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United States House of Representatives voted in the early hours of Sunday to pass a short-term government funding bill proposed by Republican leaders to fund the federal government's operations through December 15 and delay the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, ACA, commonly known as Obamacare, for one year, reports Xinhua. The bill passed by the lower chamber of Congress contained a one-year delay in the implementation of Obamacare, a repeal of the medical device tax in the ACA to fund Obamacare and a measure ensuring service members to get paid in the event of a government shutdown. The bill increased the prospect of a partial federal government shutdown on Tuesday, as U.S. President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats had vowed to reject any bill delaying or defunding Obama's signature healthcare law passed in 2010. The 2.3 percent medical device tax, which took effect in January, is levied on manufacturers and importers for sales of medical devices in

(Nigeria) Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, says that it will begin to prosecute universities running courses that are not accredited by the National Universities Commission, NUC. ICPC Chairman, Mr Ekpo Nta, said this in Abuja on Saturday, while speaking with journalists at a public lecture organised by the Abuja chapter of the University of Ibadan Alumni Association, UIAA. He also said the commission had arrested some officials running fake Nigerian Youth Service Corps, NYSC, orientation camps or recruiting fake NYSC members for the one-year compulsory service. ``We have arrested some of the officials involved in this and now, we are going back to even approved universities that are running unapproved programmes for these youths. ``If you give a young person admission to do run a programme that is not approved by NUC, knowing that he is not going to be accepted for NYSC; why then are you admitting him without telling him the consequen

(Nigeria) The Nigerian Senate says it will resume another round of public hearing on the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, on October 9 following allegations of exclusion of some key stakeholders. The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA and  Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, among others, had alleged that critical stakeholders were prevented from participating in reforms of the oil sector. To this effect, four Senate Standing Committees: Petroleum Resources (Upstream and Downstream), Gas and Judiciary, Legal and Human Rights were mandated to conduct the hearing. A statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by the Chairman of the joint Committee, Sen. Emmanuel Paulker (PDP-Bayelsa) said the decision of the senate to resume the hearing was to ensure that the new oil law was an aggregate of opinions in the oil and gas industry in the country. Paulker, who is the Chairman of the Petroleum Resources Committee (Upstream), said: ``This time around, the joint committee decided to involve all stakeholders

(Nigeria) Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, on Sunday called on all Nigerians to rededicate themselves to building a strong and virile country in spite of various challenges. Oshiomhole made the call while speaking at a special thanks giving service to commemorate the country's 53rd Independence Anniversary at St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Benin. The governor stated that Nigerians still had cause to celebrate the nation's independence anniversary despite the challenges facing the country. ``In spite of the challenges that the nation has faced both in recent times and in the past, the country is still united and moving forward, `` the governor said. Oshiomhole explained that independence was celebrated, not because the world was perfect or without challenges, but because birthdays were usually celebrated. He advised Nigerian youths to emulate leaders that had distinguished themselves in acts of selflessness and patriotism. In his sermon, the Arch-Bishop of

(Nigeria) Akwa Ibom government says the oil producing communities in the state have more representations in the administration, than their non-oil producing counterparts, contrary to their cry of marginalisation. Mr Anietie Ukpe, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Godswill Akpabio, made the clarification in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Uyo. Ukpe spoke against the backdrop of agitation by the communities for the establishment of a development commission for oil bearing area of Akwa Ibom State. ``People from the oil producing area occupy priority positions in this administration. They have more opportunities than others. ``I know that His Excellency has reached out to them; they have been a part of this administration more than they had been under past administrations,” Ukpe said. The governor’s spokesman said that the agitation for the establishment of oil producing areas development commission in the state was not justified. The South-South Coordinat

The President of USOSA, Kabir Nuhu, represented by the National Assistant Secretary, Salim Ibrahim, made the announcement at the inauguration of the BoT of FEGOCOOKOSA Endowment fund. Recognizing that government alone cannot bear the burden of delivering on quality education alone, the Unity Schools Old Students Association will hold a one-day education summit in Abuja. The revelation was made at the formal inauguration of the Board of Trustees to manage the N100 million Endowment Fund of the Federal Government College Okigwe Old Students in Association in Abuja on Thursday. The President of USOSA, Kabir Nuhu, represented by the National Assistant Secretary, Salim Ibrahim, made the announcement at the inauguration of the BoT of FEGOCOOKOSA endowment fund. Nuhu assured the association of the support and collaboration of the umbrella unity schools association in “this noble and worthy enterprise.” Ibrahim disclosed that the summit, to be hosted at the Transcorp Hilton

Boko Haram gunmen, who, Sunday, opened fire on College of Agriculture in Gujba's hostel in two separate attacks on Nigeria northeast border town of Yobe State, as the students were sleep, have killed at least 40 people, a hospital source said. "We now have 40 bodies brought to the morgue from the attack," and all are believed to have been students of the College of Agriculture in Gujba, said the official from the Damaturu Specialist Hospital, who requested anonymity. Security forces were at the scene but details on the number of dead and injured were not yet available, area military spokesman Lazarus Eli said. The early morning assault targeted the College of Agriculture in the town of Gujba in Yobe State, Eli said. It was carried out by "Boko Haram terrorists who went into the school and opened fire on students," while they were sleeping, he added. A police source, who requested anonymity, told AFP that initial reports indicated the death toll coul