rail...
Umahi reshuffles cabinet
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi on Friday carried out a major cabinet reshuffle in which four commissioners, two Senior Special Assistants and 11...
Trump to announce U.S. will exit Paris climate deal
President Trump will announce Thursday afternoon that he is withdrawing the United States from the landmark Paris climate agreement, the White House has...
Lagos lawmakers want monarchs’ salaries increased
The Lagos State House of Assembly on today called for an upward review of salaries of traditional rulers in the state. The House...
Kogi Assembly Shuns Dino Melaye’s Call To Impeach Gov. Bello
The Kogi State House of Assembly has shunned the call by Sen. Dino Melaye to mobilise state lawmakers to commence impeachment process against...
Trump’s window for scoring early legislative victories is shrinking
President Trump faces an increasingly narrow path to win major legislative victories before the looming August recess, with only two months left to...
Drama as lawyers clash over A’Ibom senatorial seat
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja Two groups of lawyers stormed the National Assembly on Tuesday to make counterclaims on the rightful occupant of the Akwa...
Democratic poll: Party has a shot in sleepy South Carolina race
The Democrat running for Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney’s vacant South Carolina House seat claims to be putting it into...
Aregbesola Assigns Portfolios To New Commissioners, Special Advisers
Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola on Tuesday assigned portfolios to all the 38 newly inaugurated commissioners and Special advisers that will pilot the...
As White House defends Jared Kushner, experts question his back-channel move
The Trump administration argued over the weekend that back-channel communications are acceptable in building dialogue with foreign governments, part of an effort to...
Buhari scored high on security, corruption
The Young Democratic Party on Monday commended President Muhammadu Buhari-led government for the achievements recorded so far in addressing security challenges confronting the...
Democracy Day speech by the Acting President
DEMOCRACY DAY SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PROF. YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, THE ACTING PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, COMMEMORATING THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY...
Marred Primaries Leaves Lagos APC In Confused State
The fiasco that marred the process of the Local Council primaries in Lagos State has left the All Progressives Congress (APC) in a...
A high-stakes gamble: How Jared Kushner reacted to previous crises
NEW YORK — Jared Kushner had barely survived a fight to save his family’s real estate empire. Taking charge of the business after...
