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At the request of U.S. Central Command, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper authorized the deployment of additional U.S. forces and the following equipment to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Two Fighter SquadronsOne Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW)Two Patriot BatteriesOne Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system (THAAD) Secretary Esper informed Saudi Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Muhammad bin Salman this morning …

Not less than 250,000 students in Edo State public schools are to benefit from a training programme in coding and web programming organised by the State Government in partnership with the German tech giant, SAP and Coder in Africa. The training is part of efforts to leverage Information Communication Technologies (ICT) to boost digital literacy skills in secondary schools across …

Following his presentation of the 2020 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the immediate suspension of international travels by all Cabinet Members and Heads of Government Agencies Willie Bassey, Director Information in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja, according to the …

Past administrations in Edo State, on Friday came under serious criticism by current Governor Godwin Obaseki who accused them of abandoning the Stella Obasanjo Hospital, “after government had expended so much money in establishing the facility.” The governor, who made his views known during an assessment of facilities at the hospital along Sapele Road in Benin City, decried the neglect …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to invest in agriculture, particularly cassava, soybean, cowpea and plantain to help Africa cut down annual food import estimated at $50 billion. Godwin Atser, Digital Extension and Advisory Services Specialist, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), made this known in a statement made available to the News …

President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday that he has instructed all the relevant agencies involved in the recovery of looted assets such as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), to sell all forfeited assets and the money put in the Treasury Single Account (TSA). This came just as …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met behind closed doors with former President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the former president arrived the State House at about 3.00p.m, and went straight to the President’s office. NAN reports that the agenda of the meeting between President Buhari and Jonathan was unknown to newsmen as at …

The Lagos State Assembly on Thursday threatened to arrest the former governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode if he failed to appear before the House. The threat followed the presentation of a preliminary report by the ad hoc committee set up by the House to investigate the 820 buses purchased by Ambode while in office. According to a statement issued …

A week ahead of the deadline given by the organised labour for the implementation of the new national minimum wage, the Federal Government on Wednesday stepped up efforts to stave off a nationwide strike.  The government on Wednesday held two meetings with organised labour over workers’ threat to embark on an industrial action if the FG refused to accept their …