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The former Edo State governor, who spoke at an ongoing media briefing in Abuja, said he is happy with what he achieved during his time in office. Oshiomhole s  said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), invited him to reposition the APC noting that since the president in his wisdom has agreed to the dissolution of the NWC, he was duty-bound to obey him as the leader of the party.

Lagos state government has announced that the Apapa Marine Beach bridge will be closed for five months, from Wednesday 27th May, to Wednesday 21st October, 2020. In a statement from the Lagos state Ministry of Transportation, the Commissioner, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, noted that the repairs were long overdue, and necessary to ensure safety of Lagosians, given the number of motorists that use the route. He further   noted that the repairs   included bearing and expansion joint replacement and would be executed in two phases, taking one lane of the bridge at a time. “ The first phase will involve handling the lane inbound Apapa while the second phase will be designated to work on the lane that conveys vehicles outside the axis, ” he said. The commisioner also said that alternative routes around the bridge had been improved to make them motorable, and ease movements for road users. To control the construction period, the statement noted that Traffic Management Authorities would be...

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has postponed its Monetary Policy Committee meeting. The meeting, which was supposed to hold for two days (next Monday and Tuesday May 25 & May 26, 2020), has been shifted to Thursday May 28, 2020 In a statement issued by Director, Corporate Communications, CBN, Isaac Okorafor, He  explained that the meeting was shifted due to the public holidays the Federal Government declared  and that coincides with the old dates chosen for the meeting. He said, “This is to inform our stakeholders and the general public that the May 2020 meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), earlier scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, May 25 and 26, 2020, respectively, will now hold on Thursday, May 28, 2020. This is as a result of the declaration of Monday and Tuesday, May 25 and 26, 2020, as Eid-el Fitr holidays. “For the avoidance of doubt, the CBN has put in place all necessary machinery for the meeting to now hold for o...

death toll from twin blasts on a mosque in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has risen to at least 16 people, and the number of wounded to 35, security officials who wished to remain anonymous, said. Wednesday's attack on the predominantly Shia Sadr City district caused damage to nearby buildings, the officials said. A statement issued by the Iraqi government said the explosion, which ripped through the mosque, took place at a weapons warehouse in Sadr city. The government noted it was still investigating the incident.  The mosque is frequented by supporters of Shia cleric Muqtada's al- Sadr  whose Sairoon coalition won a plurality of seats, 54 in total, in the last month's parliamentary elections. Earlier in the day, Iraq's parliament voted in favour of a full recount of some 11 million ballots cast in the May 12 vote. Members of parliament also sacked a nine-member independent electoral commission that oversaw the process and replaced the body with judges....

The sentence comes after Genena claimed to be in possession of documents that could incriminate senior army officials. An Egyptian military court has sentenced Hisham Genena, the country's former top auditor, to five years in prison for "spreading news that harms the armed forces." Genena, a top campaign aide to former presidential hopeful Sami Anan, was  arrested on February 13  after allegedly threatening in an interview to release "documents and evidence" of corruption in the army's higher ranks if Anan was harmed in detention. Anan, a retired army general, had been  detained in January , just three days after announcing his short-lived presidential bid.  The trial on Wednesday was contested by Genena's lawyers who argued the case did not fall under the military court's jurisdiction. According to local media, Anan's son accused Genena of slander and was looking to take legal measures against the former chief auditor. A journali...

Clinton leads Trump by 46% to 33% Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has a 13-point lead over presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, according to a new poll released Tuesday. The former Secretary of State is ahead of Trump by 46% to 33% among likely voters, a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll shows. Another 21% did not support either candidate.