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WASHINGTON — The United States faces a volatile, unpredictable world and must keep up its guard, Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said recently during a reconfirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. President Donald J. Trump nominated Dunford, who has served as the nation’s highest-ranking military officer since October 2015, to …

WASHINGTON — United States Senate on Wednesday agreed to Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford’s reappointment for another two-year term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Dunford will continue to serve as the principal military advisor to the president, the secretary of defense and the rest of the National Security Council through Sept. 30, 2019. The general’s reconfirmation as …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has disclosed plans to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari to strengthen the state’s security apparatus so as to tackle the lingering security challenges in the heart beat of the nation. Obaseki stated this while responding to questions on the killing of three police officers and the kidnap of the Chief Executive Officer of Ogba …

In an attempt to address the incidence of illegal migration, Edo State Government in collaboration with Action Aid Nigeria and the Ideal Development Resource Centre (IDRC), have concluded plans to train 1,600 youths and women on vocational skills for self-sustenance. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hon. Mrs. Magdalene Ohenhen, disclosed this on Thursday in Benin City at …

It took almost a week after Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico for the U.S. territory’s plight to take center stage in the American news cycle. That was partly due to President Trump, who used his Twitter account and public statements to wage a battle with the National Football League and its protesting athletes, rather than focusing national attention on …

A former state judge who believes that “God’s law” can invalidate federal court decisions won Alabama’s Republican primary for U.S. Senate on Tuesday night, sending a clear warning to President Trump and GOP leadership that conservative grass-roots anger will continue to roil the party into the 2018 midterm elections. Roy Moore, who was twice suspended from his job as the …

The leadership of the Senate and governors from the South East states of Nigeria are reportedly to meet President Muhammadu Buhari on ways to resolve the crises emanating from the series of ethnic agitation including that of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The senators’ resolve to meet with the executive was reached on Tuesday at its resumption after eight-week …

The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, has warned the Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose to jettison his presidential ambition under the party, maintaining that PDP has zoned the presidential ticket to the north. Prince Adeyeye gave the comment after Governor Fayose has made public his ambition to contest the coming 2019 presidential …

Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, yesterday, declared October 1 as a day of prayers for the country. CAN President, Dr Samson Ayokunle CAN President, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, in a statement by his Special Assistant, Media & Communications, Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, in Abuja, said: “The unity of the country has been under consistent threat as the citizens have been polarised along …

Saraki, who made the announcement at the end of Tuesday’s plenary, said that the move was designed to strengthen the institution of the Senate as well as ensure that proper oversight functions were carried out. According to Saraki, the Committee on Public Accounts now has Senator Matthew Urhoghide, PDP, Edo South as Chairman, just as Committee on Trade and Investment …