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The push to get former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to dump the All Progressives Congress (APC) and return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to enhance the opposition party’s bid to return to power in 2019 may have gained traction with a recent discrete meeting between him and former President Goodluck Jonathan. The meeting said to have been held at …

About 4,000 members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri Southwest Local Government of Delta State, at the weekend, defected to All Progressives Congress (APC). Gbaramatu Kingdom is a PDP stronghold. An APC chieftain and indigene of the kingdom, Chief Michael Johnny, who is deputy chair of the Mainstream Delta APC (MDA), a pressure group in the …

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, has proposed a seven-point agenda, which he said, would revive the country’s troubled economy and drastically reduce her dependence on petrodollars. Tinubu explained that the development of a national infrastructure plan; the return of commodity exchange boards and the promotion of government-backed housing programmes were important measures that could …

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) is collaborating with the Japanese Government to build transmission facilities in the country, The Nation has learnt. The Japanese Government is specifically targeting Lagos for such investment. TCN’s Acting Managing Director/Chief Executive, Usman Gur Mohammed, told The Nation in Lagos that the firm wants to double the transmission capacity and would be doing that …

Sen. Bob Corker, the Republican chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and an early supporter of Donald Trump’s candidacy, said Sunday that the White House had devolved into “an adult day care center” and warned that President Trump’s behavior is setting the nation “on the path to World War III.” Corker’s comments, first made via Twitter and later in an …

Benin City, Nigeria – As part of its observance of the spiritual injunction to be thy brother’s keeper, the Simply Worship Int’l Ministry, on Sunday feted the needy, indigent and less privileged at its Benin City headquarters. The event which was the fifth in the series, senior pastor of the Simply Worship Int’l Ministry, Rev Victor Atenaga, said is called …

After Donald Trump issued a fierce Twitter rebuke of Bob Corker, the retiring Republican senator tweeted back: “It’s a shame the White House has become an adult day care center. Someone obviously missed their shift this morning.” The exchange between the president and the chair of the Senate foreign relations committee was the latest undignified episode in Trump’s bizarre and …

Benin City, Nigeria – Ongoing controversy over the N5million parting gift ex-governor Adams Oshiomhole allegedly gave to some loyal journalists was heightened at the weekend when Edo State Government allegedly moved against the State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Sir Roland Osakue, by redeploying him. Alltimepost.com gathered that this latest move by the government is being seen …

Hurricane Nate is headed toward landfall in the northern Gulf Coast. Upgraded to hurricane strength just before midnight Friday, the storm is now packing maximum sustained winds of 90 mph. It is moving speedily to the north at 26 mph. Hurricane warnings are in place from Grand Isle, La., to the Alabama border with Florida. This includes the city of …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will be delivering the keynote address at this year’s Africa Summit, themed “What Makes Africa Work” taking place in London, United Kingdom on Sunday and Monday. According to a statement on Saturday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, the Africa Summit hosted by the Financial Times of London is a …