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Advertisement Although Gana had announced his return to the PDP on Wednesday, he was formally welcomed back to the partyat the PDP north-central congress held in Benue state on Saturday. Four other former PDP members — Humphrey Abah, Esther Audu, Adakole Ijogi, and Bagudu Hirse — also returned to the party on Saturday. Gana had earlier dumped the PDP for SDP in March 2018. Advertisement He later joined the 2019 presidential race under the SDP, but was disqualified after an appeal court jud...

By Henry Umoru FORMER President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, has said if the current security challenges in the country must be nipped in the bud, it has become very imperative for Nigerians to bury religious and ethnic differences. According to Senator Mark, all leaders and citizens must, as a matter of urgency, come together to establish a common front against forces threatening the peaceful coexistence among the people. He said it was time for all men and women of good conscience to ri...

By Joseph Erunke ABUJA–THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, said it had postponed the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME and the Direct Entry, DE registration exercise earlier scheduled to commence today. JAMB explained in a statement by its Head of Media and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, that the development was “caused by some unforeseen circumstances occasioned by our determined effort to have a NIN integration.” “The Board’s registration exercise was s...

By Joseph Erunke ABUJA–THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, said it had postponed the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME and the Direct Entry, DE registration exercise earlier scheduled to commence today. JAMB explained in a statement by its Head of Media and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, that the development was “caused by some unforeseen circumstances occasioned by our determined effort to have a NIN integration.” “The Board’s registration exercise was s...

Vanguard News Okowa felicitates with David Mark at 73 On Governor Ifeanyi Okowa Delta Governor Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has congratulated former President of the Senate, Sen. David Mark, on his 73rd birth anniversary, describing him as an inspirational leader. In a statement on Thursday in Asaba by his Chief Press Secretary, Olisa Ifeajika, the governor rejoiced with the family, friends and political associates of the former military officer and gentleman, who served the country in various capacities ...

DeSmog Background Based in Washington DC, the American Petroleum Institute (API) is the largest trade association for the oil and gas industry, representing over 600 corporate members “from the largest major oil company to the smallest of independents, come from all segments of the industry.” The API says its mission is to “influence public policy in support of a strong, viable U.S. oil and natural gas industry.” API describes itself as “the only national trade association that repre...

Smog in Los Angeles. (Image by David Mark from Pixabay via Courthouse News) WASHINGTON (CN) — More than 26 million people live under some of the worst smog in the country in Chicago, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Coachella Valley, San Joaquin Valley and Ventura County — areas where the Environmental Protection Agency missed the deadline to approve concrete smog-reduction measures.  Environmental groups sued the EPA in San Francisco federal court on Wednesday for failing to approve Illinois and ...

Our Correspondents Nigerian leaders from different walks of life, yesterday, joined people of Christian faith across the globe to celebrate Easter, which marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ and urged the Nigerian people to embrace unity at this critical time in the nation’s body polity as well as cooperate with the leadership on the need to move the country forward. Some of the prominent Nigerian leaders, who seized the occasion of Easter celebration to address some of the nation’s chall...

The Kentucky Supreme Court chambers. (Photo by David Mark from Pixabay via Courthouse News) FRANKFORT, Ky. (CN) — Two people convicted of drug crimes argued before the Kentucky Supreme Court on Wednesday that they are immune from prosecution under the state’s good Samaritan law because they were discovered by police after bystanders called for emergency help. Arguing on behalf of Craig Milner and Lindsey Wilson, attorney Steven Goens told the justices that the pair should have been shiel...

[FILE] Former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose (right); Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) National Vice Chairman, South-West, Dr. Eddie Olafeso and former Deputy National Chairman of the party, Olabode George, during the party’s South-West zonal stakeholders’ meeting in Ibadan… . As covert moves have begun towards the 2022 governorship election in Ekiti, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is once again in the news for wrong reasons. The impos...