The violence unleashed on Kpanche community in Bassa Local Government of Kogi State in the early hours of Sunday has spread to two other communities with death toll jumping from10 to 16. The traditional ruler of Mozum community in the area, Alhaji Khalid Bukar told newsmen in Lokoja that the violence has spread, by Sunday afternoon, to Ozugbe and Biroko, …
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Iran’s top diplomat has issued a stark warning to Donald Trump that if he follows through on his threat to scrap the 2015 nuclear agreement in three weeks’ time he will have to “face the consequences” that will not be “pleasant” for the United States. Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, painted a bleak picture of the prospects for survival …
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When Columbine high school teacher Paula Reed does lockdown drills to prepare for an active shooter, she does them in the same classroom where she was during the 1999 Columbine shooting, which left 12 students and one teacher dead. “There are some people who say I would feel a whole lot safer, and so would my students, if I were …
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By Sophie Jeong and Will Ripley, CNN Updated 6:40 PM ET, Fri April 20, 2018 Seoul, South Korea (CNN)North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the regime no longer needs nuclear tests or intercontinental ballistic missile tests, state-run KCNA reported Saturday. Kim said Saturday that “under the proven condition of complete nuclear weapons, we no longer need any nuclear tests, …
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By Alltimepost.com Odionwere Omuada (head of the royal sword bearers) in the Palace of the Benin Monarch, Mr. Rowland Ogbebor has been blessed with a Royal bead by His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II of the Great Benin Kingdom. The presentation of the Royal bead to Mr. Rowland Ogbebor has placed him in the highest level in the comity of …
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Senator Shehu Sani representing Kaduna Central has said president Muhamadu Buhari must apologise to the youths over the unfortunate comments credited to him that the Nigerian youths, “do nothing” and want everything for “free”. In a facebook post on Friday, Sani simply asked President Buhari to withdraw the statement and apologise. He also requested that the president tell the youths …
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Nigerians residents in the U.S. are hardworking and law-abiding, Consul-General of Nigeria at Atlanta, Mr Kayode Laro, has said. Laro told the Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria that the Consulate was proud of the contributions of Nigerians to the U.S. and also to their homeland. The Consulate was established in 1998 to strengthen the long existing relations between …
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The police service commission on Friday promoted eighteen senior officers including the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Mustapha Magu. This was made known in a statement signed and sent to newsmen by Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani. However, Magu who was a Deputy Commissioner was promoted to a Commissioner of police along with …
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It was time to take stock yesterday of Wednesday’s invasion of the Senate by thugs, who carted away its mace, its symbol of authority. The mace was recovered yesterday and returned to the Senate by the police. Rising from a one-hour executive session, the Senate resolved to invite Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris and Director-General of Department of State …
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By Igbotako Nowinta, Alltimepost.com Nigeria Bureau Chief Edo State Council of Traditional Rulers and Chiefs rose from a meeting today at the Palace of the Oba of Benin, with a resolution calling for the establishment of Neighborhood Watch and Vigilante Group to help check the activities of cattle herdsmen and other security challenges in the state. The Chairman of the …
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