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NEW YORK — With presidential candidates looking on, some 9/11 victims’ relatives appealed to them Wednesday for accountability as the U.S. marked an anniversary laced with election-season politics. In a remarkable tableau, President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris stood together at ground zero just hours after Trump and Harris faced off in their first-ever debate. Trump and Biden — the successor whose …

Washington, D.C. Newsroom – Vice President Kamala Harris leads among Catholic voters over former president Donald Trump, according to the findings of a new EWTN News/RealClear Opinion Research survey two months away from the presidential election. The poll, conducted from Aug. 28-30, surveyed 1,000 Catholics and has a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points. Catholic voters, like most …

WASHINGTON — This year’s presidential race is a genuine contest of ideas between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump — with clear differences on taxes, abortion, immigration, global alliances, climate change and democracy itself. Since replacing President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee, Harris has pledged to chart a new way forward even as she has embraced many of his ideas. She wants …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has made it clear that they won’t be silenced after its president, Joe Ajaero, was released from detention. This bold statement comes on the heels of Ajaero’s “unlawful” arrest by the Department of State Services (DSS), which the NLC deemed a direct attack on workers’ rights and democratic principles. The NLC has been vocal about …

The presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the last general election, Mr. Peter Obi, and Governor of Abia State, Mr. Alex Otti, have written to the national chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, to notify the regulatory body of the setting up of a 29-member caretaker committee to organise the party ‘s congresses and …

•Tinubu setting new record of impunity, says Amnesty International •SERAP alleges invasion of its premises by security agencies President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajero, who was arrested in the early hours of yesterday by the Department of State Service (DSS), was released late last night on bail. Although a litany of condemnations had trailed the labour …

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. chief said Monday that the United Nations has offered to monitor any cease-fire in Gaza and demanIded an end to the worst death and destruction he has seen in his more than seven-year tenure. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in an interview with The Associated Press that it’s “unrealistic” to think the U.N. could play a role in Gaza’s …

“His detention is therefore a brazen act of lawlessness and intimidation as he has not been declared wanted by any law enforcement body. His detention is a brazen act of intimidation and completely unjustified under the laws of our nation”. The statement further said that efforts to reach Ajaero following his detention have been unsuccessful, and his whereabouts remain unknown. …

A staff of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has narrated how officers of the Department of State Services, DSS, invaded their Abuja office asking of the Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare. The staff (name withheld) said the officers ordered that Kola reports to their office with the organisation’s documents tomorrow, Tuesday, September 10. Recall that Vanguard reported that DDS …

…Says Ajaero’s arrest not connected to police invitation Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has reacted to the arrest of the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero. The human right activist on Monday said secret service that arrested Ajaero has not given any reason for his arrest, noting that Ajaero’s arrest had no connection to police invitation. …