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Jerusalem (CNN) Dozens of people were injured in the West Bank on Thursday as Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli security forces over US President Donald Trump’s controversial decision on Jerusalem. Trump on Wednesday announced that the US recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and would move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, drawing condemnation from world leaders …

By Alltimepost.com WASHINGTON, D.C. – United States and United Kingdom have been blamed for not going far enough to clamp down on those who help launder funds out of the developing world, such as financial institutions, property managers and lawyers. A coalition of Civil Society Organizations who participated in the first ever Global Asset Recovery Forum (GFAR) which took place …

Washington (CNN)The House GOP caucus plans to work on entitlement reform next year as a way to “tackle the debt and the deficit,” according to House Speaker Paul Ryan. Speaking to Ross Kaminsky on his talk radio show, the Wisconsin Republican said Wednesday that the House would be working to reform health care entitlements in 2018, calling them “the big …

Donald Trump has defied overwhelming global opposition by recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, but insisted that the highly controversial move would not derail his own administration’s bid to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In a short speech delivered at the White House, Trump directed the state department to start making arrangements to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday night, said he would remain focused in order to restore the lost glory of the country. Buhari, who made the remark in Kano at a Dinner organised in his honour by Kano State Government, said he would continue to do his best to ensure that the country attained greater heights. “I will continue to do …

Four years after the sale of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, has declared that the privatization has brought more harm than good, to Nigerians. Addressing leaders of the union at National Executive Council, NEC, meeting in Lagos, NUEE’s President, Martin Uzoegwu, told organized labour to continue to fight against privatization because of …

Justice Adeniyi Ademola has tendered his letter of voluntary retirement from the bench of the Federal High Court. The judge was due for his statutory retirement in March 2018 but suddenly turned in his letter of resignation dated December 6, 2017 on Thursday. Although his one-paragraph letter was received at the Office of the Acting Chief Judge of the Federal …

“Nigeria is my problem,’’ President Muhammadu Buhari, currently on his first working visit to Kano, northern commercial city, has declared. “I will continue to do my best. Nigeria is my target and I will remain focused to move the country forward,” Buhari said at a dinner to welcome him on Wednesday night. Buhari said he would remain focused in order …

‘My announcement marks the beginning of a new approach to the conflict’ Palestinian president says US has abdicated its role as mediator   By  Julian Borger in Washington and Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem – The Guardian US   Donald Trump has defied overwhelming global opposition by recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, but insisted that the highly controversial move …

By Alltimepost.com   The controversy stirred by Professor Wole Soyinka’s story of ripping his US green card following the election of Donald Trump as US President last year echoed back yesterday with the presentation of a new book by the Nobel laureate. The event took place at the iconic Freedom Park, Lagos. Published by Bookcraft, Soyinka’s latest offering entitled, “Green …