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By Ed Pilkington in Washington – The Guardian US   Bernie Sanders has accused Donald Trump and Republican party leaders of capitulating to the demands of the Koch brothers and other wealthy rightwing donors in railroading $1.5tn tax cuts through Congress. In an interview with the Guardian, the independent US senator from Vermont denounced the tax bill as payback for …

By Alltimepost.com Great Benin Kingdom Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II has presented the Star Prize of a KIA Car and the sum of two million naira to the winner of the Oba Ewuare II Foundation Beauty Pageant, Miss Ifueko Aideyan. The event was recently held to mark the first Coronation Anniversary of the Benin Monarch. …

By Alltimepost.com United States Department of Defense, today provided to the Congress the semiannual report “Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan” covering events during the period from June 1, to November 30, 2017. Defense Department release, made available to Alltimepost.com said the report was submitted in accordance with requirements in Section 1225 of the Fiscal 2015 National Defense Authorization Act …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, today briefed journalists at the State House, Abuja, on the decision of the National Economic Council (NEC) to spend $1billion from the Excess Crude Account to fight Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East region. Obaseki said the decision was taken at the 83rd meeting of the National Economic Council which held inside the council …

By Alltimepost.com Human trafficking cartels have been called upon to give up the illegal trade as a show of respect for public condemnation of the business by the Oba of Benin, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, or face the wrath of the ancestors. Benin-based Non-Governmental Organization, the Initiative for Youth Awareness on Migration Development and …

Mitch McConnell was worried about Alabama. Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions was now President Donald Trump’s attorney general, opening up a Senate seat McConnell would need to focus on in November 2018. The blame game begins inside the White House after Alabama stunner Early this year, he started seeing reports in local Alabama press that gave him pause, someone close to …

By Bob Majiri-Oghene Etemiku An online scientific instrument for data gathering and analysis, known as the Niger Delta Transparency Index (NDTI) to monitor and evaluate development projects in the Niger Delta would be launched on December 15, 2017 by the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ). The program will engender transparency, accountability and prudence in the management of …

Senior executives at Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox corporation are alleged to have agreed for millions of dollars in bribes to be paid to South American soccer officials to secure major broadcast deals, according to US prosecution documents unmasked by sworn testimony. The documents form part of the sprawling US investigation into corruption in world football, and for the first …

School safety campaigns. An animal sanctuary. A children’s book. Support for mental health reform. A lawsuit against the manufacturer of a military-style rifle. In the five years since the mass shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school, the families of the 20 children and six educators killed have taken very different paths to honor the lives of their loved ones. Some …

Russell Simmons, the powerful hip-hop mogul who founded Def Jam Recordings, has been accused of rape by four women and sexual assault or harassment by five other women in incidents that took place between 1983 and 2016. The allegations were published Wednesday in separate reports by the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times and come just two weeks …