Politics

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday called off a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, even after North Korea had followed through on a pledge to blow up tunnels at its nuclear test site. Referring to a scheduled June 12 meeting with Kim in Singapore, Trump said in a letter to the North Korean leader: “Sadly, based …

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          Governor Dickson Has Killed Alamieyeseigha A Second Time…APC By Amos Odeh The Bayelsa State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party has said that the opposition All Progressives Congress in the state is a band of cultists, mischief makers and unscrupulous criminal elements masquerading under the platform of the APC who do not mean well for …

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The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, on Wednesday said she was committed to reforms aimed at ensuring that the nation’s civil service is efficient, productive, incorruptible and citizen-centred. This, she said, was in line with the present administration’s change agenda and the Federal Government’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan 2017 – 2020. Oyo-Ita spoke at …

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…Govt Condemns Attack …Says Opposition Political Leaders Behind Protest …Directs Security Personnel To Apprehend, Prosecute Armed Hoodlums   By Amos Okioma At least two protesters were on Tuesday shot dead while several others were injured  following a clash between Police and protesters at Niger Delta University, (NDU) Amasoma in Bayelsa . NDU, which was shut in March following incessant protests …

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Chukwuma Soludo, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has proposed a single tenure of six years for presidents in the country. He also suggested five vice-presidents serving at a time — one from each geo-political zone. Soludo made the proposal at the south-east summit on restructuring Nigeria ongoing in Awka, Anambra state capital. He said having …

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The International Monetary Fund on Monday expressed concern over Nigeria’s capacity to repay its debts and stressed the need for the Federal Government to mobilise more revenues domestically. The Washington-based fund, at the public presentation of the Spring 2018 Issue of the Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa, said the public debt in the region was on the rise. IMF …

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The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, on Monday inaugurated what he described as the upgraded website of his office, www.osgf.gov.ng. Speaking at a brief event in his office in Abuja, Mustapha put the cost of the upgrading, which he said included procurement of laptops, training of officials and consultancy services, at N64m. The Federal Government had allocated N65m …

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A total number of 40 candidates on the platforms of various political parties are to contest for the governorship seat of Ekiti State on July 14. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday published the names of candidates who emerged from the primary conducted by their parties. Their names were forwarded to the electoral umpire to beat the May 15 …

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Nigeria has been projected to add no fewer than 189 million people to its current population between 2018 and 2050, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), said. UN, in a new report: ‘2018 Revision of World Urbanisation Prospects’, projected that around 2.5 billion more people would be living in cities by 2050. The News Agency of Nigeria …

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By Ariwera Ibibo-Howells, Yenagoa. The Bayelsa State police command, Monday, commended the Inspector General of police, Ibrahim Idris. In a press release entitled ‘creating a new crime reduction framework in Bayelsa State’ the state commissioner of police, Don Awunah described the IGP as a courageous apostle of democratic policing. Pouring encomiums on the IG, CP Awunah posited that since the …

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