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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has developed a technology that will enable it transmit election results electronically direct from polling units to its states’ headquarters. Ebonyi State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Prof. Godswill Obioma, stated this at a meeting with faith-based organisations in Abakaliki yesterday. According to him, the new technology is part of efforts by the commission to …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar yesterday called on other politicians that dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC) to return to the PDP. Atiku was received at the party’s Abuja secretariat by the chairman of the Caretaker Committee Senator Ahmed Makarfi. The former Vice President said it is only by their returning to the PDP …

A few hours after 144 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya, another aircraft carrying 257 of their compatriots on Wednesday landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The spokesperson for the Lagos Airport Police Command, Mr Joseph Alabi, confirmed this in an interview in Lagos. Alabi said the returnees arrived aboard a Libyan Airlines aircraft at the Cargo Wing of …

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, vacated an order it made on May 30, freezing 16 separate bank accounts linked to wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience. Patience Jonathan Justice Binta Nyako lifted the order that barred Mrs. Jonathan and 10 different organizations connected to her, from having access to the bank accounts containing aggregate sums of …

The Rochas Okorocha administration has blamed the printer’s devil, for the wrong christening of the Ministry of Happiness. Okorocha and Ololo Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Sam Onwuemeodo said a typographic error led to the naming of the Ministry as the Ministry of Happiness and Couples fulfilment. It is now called Ministry of Happiness and Purpose Fulfilment. “There …

By Terri Moon Cronk – DoD News WASHINGTON — The relationship forged between the United States and Kuwait during the war for Kuwait’s liberation in 1991 continues to grow, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis told reporters traveling with him today as his plane left Kuwait to return to the United States. Mattis traveled to Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan and Kuwait to …

By Alltimepost.com Primary healthcare centres are to be established in major markets in Edo state, to significantly reduce neonatal mortality, the state Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki said at the 3rd Stakeholders’ Meeting on Implementation of Action Plan on Prevention of Neonatal Deaths in Edo state on Tuesday. Obaseki disclosed at the event that he had given an approval for the …

By Jim Garamone – DoD News WASHINGTON — Foreign ministers from Europe and North America will examine new ways to increase the interoperability between NATO and the European Union as they meet in Brussels this week. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will join his fellow foreign ministers for meetings at NATO headquarters. The foreign ministers also are preparing for the …

By Bob Majiri-Oghene Etemiku Washington, D.C. – Nine Non-Governmental Organizations, representing Nigerian Civil Society Organizations at the 1st Global Forum on Asset Recovery (GFAR) inaugural meeting in Washington, D.C., United States have hailed the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Nigerian government and the Swiss Authorities on the return of stolen assets. The organizations also urged both sponsors (US and …

Washington (CNN) Over the last 48 hours, the Republican Party has come to grips with a stark reality: Roy Moore may well win the Alabama special election next Tuesday. That realization has triggered a series of events. President Donald Trump, always interested in associating himself with winning, endorsed Moore on Monday in a tweet and a phone call — telling …