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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday paid his Land Use Charge, with an announcement that the State Government will no longer accept cash payment in revenue collection effective from March 1, 2018. Speaking shortly after paying at Opebi branch of Guaranty Trust Bank in the presence of top management staff of the bank, Governor Ambode said the measure …

One week ago they were high schoolers like anywhere in the country, studying for their end-of-year exams, preparing for baseball practice, for drama club, and the myriad other activities that typical teenagers like to embrace. But as another week begins in Parkland, Florida, the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school are adjusting to life in a different and unexpected …

By Alltimepost.com President Muhammadu Buhari-led Presidency has no honor left after reports that it concealed a N10 billion theft perpetrated by its officials at the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scolded the ruling party on Monday. It said the nation is being shoved to the precipice “as the Buhari Presidency’s incompetence manifest in the daily …

By Alltimepost.com Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State Obaseki has warned against what he called a ‘bastard mentality,’ which allows contractors to throw paltry sums of money at officials of government while they walk away with billions of naira after executing poor quality projects. Obaseki gave the warning in Benin City on Monday, while speaking at a Workshop on Designing, …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Benin City, Nigeria – Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), has lamented the fraud recently uncovered at the Social Investment Programme and called on the Buhari administration to carry out a full scale investigation with a view to bringing all suspects to book. The Social Investment Programme of the Federal government of Nigeria was …

Unsure whether he would be a victim or survivor of the mass shooting taking place outside his Florida classroom, 14-year-old Aidan Minoff sent an eight-word tweet “I am in a school shooting right now … ” Aidan said, before the world knew the day would end with 17 students and teachers dead. Tens of thousands of people locked onto Aidan’s …

Edo City Transport Service Limited (ECTS) Managing Director, Mrs. Edugie Agbonlahor has said plans by the state government to build modern bus terminals in Benin City, would facilitate the development of an integrated transport system for the state’s mass transit scheme. Agbonlahor disclosed this during an interview with journalists in Benin City, Edo State capital. She disclosed that the adoption …

Two Policemen involved in the incident at Upper Igun area of Benin City that led to the alleged killing of a cab driver, David Okoniba, have appeared before the Justice Joseph Olubor-led Administrative Panel of Inquiry to give testimony of their involvement in the fracas which led to a clash between the Police and some youths in the state. The …

National Chairman of the National Rescue Movement (NRM), Alhaji Sa’idu Dansadau has urged Nigerians not to vote for corrupt politicians in 2019. Dansadau, who was a former Senator, made the call while addressing supporters of the party in Kano on Saturday. “No corrupt politicians should be voted in the upcoming general elections in 2019 as anybody found to have stolen …

The plot against America began in 2014. Thousands of miles away, in a drab office building in St Petersburg, Russia, a fake newsroom was under construction with its own graphics, data analysis, search engine optimisation, IT and finance departments. Its mission: ”information warfare against the United States of America”. What followed, according to an indictment brought by the US special …