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The Federal Government yesterday explained that the release of 104 out of the 110 Dapchi schoolgirls abducted last month by the Boko Haram sect was secured through back-channel efforts and with the help of some friends of the country. It was learnt that the girls were let go by their abductors around 3:00 a.m. on Wednesday. They were brought and …

The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris said Tuesday that a presidential permission from president Buhari was needed for him to effect withdrawal of police personnel attached to politicians, public officers and senior citizens in the country. This was even as he said the withdrawal of personnel would be nationwide. Speaking during a meeting he held with Squadron, Counter Terrorism …

The Presidency has announced that 101 Dapchi schoolgirls have been released so far. Thw announcement was made at ongoing Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting at the Council Chamber in Presidential Villa, Abuja. This was after the documentation of the Dapchi school girls. The release of the Dapchi school girls is coming few hours after the Amnesty International (AI) alleged that …

The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has commended poets and writers for serving as the mirror of the society and amplifying beliefs, traditions and customs through their graceful and stylized works, written or oral, through generations. Obaseki gave the commendation on the occasion of the World Poetry Day, marked on March 21 each year, to support linguistic diversity …

Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has called for concerted efforts to protect forests and green areas in urban and reserved areas, even as the state government is pushing for initiatives to create greener cities and harness the state’s rich and diverse forest assets. The governor said this in commemoration of the International Day of Forests 2018 marked by …

A man suspected of being the bomber behind a series of explosions across central Texas blew himself up in a vehicle as a swat team approached, police have confirmed. The suspect, identified by police as a 24-year-old white male, killed himself in Round Rock, a town 20 miles north of Austin, in a dramatic end to a siege of the …

The National Assembly has fixed April 24th as the day it will pass the 2018 budget. The Senate and the House of Representatives have agreed on this position. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, has just made the announcement in plenary. He said the budget would be laid on April 19 and passed on April 24.

Boko Haram Islamists who kidnapped 110 schoolgirls in Dapchi, Yobe State, just over a month ago have returned 76 of the students to the town, the government said on Wednesday. Information Minister Lai Mohammed said the release was “unconditional” and the result of “back-channel efforts” with the help of “some friends of the country”, without elaborating. “The 76 are those …

Sani, who chairs the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, revealed the jumbo pay of the federal lawmakers regarded as “hallowed secret”. In a recent interview, he said he and his colleagues received N13.5 million monthly as running cost and N750,000 as basic salary. The disclosure confirmed an exclusive report by Daily Trust that showed that the running cost …

By Igbotako Nowinta, Alltimepost.com Nigeria Bureau Chief Newly elected Chairmen of the eighteen Local Government Councils of Edo State have been seriously cautioned by the Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II to channel the councils’ resources towards meeting the development needs of the people rather than using them to service political godfathers. The Great Benin King gave …