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Details of the deal the North West caucus of the All Progresives Congress (APC) had with Bola Tinubu, presidential standard bearer,  shortly before he announced his running mate, Kashim Shettima, has emerged. Among others, it asked for the positions of vice president, secretary to the government of the federation, finance, works, agriculture, Federal Capital Territory and interior minister in exchange for its …

WHO renames monkeypox variants Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has refuted Marburg Virus Disease outbreak in Nigeria. Reacting to reports of the alleged existence of the ailment at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, the centre, on its Twitter handle, stated that though no case of the disease had been reported in the country, measures such as heightened …

In just about a couple of months time,Nigerians will go to the polls. The people will select new leaders across the nation and for the nation. Highlighting Nigeria’s woes on paper so as to inform the readers of this article or any other article, is to my own mind, a needless exercise. Everybody can see where we are. The deaf …

Data obtained from the National Universities Commission on Friday revealed that a total of 33 private universities were approved by the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) within 16 months. The period under review is January 2021 and April 2022. Sunday PUNCH reports that while 21 of the private universities were approved in 2021; 12 were approved during …

Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi has reiterated that he will reduce insecurity and poverty if he emerges the winner of the 2023 presidential election in Nigeria. The former Anambra governor disclosed that he expects to accomplish this by using job creation and reformative investments as mechanisms. He also said he will shift the nation’s economy from consumptive to …

Angry former militant leaders and ex-warlords from the nine states of the Niger Delta, have warned some officials of the Federal Ministry of Justice to stop sabotaging the Presidential Amnesty Office over the probe of the looted N60 billion Amnesty Training Centre in Bayelsa State. The also threatened that if the alleged sabotage of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, from …

…Chides Fed authorities for inaction …Blames problem on sabotage …Calls for urgent action to reverse the troubling situation Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said over $1.9million has been lost in the last five days as a result of the disruption of gas supply to the Ossiomo Power Plant in Ologbo, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of the state. The …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City – Edo State Commissioner of Police (CP), Abutu Yaro has declared that the state police command has been retooled and repositioned to checkmate kidnapping and other criminal activities that may arise before, during and after the Yuletide in the state. CP Abutu Yaro stated this while delivering his speech at the state Security Consultative Forum …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku (Special Correspondent) & Igbotako Nowinta (Nigeria Bureau Chief) Benin City, Nigeria – Environmental Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth, ERA/FoEN has said that the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, HYPREP, has failed to deliver on any of the recommendations set out in the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for its implementation. ERA executive director, Dr Godwin Uyi …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Abuja, Nigeria – The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed Corporal Opeyemi Kadiri Force No. 509745 attached to Dolphin Divisional Headquarters, Lagos Police Command for gross misconduct, disobedience to lawful order, and assault on a member of the public captured in a viral video on August 3, 2022. A statement released to Alltimepost.com in Abuja by CSP …