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Senate leaders on Wednesday announced a far-reaching agreement that would set federal spending levels for the next two years, a major victory for both parties after years of lamenting Congress’s reliance on short-term solutions to avert financial crises. The bipartisan plan would raise defense and non-defense spending by $300bn and provide billions of additional dollars in disaster relief funding for …

The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that it will begin Exercise Ayem Akpatuma covering Benue, Taraba, Kogi, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Niger states in order to tackle the cases of kidnappings, herdsmen/farmers’ clashes among others. The Chief of Training and Operations, Maj Gen David Ahmadu, who announced this in Abuja on behalf of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur …

Kassim Afegbua, the media aide to former military president, Ibrahim Babangida, has been released by the police after a short interrogation at the force headquarters, Abuja on Wednesday. Afegbua, who was accompanied by his wife and his lawyer, Kayode Ajulo, told journalists that the police said he was not under arrest. He explained that the police simply informed him that …

Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to plan a military parade that would see soldiers marching and tanks rolling down the streets of Washington, it was reported on Tuesday. The move was instantly criticised, with one veterans’ group comparing the president to “a wannabe banana republic strongman”. Trump is seeking a grand parade similar to the Bastille Day celebration in …

By Alltimepost.com Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has directed that an investigative panel be set-up to ascertain the immediate and remote causes of the fracas between men of the Nigeria Police and youths in Upper Igun area, in Oredo Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Rt. Hon. Paul Ohonbamu, disclosed this while briefing …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON BENIN CITY – Public outrage that lasted several hours resulting in the setting ablaze of five police vehicles and destruction of property worth millions of naira greeted the alleged killing of two persons who were among those protesting the killing of a taxi driver by a Police officer in Benin City on Tuesday morning. Four other persons …

Great Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II has admonished the National Executive of Immaculate Conception College Benin Old Boys Association (ICCOBA) Worldwide to be upright, diligent and prudent in the conduct of the affairs of the Association. Oba Ewuare II gave the admonition when the National President of ICCOBA Worldwide, Engr. John Osa Omoregie led other Executive members on a courtesy …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has inaugurated a 10-man Technical Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation (TCPC), which will take inventory of all non-operational enterprises owned by the state government and provide guidelines for their privatisation and commercialisation. The committee to be chaired by the Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon Philip Shaibu, was inaugurated on Tuesday, by the governor at the …

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has called for calm following the clash between some youths and mobile policemen at Upper Igun area, by 3rd East Circular Road Junction, in Oredo Local Government Area, Benin City, over the alleged killing of a man in the area on Tuesday. In a statement in Benin City, by the Special Adviser to the …

Crisis erupted in some parts of Benin City (M.M way and Igun), Edo State capital on Tuesday morning, as Police allegedly killed a young man over 100 naira. Angry youths killed one police officer and set police vans ablaze over the death of the man whose wedding is Saturday this weekend.   Details Later