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By Igbotako Nowinta, Alltimepost.com Nigeria Bureau Chief Benin City, Nigeria – The monumental image and extraordinary lifestyle of the late music maestro, Sir (Professor) Victor Efosa Uwaifo, came alive recently, when the Revelation Tourists Extra Group World Wide, hosted friends and well-wishers, to a colorful Get-together ceremony in Benin City. The ceremony which was co-hosted by the President of the …

…Urges support for realization of EMOWAA Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has dispelled the notion of a rocky relationship between his administration and the Palace of the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II over the return of looted Benin artefacts. Obaseki said on Thursday, “there is no dispute between the state government and the Palace of the Oba of …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has replied the minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed, for his comments on the alleged illegality of the union’s planned protest against the prolonged university workers’ strike. NLC had announced a nationwide protest scheduled for next Tuesday and Wednesday should the government fail to reach an agreement with the striking workers unions. But addressing journalists after …

Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has fired back at critics who accused his team of hiring street urchins and dressing them as Christian clerics during Wednesday’s unveiling of his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima in Abuja. . In a statement through his campaign organization, Tinubu said the event was open to all, …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Thursday, approved cut-off marks for universities and polytechnics in the country. The decision was taken after a heated session comprising officials from JAMB, the Ministry of Education, the National Universities Commission, and the National Board for Technical Education among others. For the polytechnics, 120 cut-off mark was approved while 140 was approved for …

As part of activities organised to commemorate the World Day against Human Trafficking, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), International Organisation on Migration (IOM), Expertise France, International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies (FIIAPP), and Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) have partnered the Nigerian Government to host a ‘boot …

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, fixed November 1 to commence hearing on a suit seeking to compel the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Baba, to initiate a perjury case against the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice Inyang …

Former President of the United States, Donald Trump paid tribute to his first wife, Ivana Trump, alongside their three children on Wednesday at a funeral Mass. . According to Marca, the funeral of Ivana who died on July 14 was held at St Vincent Ferrer Roman Catholic Church Manhattan’s Upper East Side, New York. Donald and Ivana Trump’s three children …

Monkeypox infections have continued to spread across the world, as the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed 14,000 cases across 70 countries, with five deaths reported in the African Region. WHO director-general, Tedros Ghebreyesus, disclosed this on Wednesday during a virtual media briefing on Facebook, noting that most cases were reported from Europe primarily among men who have sex with men. Mr Ghebreyesus …

The Tinubu Campaign Organisation has described as ‘unwarranted distractions’ the viral pictures and videos of some Christian clerics at Wednesday’s unveiling of Kashim Shettima, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Vice-Presidential candidate in Abuja. Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Communication, Tinubu Campaign Organisation, in a statement on Thursday, said the clergymen were not fake as was being speculated in the social media. …