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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, said his government will sustain investment in sports development to productively engage and empower youths in the state. Obaseki gave the assurance when he received the National Scrabble Champion, Osahon Omosefe, who was on a courtesy visit at the Government House, Benin City. According to him, “First of all, I want to congratulate Osahon …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki and stakeholders in the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) sector have called for targeted policies to attract more investments into the sector to maximize Nigeria’s gas resources for national development. The stakeholders noted that despite its huge potential, the sector was being plagued by a poorly regulated retail market, shortage of LPG storage facilities, inadequate …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku, Alltimepost.com Abuja Correspondent Following months of agitation by whistle blower and media attention, including stories published by Alltimepost.com, and intervention of the Nigerian Government, the Italian government has released some Nigerians allegedly detained illegally in Italian jails over trumped up charges of belonging to Mafia organizations. Sources told Alltimepost.com during the week that the Nigerians released …

•Wants N409m paid to victims of police brutality Human Rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, yesterday, urged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State not to be pressurized in jettisoning the report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution to Investigate Cases of Police Brutality and the Incident of October 20, 2020 at Lekki Toll Gate. He also …

•Says no rest for security chiefs until Nigerians are at peace •Directs them to provide adequate security during yuletide •Notes success in Anambra polls confirms 2023 not threatened •Hails Nigerian’s emergence as VP Interpol Africa •We ‘re afraid, worried over security threats on Abuja-Kaduna highway, say Kaduna Reps PresidentMuhammadu Buhari yesterday rose from a national security meeting with service chiefs …

The House of Representatives has told the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to embark on ‘explosive and ferocious’ raids on methamphetamine production laboratories in Nigeria. The lower chamber also directed the federal government to develop a national policy to combat meth and other narcotics across the country. These resolutions followed a motion of urgent public importance moved by Henry Nwawuba (APC, …

The #EndSARS panel investigating cases of police brutality in Abuja, on Thursday, asked the police legal team to produce police officers named in connection to the death of Dul Kate Maxwell, a sergeant, who allegedly died mysteriously in custody in 2019. The officers of interest, according to the panel, include the Divisional Police Officer of Denton Police Division, Lagos State, …

• New variant worse than Delta – S’Africa virologist• Being vaccinated against COVID-19 not licenceto throw caution to the wind, WHO warns• Lagos braces up for the fourth wave laments low vaccination rate As the world slowly pulls out of the ravaging Coronavirus pandemic with increased vaccination, South African scientists have detected a new COVID-19 variant in small numbers, which is …

The Federal Government may deduct at least N2.4tn from the Federation Account to fund the N5, 000 cash palliative that will be handed over to 40 million poor Nigerians after the fuel subsidy has been removed next year. This is just as The PUNCH learnt on Thursday that the list of poor Nigerians on the Federal Government’s National Social Register had surpassed …

The Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, yesterday urged members of the global trade body who would be gathering next week in Geneva for Ministerial Conference 12 (MC 12) to put in progress a process for the reforming of the WTO. Okonjo-Iweala said this yesterday, during a virtual media briefing organised by the WTO, where …