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Strong indications emerged yesterday that another crisis may be looming between the Presidency and the legislative arm of government, as President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Senate, declining assent to the new amendment to the Electoral Act, which seeks to re-order the sequence of polls during 2019 general elections. President Buhari President Buhari in a letter to the Senate, read …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday summoned the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Buhari seized the opportunity of the encounter to query Idris for flouting his directive that he should relocate to Benue State following the killings recorded in the state. The meeting was said to have lasted about 30 minutes after which Idris left the …

Nigeria’s president, in a visit to the country’s troubled northeast, on Monday predicted success in what he described as relentless efforts to release more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram. The jihadists are still holding 112 of the 219 students they abducted from the Borno state town of Chibok in April 2014, and also 110 pupils taken from Dapchi, …

By Igbotako Nowinta, Alltimepost.com Nigeria Bureau Chief Benin Zonal Commander of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Mr. Nduka Nwawwenne, has described the Benin Monarch as an extraordinarily effective and result- oriented Royal Father, whose concerted effort has made NAPTIP job easier in Edo State. Nwawwnne spoke to Alltimepost .com last Friday at the Palace …

The Peoples Democratic Party has said President Muhammadu Buhari, in saying that he was unaware that the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, did not carry out his orders regarding the security situation in Benue State, has directly admitted running an “incompetent, disorganised and uncoordinated administration.” The main opposition party asked the President to tell Nigerians how he reprimanded Idris …

Donald Trump has fired his secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, and announced his intention to replace him with the CIA director, Mike Pompeo. Trump announced the shake-up in a tweet, adding that Gina Haspel, Pompeo’s deputy, would become the CIA’s first female director. Tillerson’s departure had long been predicted after a series of clashes over policy. But the announcement, made …

A presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari did not know about the absence of the Inspector General of Police in Benue because he is “not omniscient”. Mr. Adesina made this known while appearing on a RayPower FM public affairs programme, Political Platform, Tuesday morning. Mr. Buhari has come under attacks particularly from Nigerians on social media …

By Tony Abolo Asaba, Delta State – A new and vertically integrated entity, known as The Shepha Refining and Petrochemical Company is to be sited in Ovrode in Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State. The Managing Director of the Refinery, Dr. Wilson Omonijabo Agha disclosed this to the Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa when he recently led …

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has called for calm among farming communities and herders in the state, appealing that they maintain good neighbourly relations. The governor made the call during a meeting with members of Odiguetue Community of Ovia North East Local Government Area, at the Government House, in Benin City, Edo State. Obaseki, who was represented by his …

The Trump administration has backed away from a proposal to raise the legal age to buy certain guns because of an NRA lawsuit, the president wrote on Monday. “On 18 to 21 Age Limits, watching court cases and rulings before acting,” Donald Trump tweeted, after weeks of voicing support for raising the age limit. He also said there was “not …