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The Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, has tendered her resignation, which will take effect from September 12. The executive board of the fund has accepted the resignation and said that it would begin a selection process promptly. A statement from the executive board issued said, “Today the IMF …

The Northern Elders Forum and the Coalition of the Northern Groups have asked Fulani herdsmen to leave the southern part of Nigeria and return to the North. They said the herdsmen should return to the North where their (herdsmen) safety and that of their property could be guaranteed. The northern …

Ruona Isiikeh A male patient has committed suicide at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), the hospital spokesman, Joshua Uwaila, has said. The incident occurred at the Accident and Emergency (A & E) Ward of the hospital on Saturday night. It was alleged that the victim took his own …

Ruona Isikeh Dr Ovo Ogbinaka, a medical practitioner with a private hospital in Warri, Delta, has advised parents and guardians to always kit their children in thick clothes to avoid cold due to rainy season. Ogbinaka gave the advice in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin …

A popular writer; Mark Twain once said that “In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.” Dear Delta APC, another change is here …

Appeal court sitting in Benin has affirm the victory of Moses Anaughe at the Benin Federal High Court that nullified the candidacy of Olorogun Jaro Egbo, as the member-elect representing Ughelli Constituency II in the Delta State House of Assembly on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Details …

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the two suits filed by Ned Nwoko, challenging the election of Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi as the Peoples Democratic Party candidate representing Delta North district in the October 2, 2018, primary of the party held in Delta. The five-man panel of justices led by Justice …

The Senate on Tuesday called for immediate convocation of a National Security Summit to address insecurity in the country. This followed a point of order raised by Sen. Ayo Akinyelure (APC-Ondo), over the killing of Mrs Funke Olakunrin. The News Agency of Nigeria, reports that Olakunrin, daughter of Pa Reuben …

A kidnap suspect, identified as Ahmed, who allegedly abducted a five-year-old girl in Yenagoa, has demanded N1 million ransom, the victim’s mother, Mrs Williams Koyoye, has said. Koyoye told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday that the girl, Peace, was abducted in their residence at Akemfa 1 on …

The Vice-Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, has said the institution will complete its power generating plant in October and generate its own 24-hour electricity. Ogunbodede made this known yesterday at the biennial conference of the African Institute for Science Policy and Innovation held …