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George Weah has won the presidential run-off election

Liberians were awaiting Wednesday the result of a presidential election they say represents far more than the choice of a successor to Africa’s first elected female head of state, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Sirleaf’s predecessor Charles Taylor fled the country in 2003 with hopes of avoiding prosecution for funding rebel groups in neighbouring Sierra Leone, while two presidents who served prior …

By Osehobo Ofure Ahead of the Federal Ministry of Education visitation panel’s trip to look into several allegations of fraud involving the University of Benin and the Federal Polytechnic Auchi, tension has now gripped the managements of the two institutions, located in Edo State. Indications are that members of the panel who have since received their briefs from the Ministry …

The FBI has asked officials in Cyprus for financial information about a defunct bank that was used by wealthy Russians with political connections and has been accused by the US government of money laundering, two sources have told the Guardian. The request for information about FBME Bank comes as Cyprus has emerged as a key area of interest for Robert …

A pile of assorted Christmas cards, decorated with snowmen, Santa and the baby Jesus, sits gathering dust in Sepia Coleman’s dresser drawer. This year, the 46-year-old grandmother won’t have the money for stamps to send them out. Instead Coleman, a home healthcare worker in Memphis, who works three different jobs at wages that hover around $8.50 an hour, will care …

Senator Bernie Sanders on Sunday refreshed his attack on Donald Trump’s tax cuts, criticizing the measures for making cuts to middle class Americans temporary but those to corporations permanent. Sanders’ criticism came as a report claimed Trump had said to wealthy guests at a dinner at Mar-a-Lago on Friday evening, “You all just got a lot richer”. The senator, speaking …

Against the latest round of fuel scarcity rocking many parts of the country, private oil marketers are calling for government intervention to enable them to access foreign exchange at a special rate for the importation of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol). According to them, selling the product at N145 per litre is no longer feasible with the current exchange rate. Private …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday broke his silence on the lingering fuel scarcity in the country, saying he had directed regulators to end hoarding and price hike. He said he had also been assured by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation that the situation will improve significantly in the next few days. Buhari disclosed this in a statement he personally signed …

Edo State Government, on Friday, commenced the payment of N20,000 monthly stipend to four sets of Libya returnees in the state. Speaking at Idia College, in Benin City, where the returnees converged to receive the stipends, Chairman, Edo State Taskforce Against Human Trafficking, Prof. Yinka Omorogbe, said the stipend would be paid for three months. Prof. Omorogbe said “When the …

By Alltimepost.com As part of efforts to assure the integrity of food and beverage products available to Edo residents during the Yuletide, Edo State Government has raided and seized substandard and adulterated goods in markets in Benin City, the state capital. The government said the raid was carried out to prevent the flooding of markets with substandard products, especially food …