NewsReports

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the 2018 Appropriation Bill, therefore paving the way for President Muhammadu Buhari to present the document to the National Assembly. The approval was given at a meeting of the council presided over by Buhari. The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udoma, confirmed the approval to State House correspondents at the end …

The Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.), was conspicuously absent as of the time a meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari started at 11am at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday. Dambazzau is one of the government officials who have been in the eye of the storm over the controversial recall and posting …

WASHINGTON — The Navy’s multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Wasp and the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill are departing from Hurricanes Irma and Maria relief duty in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, according to a Defense Department news release issued on Thursday. As part of the plan to transition from hurricane response to hurricane recovery in the …

… Over 3, 000 companies indicate interests With less than three weeks to the commencement of the maiden edition of Alaghodaro Investment Summit holding in Benin City, the Edo State capital, organizers say online registration began in the early hours of Thursday. Over 3, 000 participants are expected at the event. Ayo Binitie, who is a member of the Marketing …

Duane Miller realized at the “very last minute” last November that he was going to vote for a candidate he didn’t much like, Donald Trump. He did not even really vote for Trump, to hear him describe it. Instead, he voted against Washington fecklessness and corruption, which he saw as embodied by Hillary Clinton, in his eyes the ultimate establishment …

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, on Wednesday met on the sidelines with key leaders from the Asia-Indo-Pacific region to discuss security issues while attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ Defense Ministers’ Meeting-Plus in Clark, the Philippines. The chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White disclosed this in statements following the meetings. The secretary individually met with Philippine President Rodrigo …

OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford arrived here to participate in the U.S.-South Korean Military Committee Meeting on Friday. Just getting off the airplane put the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff about 50 miles south of one of the most bizarre borders in the world — the demilitarized zone. The DMZ stretches from …

WASHINGTON — Medal of Honor recipient retired Army Capt. Mike Rose’s military service number, RA18846904, was one of the many things on his mind on Tuesday as he prepared for his induction into the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon. Issued to him by an Army noncommissioned officer back in April 1967, Rose said he remembers the sergeant telling him …

… As Obaseki inaugurates organizing committee Indications emerged from Edo State Government House in Benin on Wednesday that foreign missions in Nigeria are finalizing arrangements for participation in the maiden Edo State Alaghodaro Investment Summit, holding in Benin City, the state capital. The three-day summit, christened ‘Alaghodaro,’ which means progress or moving forward, will hold at Edo Hotels, Okada Avenue, …

Edo State Government has disclosed plans to build ultra-modern bus parks in Benin City, as part of the state’s ongoing efforts to decongest the state capital. This was disclosed by the Commissioner on Infrastructure, Hon. Osahon Amiolemen at the Government House in Benin City during a chat with journalists on the state’s efforts at developing infrastructure across the state. According …