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The Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Service (CDFIP) Board has approved the promotion of eighteen thousand, nine hundred and fifty four officers (18,954) in the four services. Secretary of the Board, Malam Al-Hassan Yakmut, announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said that the approval for the 2018 promotion exercise was the highpoint of the Board’s …

…Plans hunger strike to press for their demands … Says there is no way Obaseki can distance himself from the 5-Star Central Hospital …the Benin water storm project …the failed water fountain at Museum Ground in King Square BY ALLTIMEPOST.COM Nigerian Rights Group, the Talakawa’s Parliament has given Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, a seven-day ultimatum to open the …

President Muhammadu Buhari has confirmed the appointment of Mohammed Adamu as Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police. The confirmation was made Thursday during the meeting of the Nigeria Police Council, headed by Mr Buhari, at the Presidential Villa Abuja. The newly elected chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Kayode Fayemi, announced the decision while addressing State House correspondents. “Police Council …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused the government of being reluctant to implement the agreement between the two parties and said it should not be held responsible if there is any disruption in the university system. The union recalled that it issued a caveat before suspending its three months old strike in February that “the suspension was …

The Minna Division of the Federal High Court on Thursday issued bench warrants for the arrest of former Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State and his former Chief of Staff, Umar Nasko. The judge, Aminu Aliyu, also revoked the earlier bail granted Messrs Aliyu and Nasko by Justice Yellim Bogoro for failure to respect hearing notices served on them to …

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal has dismissed the suit seeking to stop the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The suit was filed by Hope Democratic Party (HDP) and Ambrose Oworu, its presidential candidate. In the lead judgment delivered by Joseph Ikyechi, the tribunal dismissed the application for lacking merit. HDP and its presidential candidate in the suit sought an order …

NOBEL Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka,  has berated the Federal Government for attacking former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the latter’s comments that Boko Haram insurgency and herdsmen crisis had become an agenda to ‘Fulanise’ West Africa and ‘Islamise’ Africa. Obasanjo made the comment on Saturday in Delta State while the Federal Government, in a statement by Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji …

BY ALLTIMEPOST.COM Emerging market economies like Nigeria witnessed considerable outflow of funds from the stock exchange during the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, as foreign investors divested their assets, leading to a corresponding depreciation of the Naira from N117 to N135 per dollar. The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele gave the explanation in a lecture titled: Beyond the Global …

BY ALLTIMEPOST.COM Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has warned that Nigeria must grow a self-sufficient economy through increased productivity and less dependence on importation to be able to withstand shocks from global financial crises. The governor gave the warning while speaking at the 3rd Eminent Persons’ Lecture Series, held at the University of Benin, Ugbowo, Benin City, Edo State …

Angered with the killings in Kastina on Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday instructed the Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar Adamu and Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin to intervene immediately in the state, and bring a feedback, noting that the state must be secured at all cost. Buhari, who had just returned from Saudi Arabia, specifically, …