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The newly installed Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare 11, in Benin, called for the inclusion of Edo language and history in schools’ curriculum. He implored government to include Edo language and Benin history in schools’ curriculum. He also appealed to the Benin people to uphold and respect traditional institutions at all times. “I advise my Benin people to try to …

One of the first major tasks Hillary Clinton performed on becoming secretary of state was managing Washington’s “reset” with Moscow. In March 2009, at a meeting in Zurich with the Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, she had the idea of symbolising the moment with a gift: a red plastic button set in a yellow box the two diplomats could press …

… First fee increase in six years to take effect Dec 23… By Alltimepost.com WASHINGTON – United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced a final rule published in the Federal Register on monday, adjusting the fees required for most immigration applications and petitions. The new fees will be effective Dec. 23, 2016, according to the official announcement. USCIS says …

The current recession rocking the Nigerian economy has hit one of the biggest employers of labour in the country outside of the government as the Dangote Group, belonging to Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has fired 48 members of staff. Our correspondents gathered that those sacked were made up of 36 expatriate and 12 Nigerian workers from the group’s headquarters …

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress behind closed doors. The meeting is holding inside the President’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is also attending the meeting. The governors were led to the meeting by the Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum who is also the …

You always know an election is near in the US when Democrats and Republicans start to discuss the plight of black Americans. Most of the time, little is said about the high levels of poverty in black communities. Ditto with unemployment. Before the eruption of the Black Lives Matter movement, almost nothing was ever said about police violence. Until recently …

Effort led by Trump confidante and conspiracy theorist Roger Stone targets cities with large minority populations, a tactic experts say could intimidate voters Donald Trump has been stoking fears of voter fraud and refused to say during the final debate that he would definitely accept the outcome of the election. Donald Trump loyalists will attempt to conduct their own crowd-funded …

Governor Oshiomhole, who presented the staff of office to the new Oba, recalled his relationship with late Oba Erediauwa who he described as a father who will be missed by all. According to him: “Oba Erediauwa will be remembered as a King who intervened in the state government’s effort to develop the state particularly the six lane Airport Road where …

President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged the full support of the Federal Government for the Royal Destiny Trust programme of the newly installed Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II. Buhari, represented by Vice President Yemi Osibanjo, made the pledge at the coronation of the Oba in Benin on Thursday. The president who congratulated the new monarch also prayed for his success. …

By Alltimepost.com WASHINGTON— The United States remains concerned about North Korean provocations, and is committed to defending its allies with the “full spectrum of American military might,” Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Thursday in a news conference with his South Korean counterpart, Han Min-koo. Carter hosted the senior South Korean official at the Pentagon for the 48th U.S.-Republic of …