Mitch McConnell was worried about Alabama. Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions was now President Donald Trump’s attorney general, opening up a Senate seat McConnell would need to focus on in November 2018. The blame game begins inside the White House after Alabama stunner Early this year, he started seeing reports in local Alabama press that gave him pause, someone close to …
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By Bob Majiri-Oghene Etemiku An online scientific instrument for data gathering and analysis, known as the Niger Delta Transparency Index (NDTI) to monitor and evaluate development projects in the Niger Delta would be launched on December 15, 2017 by the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ). The program will engender transparency, accountability and prudence in the management of …
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Senior executives at Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox corporation are alleged to have agreed for millions of dollars in bribes to be paid to South American soccer officials to secure major broadcast deals, according to US prosecution documents unmasked by sworn testimony. The documents form part of the sprawling US investigation into corruption in world football, and for the first …
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School safety campaigns. An animal sanctuary. A children’s book. Support for mental health reform. A lawsuit against the manufacturer of a military-style rifle. In the five years since the mass shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school, the families of the 20 children and six educators killed have taken very different paths to honor the lives of their loved ones. Some …
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Russell Simmons, the powerful hip-hop mogul who founded Def Jam Recordings, has been accused of rape by four women and sexual assault or harassment by five other women in incidents that took place between 1983 and 2016. The allegations were published Wednesday in separate reports by the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times and come just two weeks …
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Rupert Murdoch has agreed to sell $66bn (£49bn) worth of 21st Century Fox’s assets, including a Hollywood film studio and 39% stake in Sky, in a deal that transforms his media empire. The takeover involves the 86-year-old tycoon and his family taking a 4.25% stake in Disney, which gains control of Fox assets including Avatar, X-Men, The Simpsons and Modern …
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The committee set up to design a framework for the establishment of the Edo State Health Insurance Scheme has submitted its report to the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki. Receiving the Report at Government House in Benin City, Obaseki expressed gratitude to members of the committee for drafting a bill for the establishment of the health insurance scheme and …
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The Northern Senators Forum ( NSF ), has called for the amendment of the section four of the 1999 constitution to make primary school education compulsory in the country. This is contained in a communiqué signed by the Forum ‘s Chairman, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, and issued to newsmen on Wednesday in Katsina at the end of their two-day retreat. The …
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Snippets of the report of the Ekiti State Judicial Commission of Inquiry raised to probe financial transactions by the former Governor Kayode Fayemi’s administration were released late on Wednesday. The seven-member panel submitted its report to Governor Ayo Fayose at the Executive Chambers of the Governor’s Office in Ado-Ekiti. The panel led by Justice Silas Oyewole (retd) in its report said …
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday condemned Intels Nigeria Limited for undermining the Treasury Single Account (TSA) by failing to remit the Federal Government’s revenue at its disposal as and when due. Intels was alleged to have refused to pay into TSA government share of pilotage service contract it carried out on behalf of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) for …
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