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The UN has called on the global community to reflect on the legacy of slavery and remember to guard against racial prejudices which continue to fuel everyday discrimination against people of African descent. The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) made the call on the 20th anniversary of the International Day for Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its …

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has set up a committee to resolve the impasse over the demolition of Yinka Ayefele’s Music House in Ibadan. Mr Ajimobi had set up the committee at a reconciliatory meeting with the popular musician in his office on Thursday in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Ayefele in company with …

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP ) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately order the arrest of the National Coordinator of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association in Benue State, Alhaji Garus Gololo. Gololo had, in an interview published in a national newspaper on Wednesday, called on the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki to …

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, says the President Muhammadu Buhari administration will continue to focus on the common man and taking Nigerians out of poverty through social investment programmes. Osinbajo gave the assurance during a townhall meeting on Tuesday in Bariga/Somolu LCDA in Lagos State to felicitate with Lagosians on the Sallah celebrations. In a statement on Wednesday in …

Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, on Wednesday said that the solution to the prevailing security challenges in the country lay only in restructuring. Clark, a former Minister of Information, gave the recommendation in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria. He said the centralised security architecture in the country could not avert or respond swiftly to security issues …

Mr Bola Babarinde, an All Progressives Congress governorship aspirant in Oyo State, has backed the adoption of direct primary to elect party’s flag bearers for 2019 elections. Babarinde, currently the Chairman, APC South Africa, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Wednesday that the system would help to eradicate financial inducements during primaries. He, however, said the direct …

…urges CSOs, donor agencies, others to complement govt.’s role Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has reiterated his administration’s commitment to provide more support for victims of terrorism who reside in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)’ camps in the state. Obaseki made the pledge in commemoration of the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism, marked …

Four outstanding teachers championing the Edo Basic Education Sector Transformation (Edo-BEST) Programme in schools across Edo State have clinched an all-expense paid trip to Canada to attend and showcase public education reforms by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration at the 27th edition of the Edo National Association Worldwide (ENAW) convention. The teachers are Idehen Ejiye Isaiah of Eguare Primary School, …

Abuja, Nigeria – Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice (ANEEJ) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on August 17, 2018 with several of its partners in furtherance of the Monitoring of Recovered Returned Assets Through Transparency and Accountability, (MANTRA) project. The preparatory meeting that took place in Abuja the Federal Capital territory had in attendance six partner NGOs. They included …

(CNN)Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court Tuesday to eight criminal counts, admitting that “in coordination and at the direction of a candidate for federal office” he acted to keep information that would have been harmful to the candidate and the campaign from becoming public during the 2016 election cycle. The charges against …