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A South Carolina candidate for US Congress, who has been criticized for using the 2015 killings of nine black church members in a campaign advert, has said the removal of a Confederate monument in the state should be matched by the removal of a memorial to African American slaves. Sheri Few, who is running for South Carolina’s fifth congressional district, …

President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday told former President Goodluck Jonathan to be afraid of probe only if there is skeleton in his cupboard. The president also refuted claims that he was harassing the family of the former Nigerian leader in any way. Buhari’s remarks followed an outburst by Jonathan in a new book, “Against The Run of Play”, written by the …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says all is set to commence the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) across the 774 Local Government Areas in the country on April 27. INEC Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Mr Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi saod this in Abuja on Wednesday while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the exercise. Osaze-Uzzi said …

Donald Trump sought to rebuild his administration’s relationship with the Jewish community on Tuesday as he spoke out against Holocaust deniers and promised to confront antisemitism. The US president was criticised after an official White House statement to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day failed to mention Jews, his spokesman claimed that Hitler did not use chemical weapons against “his own …

A federal judge in San Francisco has blocked a Trump administration order to withhold funding from communities that limit cooperation with US immigration authorities. US district judge William Orrick issued the temporary ruling Tuesday in a lawsuit over the executive order targeting so-called sanctuary cities. The decision will stay in place while the lawsuit moves through court. The Republican president’s …

The entire US Senate will go to the White House on Wednesday to be briefed by senior administration officials about the brewing confrontation with North Korea. The unusual briefing underlines the urgency with which the Trump administration is treating the threat posed by Pyongyang’s continuing development of nuclear weapons and missile technology. It follows a lunch meeting Trump held with …

By Committee to Protect Journalists Bogotá, Colombia – Ecuadoran authorities should immediately annul fines imposed on seven media outlets for declining to reproduce a story published in an Argentine newspaper, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Monday. Government regulator The Superintendency of Information and Communication, or Supercom, on April 21 levied fines of US $3,750 each on the newspapers …

By Committee to Protect Journalists New York – A military court in Cameroon on Monday sentenced Ahmed Abba, a correspondent for Radio France Internationale’s (RFI) Hausa service, to 10 years in prison and ordered him to make a payment of 55 million Central African francs (US$91,133) Abba’s lawyer Clément Nakong, told the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Abba, who has …

By Alltimepost.com Benin City, Nigeria – Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has said the complimentary roles of alma maters are a veritable catalyst for the development of education in Nigeria, praising Eghosa Anglican Grammar School Old Boys Association (EGHOBA) for its scholarship award to thirty indigent students of the institution. Obaseki made the remarks in Benin City recently, while …

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday struck out the N100m fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by a former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Obanikoro, his wives, Fati and Moroophat, and his sons, Gbolahon and Babajide, had sued the anti-graft agency for what they termed an unlawful invasion of their …