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Benin City, Nigeria – Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ and the Edo Women Development Initiative, EWDI, have expressed deep sadness and grief over the death of 26 Nigerian girls on the Mediterranean sea and called on the National Assembly to as a matter of urgent national importance to constitute a strong panel to investigate the deaths. In …

Panelists, drawn from the academia, labor and the civil society organizations in Nigeria at the second segment of Buharimeter Town Hall meeting, recently rose with a verdict on the Buhari administration, describing his cabinet Ministers as a bundle of misfits. The 2nd Buharimeter Citizens’ Town Hall Meeting which was recently held at the Ladi Kwali Hall of the Sheraton Hotel …

Seven Republican super-donors helped bankroll the conservative push for power in the 2016 election cycle, between them pumping more than $350m (£264m) into federal and state races. The Paradise Papers illuminate another aspect of these vastly wealthy men – their propensity to nurture offshore some of their combined fortunes, estimated by Forbes at $142bn, largely beyond the reach of public …

Hillary Clinton was right about how Democrats could win major victories. On Tuesday night’s evidence, it appears they just needed elections without her name on the ballot. Democrats won overwhelming victories in race after race across the country, but they enjoyed particular success in the type of high-income suburban areas that the Clinton campaign was convinced would be sufficiently repulsed …

Vienna, Austria – Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), has urged the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari to show leadership by ensuring that all those mentioned in the Panama Papers Leak, as well as the recently released Paradise Report are investigated and brought to justice. ANEEJ also called on the President to make sure that those fingered in the …

WASHINGTON — North Korea constitutes a worldwide threat that requires worldwide action, President Donald J. Trump said on Tuesday in a press conference with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Blue House in Seoul. “We call on every responsible nation, including China and Russia, to demand that the North Korean regime end its nuclear weapons and its missile programs …

Eight-four indigenes of Edo State, returning from Libya were received in Benin City on Tuesday by the state Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki who assured them of rehabilitation. Obaseki assured the returnees, comprising of sixty males and twenty-four females, that his administration would place them on a monthly stipend for three months while they undergo various vocational training. “You should see …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has assured the old students of the state’s premier secondary school, Edo College Benin City, that their alma-mater will be re-built. Obaseki gave the assurance on Monday when members of Edo College Old Boys Association (ECOBA), led by their president worldwide, Dr. Reuben Osahon, paid him a courtesy visit at Government House, Benin City, …

Donald Trump has claimed tougher gun laws would not have prevented Sunday’s mass shooting at a south Texas church, arguing that more restrictions might have led to more casualties. Speaking at a news conference in South Korea on Tuesday where he was asked about “extreme vetting” for gun purchases, the president said: “If you did what you’re suggesting, there would …

Eighteen months before guiding Donald Trump to election victory, Steve Bannon delivered the opening shot in the ruthless Republican campaign to paint their Democratic opponent as corrupt. The future White House chief strategist produced a book in May 2015 accusing Hillary Clinton of trading favours for donations to her charitable foundation. Its questionable central charge, on the sale of a …