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   Public Designations of Current and Former Government Officials Under Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act Due to Involvement in Gross Violations of Human Rights By Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State Promoting and advancing respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms continues to be a top priority for the United States.  …

MARBLEHEAD, MA — Today is Tuesday, Dec. 8. Here are the stories Patch has been covering on the North Shore and across Massachusetts. When Tread Tabata, MHD owner Kelly Lorenz thinks of the members of her Marblehead fitness studio she says she feels like she is thinking of members of her own family. Lorenz said she breathed “a huge sigh …

By Okhide Em’ya David  Fresh academic calendar may not commence at the Ambrose Ali University ,AAU, Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria at the same time with other public Universities, when the nation-wide strike by the Academic staff Union of Universities (ASUU) would have been suspended.   This fact emerged from a resolution of  the local chapter of ASUU at the Ivory Tower, …

MASSACHUSETTS — The state is rolling back its reopening plan and instituting some new restrictions as a surge of coronavirus infections threatens to overwhelm the state’s health care system. Massachusetts is moving back to the first part of phase three, reducing gathering and capacity limits and shuttering some indoor activity and entertainment venues. The step back goes into effect Sunday. …

By Okhide Em’ya David. Edo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry for victims of Police brutality, otherwise known as  SARS saga  and related abuses, on Tuesday  ordered that the Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP,  Tope and Chief Superintendent of Police, Balogun, both of Ogida Division, Benin City, to  appear before it. The top Police officers are to appear before the Panel …

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 …