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The Senator representing Kebbi central senatorial district, Muhammadu Adamu Alieru has joined the call for power shift to the southern part of Nigeria. He made the disclosure in an interview with BBC Hausa service monitored by vanguard. According to him, APC was built on the foundation of justice, equity and fairness, therefore, it’s improper to refuse the south presidency after …

As it has become a global custom in the last 22 years, Nigerians joined the rest of the world to mark the 2022 edition of the World Cancer Day on Friday. Apart from the rising number of deaths, the www.worldcancerday.org, a website dedicated to activities around cancer care, puts the annual estimated global economic cost of cancer at $1.16 trillion. Themed …

Kano State Executive Council has approved plans for review and harmonisation of retirement age for teachers effective January 2022 with a committee to draft the documents for actualisation of the exercise. This is contained in a statement signed by the State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Muhammed Garba, and made available on Sunday. The statement explained that the exercise would require …

*VP back in Abuja after one day trip to Accra As far as ECOWAS is concerned, there is only one way of changing government in the region, acceptable to all of the protocols, to even the political rights of the people and that is by a democratically elected government. This assertion was affirmed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, after …

WASHINGTON— Yesterday, on the one-year anniversary of several executive orders (EOs) from the Biden-Harris administration aimed at restoring faith in our nation’s legal immigration system, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Ur M. Jaddou briefed national stakeholders on the agency’s efforts to implement these EOs. According to a press release made available to Alltimepost.com, during this briefing, Director Jaddou …

Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) in Edo State has concluded the implementation of the Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) for Ugboha in Esan South East Local Government Area with the payment of compensation to some residual Project Affected Persons (PAPs) in the community. The Coordinator of Edo NEWMAP, Dr. Tom Obaseki, who led other members of the Edo NEWMAP …

Vatican gendarmerie and the Swiss Guard removed from the Paul VI audience hall on Wednesday a man between 40 and 50 years old who, visibly upset, interrupted Pope Francis’ General Audience by shouting. EWTN News photographer Daniel Ibáñez said the man began by yelling in English “this is not God’s church” and then said in Italian: “no more masks in …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, departs Abuja this morning for Accra, Ghana to represent Nigeria at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government deliberating today on the political situation in Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea. The meeting which is coming as part of the resolutions reached at last week’s virtual meeting chaired by Ghana’s …

If Senate President Ahmed Lawan had used the press centre or the briefing room at the State House, Abuja after his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, he would perhaps have used the same seat the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, used last year to tell Nigerians about the federal government’s decision to, at last, pick the …

Edo State House of Assembly has passed a bill to amend the State Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs Law 2000. The passage of the bill was sequel to the presentation and consideration of the report of the House Committee on Local Government by the House, yesterday, in Benin city. Majority Leader and member representing Ikpoba-Okha, Mr Henry Okhuarobo, moved a …