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Boston – By Emman Okuns – Nigerian government has been advised to embark on a national  registration exercise involving fingerprints for  all citizens and everyone living in the country as a critical component of security measures to fight terrorism, kidnapping and other  crimes in the county. Edo United for Homeland Empowerment, a human rights group, with headquarters in Boston, made …

By Alltimepost.com – President Barack Obama’s state of Illinois will be home to more than two thousand Edo indigenes from all over the world, expected at this year’s 23th annual Edo National Association World-wide convention, beginning from August 29 to 31, 2014 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Chicago. The Theme of the convention, being sponsored by an Edo indigenous …

Ukraine’s president has dissolved parliament and called snap elections, as government forces continue to fight pro-Russian rebel forces in the east. Petro Poroshenko said many current MPs were backers of ousted President Viktor Yanukovych and that the majority of Ukrainians wanted a new parliament. Elections would be held on 26 October, he said in a TV address. Separately, Ukraine’s military …

Hundreds of people have attended the funeral for the black teenager killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri. Mourners at the Friendly Temple Baptist Church in St Louis sang, prayed and remembered the life of Michael Brown. Mr Brown, 18, who was unarmed, was killed on 9 August after being stopped by a white police officer for walking in the middle …

The US Army’s Fort Lee base in the state of Virginia has been put on lockdown following reports of an “active shooter” at the facility. Fort Lee’s Twitter account carried a warning concerning the four-storey Cascom (Command Arms Support Command) HQ, Building 5020. It said: “The installation has been locked down until further notice.” There are no reports of any …

The Ukrainian military says it is battling rebel armoured vehicles that crossed from Russia and headed to the south-eastern city of Mariupol. It said the column was halted near the town of Novoazovsk. One military commander said pro-Russian rebels might be trying to open up a new southern front. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he not heard the reports …

ABUJA—The Defence Headquarters, yesterday, declared that military operations to secure Gwoza town seized by the insurgents earlier this month was ongoing even as Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau was defiant, proclaiming Islamic caliphate in the town which he said was now firmly in the grip of the sect. Responding to the claim by the sect leader that Gwoza town seized …

Benin, Edo, Nigeria  –  By Oladipo Airenakho. Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General Kenneth Minimah has appealed to state governments in the country to support the Nigerian Armed Forces in its fight against terrorism. Lt-General Minimah made this appeal during a courtesy visit to Governor Adams Oshiomhole recently as part of his visit to Edo state to commission the newly …

An American journalist held captive for nearly two years by Al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria has been freed, according to a representative of the journalist’s family and a report on Sunday by the Al Jazeera network. The journalist, Peter Theo Curtis, was abducted near the Syria-Turkey border in October 2012. He was held by the Nusra Front, the Qaeda …

NAPA, Calif. — Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency on Sunday after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck this area in the early morning. Thousands remained without power here as emergency workers scrambled to put out fires and treat injured residents. Even as the shaking continued late Sunday morning — at least four smaller aftershocks were reported Sunday — emergency …