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Edo State Government is taking decisive steps to solve the problem of shortage of teachers in some schools in the state, said Governor Godwin Obaseki last weekend. Obaseki made the disclosure, in a speech delivered on his behalf by the State Commissioner for Education, Hon. Christopher Adesotu, at Igbanke in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of the state during the donation …

HONOLULU — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis reiterated that the United States will not accept a nuclear-armed North Korea. Mattis spoke at a news conference following talks with South Korean Minister of National Defense Song Young-moo in Seoul on Friday. The two men met for the 49th annual Security Consultative Meeting in the shadow of North Korea’s continuing nuclear program and …

Legal Luminary and former member of the House of Repreentatives, Dr. Ehiogie West-Idahosa has blamed the rejection of a motion to establish Gelegele Port and concession same to Edo State government on methodology problem. The motion, sponsored by a member, representing Egor/Ikpoba okha federal constituency at the House of Representatives Abuja, Mr. E.J. Agbonayinma, hit the rock when the method …

Donald Trump had barely left the US Capitol on Tuesday after a meeting with Republican senators when Jeff Flake took the Senate floor. He delivered a barnstorming speech, excoriating the state of the Republican party under the stewardship of the president. Just moments before, reports that Flake would not seek re-election had sent shockwaves across Washington. From the Arizona senator’s …

Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has rejected the quota system being practised in the country saying it is detrimental to the progress of any nation. He therefore insisted that Nigeria must insist on merit in the conduct of our national affairs. The Vice President also attributed the lack of development of the nation to corruption perpetrated by politicians in collaboration …

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Colonel Hameed Ali (retd.), has said the ruling All Progressives Congress has not fulfilled its promises after two years in government. Ali also said the party is gradually losing its core values, vision and mission, adding that more than fifty percent of the positions in the Buhari government are being held by members …

The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said that it was impossible for anyone to Islamise Nigeria, as claimed by Christian interests. Osinbajo, who was speaking in Lagos on Friday during the Greater Nigeria Pastors Conference convened by Apostle Wale Adefarasin and Rev. Abayomi Kasali, explained that the recent uproar over the country’s subscription to Sukuk Bonds was not justified. The Federal …

A crack appeared in President Muhammadu Buhari’s camp yesterday with key supporters of the President complaining publicly that he had abandoned them. Led by the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali, the aggrieved supporters of the President said that many of them who had worked to bring Buhari to power were abandoned while he chose …

The circumstance leading to the abduction of the Managing Director of Ogba Nature Park, Benin, Dr. Andy Ehanire; killing of three policemen in the process and collection of N61m as ransom emerged yesterday. This is as the 4th Brigade Nigerian Army yesterday confirmed that its19 Battalion had arrested three suspected kidnappers and 27 suspected cultists in Edo and Delta states …

The publication of nearly 3,000 previously classified files relating to the assassination of John F Kennedy in 1963 reveals that the FBI had warned Dallas police about a threat to kill Lee Harvey Oswald, and claims that Soviet officials feared an “irresponsible” US general could launch a missile strike in the wake of the crisis. The US government released 2,891 …