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By Bob Majiri-Oghene Etemiku Washington, D.C. – Nine Non-Governmental Organizations, representing Nigerian Civil Society Organizations at the 1st Global Forum on Asset Recovery (GFAR) inaugural meeting in Washington, D.C., United States have hailed the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Nigerian government and the Swiss Authorities on the return of stolen assets. The organizations also urged both sponsors (US and …

Washington (CNN) Over the last 48 hours, the Republican Party has come to grips with a stark reality: Roy Moore may well win the Alabama special election next Tuesday. That realization has triggered a series of events. President Donald Trump, always interested in associating himself with winning, endorsed Moore on Monday in a tweet and a phone call — telling …

Fuel queues have resurfaced in some cities, including Lagos, Ilorin, Benin City and Sokoto. In Sokoto, marketers have increased the pump price to N150 per litre. Marketers said they had gone on strike in Lagos, which accounted for the queues. But the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said it had not increased the pump price. The marketers said the strike …

President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate to request confirmation of his appointment of Mr. Anthony Ojukwu as Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission. President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, read the letter to senators at the plenary on Tuesday. The letter read, “‎In accordance with provisions of Section 8 of the National Human Rights Commission Act …

By Stephanie Kirchgaessner – The Guardian US Donald Trump’s personal banking information has formally been turned over to Robert Mueller, the special prosecutor who is investigating whether the president’s campaign conspired with the Kremlin during the 2016 presidential election. Bloomberg reported early on Tuesday that Deutsche Bank, the German bank that serves as Trump’s biggest lender, had been forced to …

Mexico City – An icebox containing two unidentified severed heads and a threatening message was discovered last week outside the offices of the news broadcaster Televisa in Guadalajara, Mexico, according to Reuters report. Mexican media reported that the message was directed at a local judge and signed with “CJNG,” the Spanish initials of the organized crime group Jalisco New Generation …

Bears Ears National Monument, Utah (CNN) If only the rocks could talk. If only the sandstones could sing, imagine the stories they’d tell, of dinosaurs, mammoth hunters and the “ancient ones” known as the Anasazi. All roamed southern Utah over the eons, long before Native Americans struggled to hold their land against Mormon settlers, modern life and now, Donald Trump.As the …

Corrine Brown, once a powerful Florida Democrat and US representative, was sentenced on Monday to five years in prison for fraud and other crimes related to a purported charity for poor students that she used as a personal slush fund. Brown, 71, who in 1992 was one of the first three African Americans elected to Congress from Florida since Reconstruction, …

Following a campaign launched online to end operations of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris has ordered that the squad be reorganised. Members of the public had complained online and shared the negative experiences they had with SARS personnel. The Police Chief also ordered an instant investigation into all the allegations and complaints levelled …

Lauretta Onochie‏, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant on Social Media has said that Nigeria’s former vice president, Atiku Abubakar who announced Sunday that he had rejoined the opposition party has lost touch with reality. Also on her Facebook page she said: ‘have never known anyone so angry that President Buhari is still alive and looking well. ‘Even the usual culprits …