Poway Rabbi Encourages ‘Moment of Silence’ at White House
Poway Rabbi Encourages ‘Moment of Silence’ at White House Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein was invited by President Trump to speak at the National Day of Prayer Ceremony at the White House.…
Google spends hundreds of millions of dollars on content review: letter
Silhouettes of laptop and mobile device users are seen next to a screen projection of Google logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018. WASHINGTON – Alphabet Inc’s Google…
Barr’s u-turn on testimony, escalates battle with Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday canceled plans to testify before the House of Representatives about his handling of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, further inflaming…
Defection: What Saraki, Dogara, others told court ahead of May 7 judgement
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara have asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss a suit instituted against them…
Breaking: Senate passes 2019 budget
The Senate Tuesday approved the sum of N8.916 trillion as the budget for the 2019 fiscal year. The amount passed by the apex legislative chamber is, however, N86 billion higher…
Theresa May ‘unlikely’ to hold another Queen’s speech
Theresa May has no plans to preside over another substantive Queen’s speech, BBC Newsnight has learnt. In a sign of how the prime minister believes her days in No 10…
Nigeria’s population now 201 million –UN
The United Nations Population Fund has stated that Nigeria’s population has risen to 201 million people. This was contained in the 2019 State of the World Population Report released on…
Senate directs minister, agency to return alleged diverted N14.3billion
The Senate has directed the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Okechukwu Enelamah and acting Managing Director of Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Engineer Terhemba Nongo to return…
2019 elections: Court reserves judgement on suit seeking sack of PDP candidates in Zamfara
The Court of Appeal, sitting in Sokoto, has reserved its judgement on a suit challenging the eligibility of candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the last general elections…
Onnoghen: Supreme Court speaks on taking orders from Buhari
The Supreme Court has made it clear that it does not take orders from President Muhammadu Buhari, as it remained an independent arm of government. The apex court, in a…
SPECIAL REPORT: How Buhari is suppressing own govt’s anti-corruption war
By his refusal to assent or reject a crucial audit bill passed by the country’s legislature several months ago, President Muhammadu Buhari is jeopardising measures aimed at improving financial accountability…