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Edo State Government has presented checks of over N21 million to next-of-kin of deceased workers who were enrolled in the Contributory Pension Scheme. Official said the gesture is in furtherance of the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration’s commitment to the welfare of workers and pensioners in the state,  Presenting the checks on behalf of the governor in Benin City, the Edo State …

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja ended a meeting with 36 state governors on the issue of security with a charge to them to work more with traditional rulers and community members to improve local intelligence gathering that will aid the work of security agencies. The President, who listened to presentations by a governor from each of the six geo-political …

Edo State’s school of nursing is to be rebuilt and reopened before the end of 2021, Governor Godwin Obaseki assured on Wednesday. Obaseki gave the assurance while on an inspection tour of the abandoned facilities and hostel of the nursing school in Benin City on Wednesday. The governor was accompanied by the Permanent Secretary, Edo State Ministry of Health, Dr. Osawonyi …

Washington (CNN) Congressional Republican leaders rejected a resolution that asserted that Joe Biden is president-elect, the latest effort by the Hill GOP to refuse to accept the election results even though it’s been clear for weeks that President Donald Trump lost. The rejection came Tuesday in a private meeting after House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer offered a motion to affirm …

(CNN) Senate Democrats are uneasy about granting a rarely invoked waiver that would allow President-elect Joe Biden’s pick of retired Gen. Lloyd Austin to head the Defense Department, the first nominee to encounter resistance from senators in the incoming President’s own party. A number of top Democrats praised Austin’s service and credentials, and the historic nature of his pick, since he would …

(CNN) President Donald Trump’s threat to veto a sweeping defense bill that is set for a vote in the House of Representatives on Tuesday is sharply dividing Republican lawmakers, forcing them to choose between loyalty to the President and legislation that sets defense policy for the country and creating uncertainty over whether enough votes exist to override a veto. The National Defense Authorization …

The planned address of a joint session of the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday over the worsening security situation in Nigeria now appears uncertain. This situation followed the antics of the governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at the party’s National Executive Council meeting held in Abuja on Tuesday. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, who moved …

The National Executive Council (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has admitted Nigeria’s ‘regrettable’ security situation but condemned the call for the resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari over the insecurity. The ruling party accused the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of politicising the country’s security situation. The security situation across Nigeria has deteriorated in recent years with kidnapping for …

Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), says his principal, on Tuesday, reassured governors of the 36 states of the Federation of his regime’s commitment to ending insecurity in the country. Adesina said at a meeting today, the Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, and his North-East counterparts did not raise the …

The National Executive Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress on Tuesday dissolved all states, zonal, and national party structures. The party’s NEC also extended the tenure of the party’s caretaker extraordinary convention planning committee led by Governor Mai Buni by six months. The decision was taken at a meeting of the committee attended by the President, Major General Muhammadu …