One year after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, senior lawmakers are still looking for the appropriate security posture for the seat of American government. The process of assessing the complex and then hardening it against attacks while retaining its architectural character requires the work of many agencies…
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Top lawmakers still looking for right balance of security after Jan. 6
An effort in Texas helps members of the military with food insecurity issues
Even without a pandemic, food insecurity is a real issue. In a recent survey, 20% of active-duty respondents said they’ve experience food insecurity and 10% experienced hunger…
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Russian troops intervene in protest-roiled Kazakhstan, where security forces have killed dozens of demonstrators
Troops from the Collective Security Treaty Organization will enter Kazakhstan after President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev appealed for help controlling the anti-government protests…
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Quebecois author Benoit Blanchard follows up with second novel in “Cyberbrain” series
More than five years after publishing the dystopian near science fiction novel “Cyberbrain,” Benoit Blanchard published an equally exciting and explosive sequel, titled “Cyberbrain: Guardian Angel” (FriesenPress; 2020). While the events in the first book take on a moral and ethical dimension, the story in the second book takes place amid a socio-political backdrop of surveillance and foreign intervention…
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FG blames insecurity, low earnings for higher borrowings
A gloomy picture of how insecurity, low earnings, and inability to meet the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) quota for oil production drove excessive borrowing by the Federal Government was painted by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr Zainab Ahmed, yesterday…
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Insecurity: Declare state of emergency in education sector — Experts
By Elizabeth Osayande Speakers at a public lecture organised by the management of Corona College of Education have called on the Federal Government to declare
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Energy, Real Estate, and Financials Headed Stock Market Gains in 2021
North America’s four major stock market indices experienced another year of outstanding success in 2021. Never mind the pandemic or the fact rampant inflation is causing central banks to consider bringing forward interest rate hikes, the Dow Jones Industrial Average index and the S&P 500 both established new record highs in December…
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Lagos, Oyo States Lead Among 2,220 Fraudsters, Others Convicted In 2021
Anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has disclosed that it secured a total of 2,220 convictions across all its commands in 2021.According to a statement on Thursday, the commission stated that the data was obtained from a review of the commission’s performance last year which showed that the Lagos Command of the agency recorded the most convictions which was 481…
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Macron’s conservative challenger Pécresse vows to get tough on crime
French right-wing presidential candidate Valerie Pecresse promised Thursday to clean out crime-hit urban areas with a power hose as she sought to portray President Emmanuel Macron as soft on crime…
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Financial loss case: You can’t determine how I react to your ‘sinister plot’ – Ato Forson to AG
A former Deputy Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has issued a rejoinder in response to the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice’s statement regarding a financial loss case against the legislator. Government has sued the Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam lawmaker and two others for allegedly causing financial loss to the state to the tune […]
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