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WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released preliminary fiscal year 2019 agency statistics, accomplishments and efforts to implement President Trump’s immigration agenda. These preliminary statistics highlight important immigration trends and illustrate the work accomplished by USCIS in FY 2019. The agency will publish final, verified FY 2019 statistics later next month.“FY 2019 has been a historic year for USCIS and …

…Vows govt will spare no expense in ensuring peace, law and order Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has maintained his position that government officials in the state should not join issues with the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of the state, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, whose media aides, he said, are spreading extremely hostile, …

…’He informs thugs, not Police when visiting’ National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has dismissed the position of the Edo State Command of the Nigerian Police that his Benin residence was not attacked at the weekend, warning the Commissioner of Police, Dan Mallam Muhammed to avoid lending himself as a tool in the hands …

Nigerian Air Force (NAF) yesterday winged the first female fighter pilot, an attack helicopter pilot and eleven other pilots after training in the United States and South Africa. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, said the duo would be deployed in the North-east in furtherance of the war against insurgency. NAF has also decorated the first Air …

Pro-democracy activist and current Chief of Staff to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, Comrade Taiwo Akerele, has drawn attention to the danger posed to democracy in the state and warned those he described as miscreants and selfish politicians to desist from activities that threaten the institution. Irked by some current unpleasant happenings in Edo State, perpetrated by certain people, …

Ahead of Wednesday’s make or mar negotiation between the federal government and organised labour, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has asked the unions not to contemplate any action that may adversely affect the economy of the country. He said that the threat by labour to embark on industrial action if the dispute on the full implementation …

Lagos state governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu Tuesday said that the State was ready to pay more than the N30,000 benchmark for the National Minimum Wage. Sanwo-Olu who disclosed this during a meeting with the organised labour unions held at the State House in Alausa, said the implementation of the new minimum wage payment would take off when the Federal Government …

Wife of Nigeria’s President, Aisha Buhari, has come out to explain and confirm what transpired in a viral video, which she admitted happened in the Aso Rock Villa and her security officers couldn’t do anything about it because it was “Mamman Daura’s daughter, Fatima that videoed me.” While fielding questions from journalists upon her arrival from London Sunday morning on a viral …

Seasoned accountant, Mr. Julius Osemen Anelu has been confirmed by Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki as the state’s Accountant General. Until now, Anelu had been working in acting capacity as the Accountant General since his appointment was announced in June this year. Edo State head of Service, Isaac Ehiozuwa, said in a statement in Benin on Tuesday that the …

…Insists there is zero-tolerance to thuggery in Edo Ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman and former Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has been advised to always put the state chapter of the APC and the government on notice when visiting the state so he can be accorded courtesies due him as a national figure. This even as …