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Joseph I. Lieberman, Connecticut’s four-term United States senator and Vice President Al Gore’s Democratic running mate in the 2000 presidential election, which was won by George W. Bush and Dick Cheney when the Supreme Court halted a Florida ballot recount, died on Wednesday in Manhattan. He was 82. His family …

President Bola Tinubu has asked the senate to confirm the appointment of Ruby Onwudiwe as South-East representative on the board of directors of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).   Senate President Godswill Akpiabio read the letter at plenary on Wednesday, March 13. Tinubu noted that the request for confirmation …

Nikki Haley suggested Sunday that she might no longer feel bound by the pledge she made, in order to participate in the Republican primary debates last year, to support the party’s eventual nominee — opening up the possibility that she would not endorse former President Donald J. Trump if he …

A nominee for membership of the Central Bank of Nigeria Board of Directors, Urum Kalu Eke has declined the offer stating that he is currently engaged in the World Bank.     President Bola Tinubu had on February 13, forwarded the names of Urum and four others for confirmation as …

The RNC has drafted a resolution that would virtually end the Republican primary after two small states have voted and declare Donald Trump the Republican nominee. The Dispatch reported: RESOLVED that the Republican National Committee hereby declares President Trump as our presumptive 2024 nominee for the office of President of …

It was clear from the start that House Republicans would struggle to govern this year given their deep ideological divisions, narrow majority and myriad personal feuds and grudges. But even the most pessimistic of predictions could not have captured the remarkable, drawn-out Republican self-own now raging on Capitol Hill. In …

Shuaibu said that liberalising the apex bank policy was one of the most brilliant decisions that the President could have taken. Shuaibu Audu, a ministerial nominee from Kogi has expressed optimism that Nigeria will emerge among the 20 largest economies in the world, under the administration of President Bola Tinubu.

A mild drama ensued at the Senate today August 5, when Senator Abdulfatai Buhari representing Oyo North Senatorial District, on Saturday, tackled a ministerial nominee, Bosun Tijani, over a non-patriotic tweet he posted over four years ago.   Speaking during Tijani’s screening. Buhari reminded the ministerial nominee of a tweet …

The credentials of Senator Bello Muhammed of Sokoto were scrutinised on Monday afternoon, July 31, during his Senate screening as a ministerial nominee with questions raised about his university admission on secondary school results that included just two credits.   Muhammed is one of President Bola Tinubu’s 28 initial appointees …

Ministerial nominee, Professor Joseph Utsev was accused of age discrepancy during screening by the senate.    During screening today, some senators pointed out that his Curriculum Vitae says he was born in 1980 and started primary school three years after.    Senate President, Godswill Akpabio said;   “He was three …