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Benin City, Nigeria – United Kingdom and United States governments have invited the Executive Director of the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), Rev. David Ugolor to the United Nations Convention against Corruption Asset Recovery Working Group in Vienna, Austria. A letter from the Office of Anti-Crime Programs of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, the …

Washington (CNN) – President Donald Trump honored fallen service members Monday by laying a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery. He headed to the US military cemetery after spending much of the holiday weekend golfing and tweeting attacks aimed at the special counsel’s investigation, Democrats and the press. The President’s first tweet about fallen service members during the holiday weekend came …

A group of medical doctors has launched a mobile app aimed at reducing patient-waiting time in Nigerian hospitals. Patients in public hospitals in the country spend an average of two hours before they are attended to by a doctor, according to a report. The app, known as KompleteCare, can be accessed at the Google play store using a mobile phone. …

Former Chairman, House of Representatives Committees on Finance and Appropriation, Abdullmumini Jibrin has denied being part of the National Assembly delegation that collected N17b from former President Goodluck Jonathan before the 2015 budget was passed. Jibrin, who was suspended and later pardoned by the House over allegation of bringing it into disrepute as a result of his expose of Budget …

President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged security agencies, families, traditional and religious leaders to take decisive actions to stem the rising cases of violence against children as he also gave an update on the school feeding programme of his administration. In his message to mark this year’s Children’s Day, Buhari said that at the last count, over 8.2 million children in …

… Govt to pay compensation for lands acquired Efforts by the Obaseki administration to deliver affordable housing to residents in Edo State is becoming a reality, as land clearing and mapping have commenced for the development of the 1800-unit housing project by the Edo Development and Property Agency (EDPA). The project, being developed in Egba Community, off Upper Sopkonba Road, …

Less than three years into its existence, the 8th Senate has cemented itself in the sands of time – making and breaking good and bad records. In March 2018, the chamber prided itself as the best, having passed 201 bills against 28, 25 and 65 of the 7th, 6th and 5th assemblies respectively. On the other hand, the Senate will …

… Edo SUBEB lists gains of Obaseki’s tech-based education reforms Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the gamut of reforms and initiatives to improve the quality of life of children in the state demonstrate the state government’s commitment to providing spaces for children to fully realise their potentials. Obaseki gave this assurance on the occasion of the 2018 …

Inmates of four prison formations in Lagos State on Saturday participated in the maiden edition of Inter-Prison Sports Competition held at Kirikiri Maximum Prison. The sporting event, tagged “Liberty Games”, was organised by House on the Rock Church to discover budding talents among the inmates. The inmates from Ikoyi Prisons emerged overall winners in football, table tennis and athletics ahead …

As President Muhammadu Buhari and a former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, continue to engage in a war of words, PREMIUM TIMES has obtained a report by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission regarding corruption allegations against Mr Obasanjo. The fresh clash between the president and one of his predecessors was triggered when Mr Buhari, while receiving a delegation of the Buhari …