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…Urges Nigerian Economic Society to be more involved in public policy debates As African countries brace up for the effective implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, one of the many ways by which the continent can maximize its benefits is to ensure that trade negotiations with the rest of the world be based on the free trade …

State Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Chris Osa Nehikhare, has said that the rumored resignation of the Chairman of the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Tony Aziegbemi, is fake news and a hoax. Nehikhare, who said this while speaking to journalists in Benin City on Friday , the Edo …

Today the Department is announcing two Defense Production Act Title III actions to sustain and strengthen essential domestic industrial base capabilities and defense-critical small businesses.  These actions will help to retain critical workforce capabilities throughout the disruption caused by COVID-19 and to restore some jobs lost because of the pandemic. The Department remains closely partnered with FEMA and HHS, providing …

MASSACHUSETTS — A bill introduced Thursday by Gov. Charlie Baker would make it easier for prosecutors to hold people accused of violent crimes in jail while they await trial. The bill would make it easier for prosecutors to have people accused of a crime declared “dangerous,” allowing them to be held without bail indefinitely. Under current state law, defendants can …

The Edo Modular Refinery project, which is at its completing stage in Ologbo, Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State has come timely following the closure of the four oil refineries in the country, stakeholders’ have said. The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, on Wednesday, disclosed that the four oil refineries in …

The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Akure, the Ondo state capital was last night gutted by a mysterious fire which destroyed over 5100 card readers. Vanguard gathered that the card readers were meant for the next month governorship election in the state. An eyewitness account told vanguard that the mysterious fire which started around 855pm razed …

The Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Malam Garba Shehu, has come under verbal attack from Nigerians, over a statement he made on his twitter handle. Shehu said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, sold a litre of petrol for N600 in their regime. His statement did not go down well with some Nigerians who immediately lambasted …

Ahead of September 19 Edo State Governorship election, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has deployed additional five  Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) and three   National   Commissioners (NCs) to the state. The additional five Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs who are drawn from five geopolitical zones of the country are expected to work in synergy with the Edo State REC,  Johnson Alalibo. …

CALIFORNIA — Californians continue to cope with smoke-filled skies and devastating news as deadly wildfires burn out of control up and down the the state. As of Thursday, the state’s lead firefighting agency reported that 3.1 million acres have now burned in this “record-breaking” year. “This year’s fire season has been a record-breaking year, in not only the total amount …

Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark A. Milley will conduct  a live virtual observance ceremony Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial in honor of the 184 people killed in the 2001 terrorist attack on the Pentagon.  The Pentagon observance ceremony is not open to the …