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Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has called for the aggressive deployment of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in governance for efficient and cost effective service delivery. Obaseki made the call in commemoration of the World Development Information Day and the United Nations Day, marked on October 24 each year. While the World Development Information Day is set aside by …

John McCain took another shot at Donald Trump on Sunday night, with an angry reference to Americans who avoided the draft for the Vietnam war. Speaking to C-Span 3, American History TV, the Arizona senator did not mention the president by name. But he said: “One aspect of the conflict, by the way, that I will never ever countenance is …

As the aftershocks from Harvey Weinstein’s alleged sexual misconduct spread to other powerful men in Hollywood and media, a group of women for whom the allegations are “gross but familiar” are wondering if the fallout will reach an even more powerful man – the one in the White House. During the course of his presidential campaign, more than 10 women …

A showdown is looming in Washington between Congress and the powerful social media companies that have helped define the current unsettled age in western democracies. The immediate issue before the Senate and the House intelligence committees, which have summoned representatives from Facebook, Twitter and Google to appear on 1 November, is to determine the extent the companies were used in …

The five living former US presidents made a rare appearance together on stage on Saturday night at a fundraiser for those affected by recent hurricanes that struck Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. It was a show of unity and compassion after a week in which Barack Obama and George W Bush broke an unwritten rule to …

The Obong of Calabar and Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), His Eminence Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu, has urged Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari to reposition Nigeria. The monarch spoke in Abeokuta on Saturday at the 23rd, 24th and 25th combined convocation ceremonies of the university. Abasi-Otu said that it was imperative for all and sundry …

The country’s national budget will rise by N1.16tn in 2018, according to projections contained in the 2018-2020 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy submitted to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari. The President forwarded the MTEF/FSP to the National Assembly on Tuesday, with a covering letter read to members of the House of Representatives by the Speaker, Mr. …

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has said that the relationship between the state government and the Benin Monarch, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, in the last one year, has improved the quality of life in the state. Governor Obaseki disclosed this on Friday at a Gala Night to mark the one-year coronation anniversary of …

The Senate has approved a multitrillion-dollar budget that Donald Trump has called a “first step towards massive tax cuts”, a largely symbolic move that sets the stage for Republicans to rewrite the US tax code without a single Democratic vote. The Senate on Thursday voted 51-49 to pass the budget resolution, a blueprint of trillions of dollars in federal spending …

It was the night his supporters waited nine long months for. Barack Obama returned to the fray on Thursday with a fervent denunciation of Donald Trump in all but name, condemning the politics of division and rekindling the politics of hope. The former US president earned deafening cheers at a rally ostensibly for the Democratic candidate in a gubernatorial election …