Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has hailed the United Nations (UN) for its commitment to world peace and security, eradication of poverty, and building coalition to address challenges of social and economic development. Obaseki said this on the occasion of the commemoration of the International Human Solidarity Day marked by the United Nations on December 20, each year. He …
Read More »
By Alltimepost.com His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II of the Great Benin Kingdom has suspended the Odionwere of Egbirhe, Mr. Napoleon Oduware Omobude and three others from functioning as leaders of the village. In a statement released today by the Chief Press Secretary to the Oba of Benin, Mr. Desmond Agbama, the Benin Palace gave the names of the three …
Read More »
In a vote in the early Wednesday morning hours, the Senate approved the final version of the first overhaul of the US tax code in more than 30 years, handing President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans their most significant legislative victory of 2017. The bill passed along party lines, 51-48 with the final result announced by Vice President Mike Pence …
Read More »
The Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons(NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli, has disclosed that more than 25,000 Nigerians have been held in slave and sex camps in Libya. Okah-Donli made this known while defending the agency’s 2018 budget before the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters on Tuesday. She said of the …
Read More »
The Peoples Democratic Party, on Tuesday, alleged that the Federal Government was building more prisons. It also said that the government was planning to descend on PDP members in 2018. The National Chairman of the party, Mr. Uche Secondus, stated these in Abuja at the opening of a two-day retreat for members of the newly elected National Working Committee of …
Read More »
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has ordered the arrest of one Dr. Peter Iyawe of the state Sickle Cell Centre over alleged unethical practices and acts of vandalism. Obaseki also directed that a petition be sent to the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria to investigate the allegations against Iyawe, adding that the doctor would be prosecuted if found culpable. …
Read More »
Commuters, motorists and other users of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) faced tougher conditions on Tuesday as the latest round of fuel scarcity in the country got worse, with its attendant negative impacts on transportation and businesses. Some frustrated Nigerians narrated to our correspondents their ordeals while trying to get petrol at the few filling stations that were selling the product …
Read More »
Immediate past Senate President, David Mark, has described the allegation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that he purchased his house in Apo Legislative Quarters Abuja illegally as “spurious, contrived and baseless.” Mark, in a statement on Tuesday by his Media Assistant, Mr. Paul Mumeh, said the EFCC or any other agent of government were chasing shadows as the …
Read More »
VIce-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said the much-criticised $1bn that state governors asked the Federal Government to withdraw from the Excess Crude Account was not meant for the fight against insurgency alone. He said the sum was meant for all security challenges being experienced in all the states of the federation. Osinbajo gave the clarification at the opening of the …
Read More »
An Amtrak train that hurtled off an overpass south of Seattle on Monday was travelling at almost three times the speed limit for that section of track, according to investigators. Some of the carriages from the train – which had been making its first-ever run along a new, faster route – fell on to the highway below, killing at least …
Read More »
Alltimepost.com Sincerity of Purpose