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A chairmanship aspirant in yesterday’s ward congresses of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State was stabbed to death moment before the exercise got under way. Pockets of violence were also recorded in Imo State, Oyo State, Ajegunle and Isolo both in Lagos. The Ajegunle violence claimed one life. Killed in Delta was Jeremiah Oghoveta ,who had declared …

…Insists he collected no money National chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has written a letter to the acting chair of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, warning him to stop linking him with money collection from the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd), saying nothing of such took place …

The governor of Taraba state, Arc. Darius Ishaku, weekend described as false and misleading, claims by President Muhammadu Buhari that Fulani herdsmen don’t move around with AK-47 rifles but sticks and machetes. The President had made this claim during his bilateral meeting with the President of the United States, Donald Trump, in Washington DC, last week. “The problem of herders …

President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, has said that the people of Southern and Middle-belt regions of Nigeria will only vote for a presidential candidate whose political party has restructuring in its manifesto. Nwodo spoke at Enugu Sports Club, Friday night, at the maiden edition of “Nkata Umu Ibe”, a monthly distinguished Speaker’s series organised by Centre For …

The Kaduna State Police commissioner, Austin Iwar, on Sunday confirmed that 45 villagers were killed by bandits in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of the state. We reported how armed bandits attacked Gwaska village in Birnin Gwari on Saturday afternoon. Residents said the killings occurred around 2:30 p.m. when the bandits stormed the village in large numbers on motorcycles. They …

Strategists of President Muhammadu Buhari are leaving nothing to chance in the event that some bigwigs of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) dump the party in the build up to next year’s elections. The Buhari camp has in place a Plan B to mitigate the effects of the possible defection of the likes of Senate President Bukola Saraki, House …

Benin City – Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have taken into custody a middle-aged man in connection with the gruesome murder of a bricklayer in Benin City, last month. Alltimepost.com exclusively gathered that the suspect, Obas Idehen was detained after he had, in company of his lawyer, turned himself in on Thursday following intensified close marking by police …

Human and environmental rights activist, Rev David Ugolor has restated the need for the Conference of Non-Government Organizations (CONGOS) to collaborate with government in the spirit of Open Government Partnership principle of Co-creation, wherein government and Civil Society groups work together for the common interests as equals. Rev Ugolor, who is the Executive Director of Africa Network for Environment and …

A batch of 48 students of the College of Agriculture, Iguoriakhi have been posted to the Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria, Iyanomo, Edo State, for a three months internship programme, in continuation of efforts to reposition the college by the Godwin Obaseki-led administration. Majority of the students, said to have resumed for the training and are expected to get hands-on …

… salutes journalists’ courage, says no alternative to Free Press …OBSERVER, EBS up for revamp The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has charged journalists to uphold the ethics of the journalism profession to deepen good governance and fast-track the nation’s advancement. Obaseki who gave the charge on the occasion of the United Nation’s World Press Freedom Day, celebrated …