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The leader of the US Senate has called for the Israeli government to hold new elections in a speech suggesting that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu risked making the US ally a pariah.According to the highest-ranking Jewish politician in the United States,Chuck Schumer, new election is the only way to allow for a healthy and open decision-making process about the future of Israel, at a time when so many Israelis have lost their confidence in the vision and direction of their...

The Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has fixed April 22 for parties to adopt their final briefs of argument in the petition of the All Progressive’s Congress (APC) and its candidate, Timipre Sylva, challenging the outcome of the exercise.The three-member panel led by Justice Adekunle Adeleye, okayed the matter for the adoption of addresses, after Governor Douye Diri; his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo; and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), who are respondents in the matter, closed their defense.The governor was...

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has convened a meeting with the Northern Governors’ Forum and Service Chiefs including the Inspector General of Police and the Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.The meeting which held behind closed doors on Thursday in Abuja is against the backdrop of the rising cases of kidnapping and abduction in the country.Ribadu who announced plans by the forum to consider alternative options to arrest the increasing insecurity in the north, added...