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Edo State branch of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has sent a bill on the prohibition of open grazing to the Edo State House of Assembly for consideration and passage into law. Mr. Chris Nehikhare, its spokesman, disclosed this in Benin City in a press release on Tuesday. Nehikhare said that the need for a law to prohibit …

After over two years of what seemed like a cold war between former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, the two Nigerian leaders on Sunday in Otuoke, Jonathan’s village, publicly reconciled and harped on the virtues of forgiveness and national unity. Obasanjo who was also treated to a luncheon in Jonathan’s country home in Ogbia maintained that without reconciliation, peace …

The House of Representatives has kicked against the proposed establishment of cattle colony by the Federal government as a solution to the open cattle grazing and its attendant consequences on communities across the country. Rather, the lawmakers advised the Federal government to work out modalities for the establishment of cattle breeding settlements as a lasting solution to incessant clashes between …

Mamudu Hassan, one of the accused persons standing trial over unlawful importation of 661 sophisticated pump action rifles into the country last December, yesterday told a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, that he paid a sum of N1 million to officials of the Department of State Security, DSS, and other security agencies to smuggle the guns out of Apapa …

The pan-Northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, on Monday expressed its opposition to the creation of state police. The 36 state governors had endorsed the creation of state police to, according to them, address rising insecurity in the country. The governors’ endorsement was a follow-up after Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo supported its creation. However, the ACF noted that the creation of …

A former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has said only sickness can stop President Muhammadu Buhari from seeking re-election in 2019. Kalu who spoke with journalists at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, on Sunday night said the president was ready for the task ahead. He said, “Buhari is a honest man and will tell Nigerians at the …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday paid his Land Use Charge, with an announcement that the State Government will no longer accept cash payment in revenue collection effective from March 1, 2018. Speaking shortly after paying at Opebi branch of Guaranty Trust Bank in the presence of top management staff of the bank, Governor Ambode said the measure …

One week ago they were high schoolers like anywhere in the country, studying for their end-of-year exams, preparing for baseball practice, for drama club, and the myriad other activities that typical teenagers like to embrace. But as another week begins in Parkland, Florida, the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school are adjusting to life in a different and unexpected …

By Alltimepost.com President Muhammadu Buhari-led Presidency has no honor left after reports that it concealed a N10 billion theft perpetrated by its officials at the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scolded the ruling party on Monday. It said the nation is being shoved to the precipice “as the Buhari Presidency’s incompetence manifest in the daily …

By Alltimepost.com Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State Obaseki has warned against what he called a ‘bastard mentality,’ which allows contractors to throw paltry sums of money at officials of government while they walk away with billions of naira after executing poor quality projects. Obaseki gave the warning in Benin City on Monday, while speaking at a Workshop on Designing, …