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By Igbotako Nowinta, Alltimepost.com Nigerian Bureau Chief History was made over the weekend in Benin City, Edo State of Nigeria, when the Shekinah Glory of the  Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) hosted its first ever Sports Festival. The Shekinah Glory Zonal Sports Festival took place between Wednesday August 28 and Saturday August 31, 2019 at the University of Benin Sports Complex, Ugbowo …

…To crush 4,068 Okadas Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Agency (Task Force), Friday, arrested 123 suspected hoodlums of Jigawa State indigenes and impounded 323 commercial motorcycles popularly called okada. It was gathered that the suspects were conveyed into the State by a truck with registration no: Jigawa HJA-680XA which also conveyed 48 Okadas. The truck, it was learned, was …

The United States Embassy in Nigeria has reacted to the decision of the Nigerian government to reduce visa application fee for Americans. In a statement sent to DAILY POST on Friday after an enquiry, the US said it would only act if the reduction was made official. It read: “The US Embassy looks forward to receiving official diplomatic communication regarding a …

The Governors of South-East geopolitical zone have banned movement of herdsmen and cattle from one community to the other within the zone. The Governors also said they have assurances of the federal government that the shut Akanu Ibiam International airport would be reconstructed by two set of contractors to ensure that the work is completed on December this year. They …

—Says Buhari won’t give up on her safe return  The Presidency on Saturday said that the Christian Dapchi Secondary School girl who was held by the Boko Haram terrorists for not renouncing her Christian faith, Leah Sharibu was still alive.  Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, stated this in an interview with a …

By Femi Adesina Today is the last dance of the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7), and our fifth day in Yokohama, Japan. A bouquet of goodies is being unfolded for the African continent, aftermath of the conference, but as a participant-observer, what are the low hanging fruits Nigeria can pluck immediately? That is why I want …

A foreign student who has just been admitted to Harvard University has been denied entry into the United States over some posts traced to his social media friends. As reported by Washington Post on Wednesday, Palestinian Ismail Ajjawi arrived at Boston Logan International Airport on Friday night, but immigration officials detained him for eight hours. After interrogating the 17-year-old and searching his …

A post mortem analysis of the 2019 general elections has documented how the collation process of the election results by INEC was opaque, chaotic, vulnerable to manipulation and, in some locations, violently disrupted. The report, dated July 2019, and made public Thursday by the Centre for Democracy and Development(CDD), also graphically depicted that five states – Lagos, Osun, Kaduna, Rivers …

…Tells citizens not to panic The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the deployment of police helicopters to tackle the increasing rate of criminal activities in the country. The helicopters were specifically meant for aerial surveillance for major cities in the South-West and North-West of the country. The development, according to the statement by the Force Public Relations …

–Holds investment meeting with Japan Bank President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Yokohama, Japan, told the Toyota Group to establish its assembly plant in Nigeria. President Buhari on the same day also held investment talks with top officials of Japan Bank for International Cooperation, at the margins of the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7). Led by …