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Bears Ears National Monument, Utah (CNN) If only the rocks could talk. If only the sandstones could sing, imagine the stories they’d tell, of dinosaurs, mammoth hunters and the “ancient ones” known as the Anasazi. All roamed southern Utah over the eons, long before Native Americans struggled to hold their land against Mormon settlers, modern life and now, Donald Trump.As the …

Corrine Brown, once a powerful Florida Democrat and US representative, was sentenced on Monday to five years in prison for fraud and other crimes related to a purported charity for poor students that she used as a personal slush fund. Brown, 71, who in 1992 was one of the first three African Americans elected to Congress from Florida since Reconstruction, …

Following a campaign launched online to end operations of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris has ordered that the squad be reorganised. Members of the public had complained online and shared the negative experiences they had with SARS personnel. The Police Chief also ordered an instant investigation into all the allegations and complaints levelled …

Lauretta Onochie‏, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant on Social Media has said that Nigeria’s former vice president, Atiku Abubakar who announced Sunday that he had rejoined the opposition party has lost touch with reality. Also on her Facebook page she said: ‘have never known anyone so angry that President Buhari is still alive and looking well. ‘Even the usual culprits …

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, has made a case for stronger ties between volunteers and state governments to drive development across the world. Obaseki made the assertion on Monday in commemoration of the International Volunteer Day for Social and Economic Development marked every December 5, by the United Nations, across the world. According to him, the fact that volunteers …

Washington (CNN) No wonder the President is lashing out. Donald Trump waited 10 long months for the vindication of his first legacy-boosting win on Capitol Hill — the Senate vote on tax reform. But his triumph, when it came, was tainted by his worst moment as President — the plea deal ensnaring fired national security adviser Michael Flynn that epitomizes …

The National Pension Commission has introduced guidelines that will enable some categories of retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme to earn their last full salaries like their counterparts in the old Defined Benefits Pension Scheme. The National Pension Commission has set out modalities for the administration of retirement benefits of professors and public office holders to earn their last salaries …

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday issue a bench warrant against a former governor of Enugu State, Chimaroke Nnamani, who was charged with an alleged fraud of N5.3bn. Justice Chuka Obiozor issued bench warrant against the ex-governor for failing to appear in court on Monday for his scheduled re-arraignment. The judge held that Nnamani’s counsel failed to give …

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Sunday announced his return to the Peoples Democratic Party. He made the announcement in a live Facebook broadcast. Atiku was among notable politicians who left the PDP in 2014 to form an alliance that transformed into the All Progressives Congress. In the broadcast, the former vice-president said in the last two years of President Muhammadu …

By Jim Garamone – DoD News WASHINGTON — United States Defense Department has clear orders from President Donald J. Trump “to build a stronger military, take care of our men and women, and excel in our business operations,” Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan said yesterday. Shanahan was the closing speaker at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, …