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A few hundred marines with heavy artillery have been deployed to Syria in preparation for the fight to oust Islamic State from its self-declared headquarters of Raqqa, a senior US official said on Wednesday. The deployment is temporary but is a sign Donald Trump’s White House is leaning toward giving the Pentagon greater flexibility in making routine combat decisions in …

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said yesterday workers were running out of patience with the Federal Government over delay in negotiation of a new minimum wage. It said the workers could not wait indefinitely for government to respond at its own time. Speaking at the Fourth NLC National Gender Conference in Abuja, NLC President Comrade Ayuba Wabba said workers were getting …

The Osun State government, yesterday imposed a two-day curfew on the ancient city of Ile-Ife following the violent clash between Hausa and Yoruba. This is coming at a time when death toll from the clash has risen to 10. Scores of others also sustained various degrees of injury, just as property worth millions of naira were destroyed, with several houses, …

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said, at 60 years, he is happy and fulfilled. He turned 60 yesterday. Osinbajo spoke to State House Correspondents, shortly after he cut his birthday cake, with ministers, at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, which he presided over at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He attributed his new age and other favour …

By Alltimepost.com STUTTGART, Germany — The commander of U.S. European Command toured various facilities yesterday as part of his second visit to Israel as Eucom commander to strengthen military ties between the United States and its ally. In a meeting with Israeli Defense Force Chief of Staff Lt. Gen Gadi Eizenkot during his visit, Army Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti underscored …

By Allimepost.com CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii — U.S. Pacific Command has deployed the first elements of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, known as THAAD, to South Korea, implementing the U.S.-South Korean alliance’s July decision to bring the defensive capability to the Korean Peninsula. North Korea’s accelerating program of nuclear weapons tests and ballistic missile launches constitute a threat …

While the White House on Tuesday stood by Donald Trump’s assertion that he was wiretapped by Barack Obama during the 2016 presidential campaign, top Republicans on Capitol Hill provided little support to bolster his explosive and unsubstantiated claim. Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, said he had not seen any evidence to back up a series of tweets by Trump …

The Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has ordered security operatives to ensure a strict enforcement of the ban on street begging, hawking as well as commercial motorcyclists also known as ‘okada’ riders as from today. The state had, in the wake of an attack by Boko Haram insurgents in Zaria in 2015, banned street hawking, begging and the activities …

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo has apologised to people of the state, especially those in Benin metropolis, for the traffic difficulties experienced during Acting President Yemi Osinbajo’s visit on Monday. The governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr John Mayaki, on Tuesday, regretted the inconveniences people went through during the visit and assured such situation would be …

After months of extensive consultation with stakeholders from both the private and public sectors of the economy, the Federal Government on Tuesday finally released the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, which raised the Value Added Tax rate on luxury items from the current five per cent to 15 per cent. Through the increase in VAT rate on luxury items, which …