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BEVERLY, MA — About 75 people gathered in front of Beverly City Hall Tuesday for a Black Lives Matter protest. Organizers had originally planned a seven-mile march from Beverly, through Salem and to the Unitarian Universalist Church in Marblehead to protest the theft of a Black Lives Matter banner in Beverly and the vandalism of a similar banner at the Marblehead church. But the plan was …

Employees of the Washington Military Department have been at the center of the COVID-19 response since the beginning, helping the state’s health department with pandemic planning before the pandemic was even on the national radar and helping with logistics, operations and planning support as the response became critical. Soldiers and airmen of the Washington National Guard have helped at testing …

With the recent surge in COVID-19, the beds are quickly filling in the intensive care units at Brooke Army Medical Center, a sprawling military hospital and Level I Trauma Center in the heart of San Antonio. Many patients are on ventilators or hooked to a myriad of tubes and wires to a heart-lung bypass machine as they battle a virus …

The text of the following statement was released by the Government of the United States of America, as President of the G7, on the conclusion of discussions with G7 partners on restoring confidence in transportation and travel. Begin Text: Recognizing the ongoing challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and acting in response to the G7 Leaders’ Statement issued on March …

Staff and Management of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, have thrown their weight behind the reelection bid of the Edo State Governor and gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Godwin Obaseki, noting that his reelection will ensure that the governor completes the good work he started in the institution. In a statement, Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof Ignatius …

The presidential panel probing the suspended EFCC boss, Ibrahim Magu, has ordered the withdrawal of several police officers working at the commission, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. The EFCC, an agency that investigates financial crimes, usually writes to the Inspector General of Police requesting for officers for most of its operations. Many of them occupy senior positions at the commission while others serve …

…says no amount of kneeling stunt will save Oshiomhole from defeat, humiliation Deputy Governor of Edo State and the running mate of Governor Godwin Obaseki in the state’s forthcoming gubernatorial election, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, has insisted that no amount of kneeling stunt will save the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole and his …

Against the backdrop of the clash of supporters of Governor Godwin Obaseki and Pastor Osagie Ize – Iyamu of the APC in front of the palace of the Oba of Benin last weekend, the Monarch Omo N’ Oba Ewuare II has issued a stern warning to politicians against turning the State into a war zone in a bid to realise …

As secondary schools in Lagos State are to reopen on Monday (August 4) to prepare final year students for the West African Secondary School Certificate Examination, WASSCE. schools that fail to get the required Quality Assurance Clearance from the Ministry of Education will be sanctioned. This was disclosed on Wednesday in Alausa, Ikeja during a press briefing by the Director-General, Office of …

The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, has said the Benin throne is non-partisan, and warned politicians against turning the state into a war zone as they prepare for the September 19 Edo governorship election. Reacting to the clash among rival politicians in front of the palace on Saturday, the monarch, through a statement by …