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Benin City – Several persons in their prime age were allegedly gunned down and a yet-to-be identified woman was kidnapped on her way to church as armed men reigned supreme in Benin City, Edo State last weekend. The killings were recorded in Eweka Street, First and Second East Circular, Muchceche in Upper Sonkponba road and New Benin area of the …

…Villagers flee for fear of reprisal   Over 50 soldiers have been deployed to Ajakurama and its neighboring communities in Ovia South West local government area of Edo State by the Nigerian Army in an intensified effort to apprehend the killers of its service member and recover his gun, according to reports reaching Alltimepost.com. The late soldier who was murdered …

  Nigerian soldier on a routine patrol at Sadama, a Village close to Ofunama in Ovia South West Local government area of Edo has been murdered in an ambushed carried out by suspected hoodlums. The soldier was a member of a patrol team said to be returning from assigned duties. Reports reaching Alltimepost.com at the weekend said one of the …

•We were not consulted, S/East PDP insists •How decision may alter nation’s six top offices In what appears to be a direct response to the feeble opposition of the Ebonyi State governor, Chief Dave Umahi, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo has asked Ndigbo to accept the choice of Mr. Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, as running mate to Alhaji …

The Arewa Consultative Forum has said the group is not in a hurry to endorse either President Muhammadu Buhari, who is the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, or the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, ahead of the 2019 presidential race. The Secretary-General of the ACF, Mr. Anthony Sani, in an interview, stated that the northern …

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday, advised religious leaders in the country to eschew partisan politics ahead of the 2019 general elections. He said those engaging in partisan politics or political controversies among the clerics risked losing their public respect. Buhari said this at the Interfaith Initiative For Peace Conference tagged, ‘Religious harmony in Nigeria: Towards the 2019 general election’ in …

While Ambode would do well to sustain the rapprochement with a view to guaranteeing the stability of the remaining months of his administration and futuristically securing total reconciliation with the party establishment, the lessons from his experience should however not be lost for those seeking fresh perspectives on not only the dynamics of politics in fledgling democracy but also the …

Former Minister of Aviation and Peoples Democratic Party stalwart, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode had said that the banning of 50 prominent Nigerians from travelling out of the country by President Muhammadu Buhari’s Executive Order is utterly shameful and condemnable. Fani-kayode on his Twitter handle said only dictators behave in this way and Buhari has proved to be the most brutal and …

Enugu – Mrs Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Justice Sector Reform, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State cannot afford to go into elections divided. Ibekaku-Nwagwu said this on Saturday in Enugu during a reception in her honour by members of the party in Enugu West Senatorial zone of the state. The presidential aide …

Nigerians have reacted to the selection of Peter Obi as the running mate to Atiku Abubakar. Mr Abubakar is the People Democratic Party’s presidential candidate for the 2019 general election. It was reeported, how the choice of the two-term Anambra State governor was announced on Friday evening. According to the director-general of the presidential campaign organisation, Gbenga Daniel, Mr Obi’s …