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Barack Obama sharply condemned the healthcare plan unveiled by Senate Republicans on Thursday as a “massive transfer of wealth” to the rich, at the expense of poor and middle-class Americans. In a Facebook post hours after the Republican bill was made public, the former president made some of his most pointed comments since leaving office in defense of what remains …

The Supreme Court has, Friday, sacked the Senator representing Taraba North in the Senate, Abubakar Danladi and asked him to return all salaries he had collected before his sacking. Danladi was ordered to refund all salaries and allowances he received within 90 days. Mr. Danladi was sacked by the Supreme Court on the same day a member of the House …

The Arab States have counselled Qatar to shut down Al Jazeera Televison for good if it wants to remain a part of the influential Middle East body. This is one of the 13-point agenda handed down to Qatar, which is currently facing diplomatic row with many countries, including its brother Arab states. The Saudi Arabia-led alliance regards Al Jazeera, the …

Senate President Bukola Saraki boasted Friday that the appeal filed by the Federal Government challenging his acquittal by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) will go the way of his original trial for false declaration of assets. Saraki,in his first reaction to the filing of the appeal by the federal government said he was “confident that the verdict at the …

By Crystal Maynard – U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command FORT DETRICK, Md. — Scientists at the U.S. Army Center for Environmental Health Research are hoping to determine how bones heal in microgravity, based on an experiment that launched to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX in February and returned to earth aboard SpaceX’s Dragon cargo craft in March. …

By Alltimepost.com Ugandan authorities should cease investigation and intimidation of privately-owned daily newspaper Red Pepper editor, Ben Byarabaha and four other publications, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Wednesday. On June 15, Uganda’s Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) summoned Byarabaha in relation to an article in Red Pepper on the health of Uganda’s Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura, according …

By Lisa Ferdinando – DoD News WASHINGTON — United States Defense Secretary, Jim Mattis said he and the top U.S. diplomat affirmed with high-ranking Chinese officials on Wednesday that North Korea’s nuclear missile program is a threat to peace and security in the Asia-Pacific region. Mattis spoke at the State Department with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, after they hosted …

Donald Trump has said he doesn’t want “a poor person” to hold economic roles in his administration as he used an Iowa rally to defend his decision to appoint the wealthy to his cabinet. The US president told a crowd on Wednesday night: “Somebody said why did you appoint a rich person to be in charge of the economy? No …

Senate Republican leaders are set to unveil draft language of legislation that would repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), after weeks of secrecy surrounding their effort to prepare a healthcare bill to be voted on as early as next week. The Senate bill is expected to follow the template laid out in the House version, which narrowly passed last month, …

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has commended Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on steps he had taken to douse tension in the country occasioned by “hate speeches’’ Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, Chairman, PDP National Caretaker Committee, said at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja, that Osinbajo deserved to the commended. Makarfi, however, called on government to build on the effort by …