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Kosovo President HASHIM THACI has resigned to face an indictment from a war crimes court in The Hague, a dramatic downfall for a man who has loomed over the former Serbian province for more than a decade.The 52-year-old said he would step down to “protect the integrity” of the presidency after the court confirmed an indictment against him dating back to the 1990s conflict with Serbia, when THACI was political chief of Kosovo’s rebel army.&...

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has set up a fact-finding team for Oyigbo in Rivers State following reports of alleged reprisal killing of suspected members of the proscribed indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) by the military.The four-man team comprises NBA 1st Vice President, JOHN AIKPOKPO-MARTINS; two former NBA Port-Harcourt branch Chairmen, VICTOR FRANK-BRIGGS and ANTHONIA OSADEME; and a former NBA Ukwa branch Chairman, CHIMAROKE ELIE.In a statement ...

The Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs, has asked State House officials to put its clinic in order and equip it to ensure that President MUHAMMADU BUHARI would have no need to travel abroad for medical treatment.The Chairman of the Committee, Senator DANJUMA LA’AH, disclosed this when the Permanent Secretary of the State House, TIJANI UMAR, appeared before the panel to defend his 2021 budget estimates.The State House o...

The  Ministry  of Youth  and Sports Development and the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19  have ruled out  the possibility of  fans  watching  the Africa  Cup of Nations qualifier against  the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone in Benin on  November 13.The authorities, in an advisory to both the Edo State Government and the Nigerian Football Federation said they won’t condone breaching the COVID-19 protocol....

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise will commence in the first quarter of 2021 ahead of the 2023 general election.The sum of 1 billion naira has also been allocated by INEC for the exercise.This announcement was made by Chairman of the Electoral body, Professor MAHMOOD YAKUBU after a budget defence session with the Senate Committee on INEC.Professor YAKUBU...

The meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government ended in a stalemate for the third time, as the parties again failed to resolve the issues around the payment platform for salaries and other benefits.At the resumed meeting in Abuja yesterday which lasted for over two hours, the parties could not resolve the contentious issues around the payment system to be deployed.ASUU also insisted that the 30billion naira Earned Ac...

The Federal Government has recorded a fiscal deficit of 409.39 billion naira in August, even as its total federally collected revenue rose by 2.7 per cent to 767.55 billion naira.The federally collected revenue generated in August was, however, below the budget benchmark of 846.84 billion naira by 9.4 per cent.The CBN said in its latest economic report that the increase in revenue was attributable to improved receipts from oil revenue sources....

The Edo State Governor, GODWIN OBASEKI has appealed to officers and men of the state police command to return to their duty post to secure lives and property of the citizens.The governor made the appeal during a solidarity visit to the state command headquarters in Benin-City after #EndSARS protest was hijacked by hoodlums which led to the destruction of lives and properties including the burning down of the police stations.Governor OBASEKI noted that the a...

Wales manager and Manchester United great, RYAN GIGGS has denied “all allegations of assault” of his girlfriend KATE GREVILLE after being arrested following reports of a disturbance at his home on Sunday.The 46-year-old was co-operating with police, according to a statement released by his representative.GIGS was appointed Wales manager in January 2018 after a stellar playing career in which he won 13 Premier League titles, two Champions Leagues...

Northern leaders, including state governors and traditional rulers have alleged that separatists hijacked the #EndSARS protests were targeting regime change.The northern leaders in an emergency meeting in Kaduna dismissed the protests as subversive.Their positions were contained in a communiqué issued after the meeting and read by the Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum and Governor of Plateau State, SIMON LALONG.The nor...