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President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, has ordered the immediate arrest and prosecution of the persons behind the attack at the Nigerian Embassy in Accra, Ghana, leading to the destruction of property in the embassy.

The power tussle between Federal Ministry of Finance and Federal Ministry of Power over the control of Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company (NBET) continued on Monday when the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed inaugurated the board of NBET with the purportedly sacked Dr Marilyn Amobi still recognised as managing director/chief executive officer. Minister of Power, Mr Saleh Mamman on Monday last week announced the appointment of Dr Nnaemeka Eweluka as a replacement for Amobi, as approved by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Presiding LGA officers in the All Progressives Congress Primaries in Edo Edo State have sent in preliminary results of the election. Below is a breakdown of the results; Oredo Pastor Osagie Ize-iyamu. 1902 Hon Osaro Obaze 308 Dr Pius Odubu 67 Ovia North East Pastor Osagie Ize-iyamu 1650 Hon Osaro Obaze 70 Dr Pius Odubu 124 Ovia South West Pastor Osagie Ize-iyamu 1668 Hon Osaro Obaze 79 Dr Pius Odubu 107 Ikpoba Okha Pastor Osagie Ize-iyamu 1581 Hon Osaro Obaze 67 Hon Pius Odubu 99 Uhunmwonde LGA Pastor Osagie Ize-iyamu 1394 Dr Pius Odubu 274 Hon Osaro Obaze 183 Orhionmwon Pastor Osagie Ize-iyamu 1750 Hon Osaro Obaze 171 Hon Pius Odubu 418 Egor Pastor Osagie Ize-iyamu 1794 Hon Osaro Obaze 53 Dr Pius Odubu 81 Igueben Pastor Osagie Ize-iyamu 1300 Hon Osaro Obaze 178 Dr Pius Odubu 251 Esan Centra Pastor Osagie Ize-iyamu 1033 Hon Osaro Obaze 114 Dr Pius Odubu 170 Esan South East Pastor Osagie Ize-iyamu 1400 Hon Osaro Obaze 144 Dr Pius Odubu 205 Esan West Pastor Osagie Ize-iyamu 1...

Eminent socio-cultural leaders from southern and middle-belt Nigeria have sued the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for N50 billion over marginalisation of the people of the region in the appointments to security, quasi-security agencies and “strategic agencies” of government. The 16 plaintiffs filed the suit marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/595/2020, at the Federal High Court in Abuja on June 8, 2020. Among the plaintiffs are an Ijaw leader, Chief E. K Clarke, the Afenifere leader, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Dr John Nwodo, a leader of the Middle Belt people, Dr. Pogu Bitrus.

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Monday, assured state governors elected on the platform of the All Progressive Congress that the crisis rocking the ruling party will soon be resolved.

The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor will try Monday to overturn last year’s shock acquittal of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo on charges of crimes against humanity. " id="primary"> Gbagbo and his right-hand man Charles Ble Goude were in January 2019 cleared of allegations of post-electoral violence in the restive West African nation in 2010-11 in which around 3,000 people died. The one-time Ivorian strongman, the first former head of state to be tried by the ICC, had spent eight years behind bars in The Hague before his surprise acquittal by the court. Appeals judges will this week listen to arguments by the ICC’s chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, who says the court erred in letting Gbagbo and Ble Goude go. The two-day hearing will be “partially virtual” due to the coronavirus pandemic, the ICC said, and it was unclear whether Gbagbo and Ble Goude would physically be in court or follow hearings remotely. The ICC last month allowed Gba...

Hotels in Britain are likely to be able to open from July 4 with the easing of the coronavirus lockdown restrictions by the Government -  and many overseas properties are already welcoming guests. But how will your experience shape up with enhanced hygiene protocols and social distancing? And will you even want to sleep in a room where a stranger stayed the night before? Brands and chains around the world are working hard to ramp up their hotel cleaning programmes to reassure guests and boost public confidence in booking a stay.