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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday ordered the disposal of all assets forfeited to the Federal government within the next six months.   This was announced by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, on at the  inauguration of a 22-member Inter-Ministerial Committee, charged with the responsibility of disposing of […]

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday, visited his Lagos State counterpart, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to commiserate with him over the recent destruction and killings brought upon upon  Nigeria’s economic capital.   Irate youths and hoodlums took advantage of the #EndSARS protests against police brutality to destroy, kill and maim in Lagos in October.   Speaking […]

Jerry John Rawlings, Ghana’s former President, has died of complications from the Covid-19. He was aged 73.    Rawlings had been hospitalized at Korle Bu, the Teaching Hospital of the University of Ghana, Legon, for a week, after he was infected with the Covid-19 virus, before his death on Thursday   He was born in […]

   The Southwest Governors’ Forum, on Sunday said the region witnessed an “attack on our heritage” after the #EndSARS protest was hijacked by hoodlums.    Their views were captured by Rotimi Akeredolu, chairman of the Forum and governor of Ondo State. He expressed the opinion at a meeting of the governors of the region, held […]

While votes are still being counted, Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. President, has launched an official transition website, www.buildbackbetter.com. The move comes as votes are still being counted in many states and the presidential race still undecided. On the www.buildbackbetter.com website is a short statement that reiterates Biden’s earlier assertion that it […]Read More

  Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, were on Thursday sworn in for a second term in office.   The Oath of Office was administered around 12 noon by the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Esther Edigin.   In attendance at the inauguration which took place on Thursday at the […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that it lacks the power to investigate or disqualify the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the governorship election in Edo state on September 19, Governor Godwin Obaseki, over alleged forgery of the University of Ibadan’s (UI) certificate.    INEC is the first respondent in a […]

Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta State, has said that said  that  there sis no Nigerian law that permits Zamfara State to control and manage  gold deposits in the state.   The governor said that  governors of South-South region would soon take up the matter with the Federal Government.    Okowa, who spoke at his 2020 […]

The 2020 American Presidential election has left the United States so intolerably divided that the nation known as the leader of the world now risks being ridiculed by those it has always sought to lead. A fractured America is a weakened America, one that will soon become vulnerable to the attacks of its enemies.   […]

Journalists read the memoirs of prominent government officials, seeking startling revelations and insights into how and why certain policy decisions were made. Amid the re-litigated debates and the recounting of episodes that are either already defined by history or too recent to judge, scoops are rare. But Susan Rice is different. In “Tough Love: My […]

With his defeat in the US presidential election, Donald Trump finds himself fighting against being tagged with a label he frequently applies to rivals but which runs completely counter to his own brand: “loser.”   The Republican is pursuing legal action in several battleground states, though his lawyers have so far failed to substantiate claims […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday in Abuja made virtual and public presentation of its `Report of the 2019 General Election’. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the commission also made public presentation of the ` Review of the 2019 General Election: Report of the Commission’s Retreats and Stakeholder Engagements’’. INEC […]