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Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has said his administration would take advantage of opportunities in the agricultural sector and provide requisite support to communities that are ready to open up their land for agricultural investment.  Obaseki made the assertion in a goodwill message at the 2017 Sobe Day Celebration, held at Uhebe Community in Sobe, Owan West Local Government Area …

Last November, Nevada voters narrowly approved a new gun control law that would have required private sellers to conduct the same criminal background check on buyers that licensed gun dealers already use. Closing the loophole was one of the lone bright spots for gun control advocates in an election that put the National Rifle Association’s chosen candidate, Donald Trump, in …

Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested that the time for a national debate on guns would come at some point in the future, after a lone shooter with an extensive arsenal turned a country music festival on the Las Vegas strip into a warzone, leaving 59 people dead and at least 527 more injured. “We’ll be talking about gun laws as …

The suspect in the Las Vegas shooting that has left at least 59 people dead had amassed an arsenal that included more than 40 firearms, police said on Monday night, as officials declared a state of emergency for the county encompassing the Las Vegas strip. Authorities found 23 guns, including a handgun, in the hotel room of the gunman, identified …

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant on Social Media, Mrs. Lauretta Onochie has said that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is only after those who have stolen items in their possession. She said this while reacting to the accusations by former First Lady, Patience Jonathan that Buhari ‘s government is persecuting her. In a series of tweets, Lauretta asked Mrs. …

Mrs. Patience Jonathan has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to treat her the way her husband, former President Goodluck Jonathan, treated Aisha Buhari when he (President Buhari) lost the 2011 presidential election. Patience, who is under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, said this in a statement by her Chief Press Secretary, Belema Meshack-Hart, on Monday. The former first …

The Nigerian military has asked residents not to panic as troops commence movement of heavy duty equipment to Edo, Delta and Ondo States ahead of Saturday’s flag-off of Exercise Crocodile Smile ll in the Niger Delta region. In a statement signed by the Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 4th Brigade Nigerian Army, Benin, Captain Mohammed Maidawa, on Tuesday in Effurun, …

The Federal Government has commiserated with the U.S. Government over shootings that claimed scores of innocent lives at a country music concert in the Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, on Oct. 1. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama in a statement by his Spokesperson Dr Tope Elias-Fatile on Tuesday in Abuja described the Sunday shooting as ‘senseless’. …

The Ondo State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, has granted an official state pardon to 30 prisoners in the state. It was gathered that the prisoners were serving various jail terms in the Olokuta Medium Prison, Akure, the state capital. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the state’s Commissioner for Information, Mr. Yemi Olowolabi, the pardon was effected to mark …

It’s the side of London many prefer to ignore. Anti-corruption campaigners in the British capital have organised a bus tour designed to expose money-laundering by foreigners. Al Jazeera’s Neave Barker has been on the latest trip focusing on Nigerian money in London.