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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday received a briefing from the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele. The briefing took place behind closed doors inside the President’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. It was the first of such briefing since Buhari returned to the country on Friday after his 49-day medical vacation in London, United Kingdom. Emefiele, it was expected, would …

The National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday released the Consumer Price Index which measures inflation rate with the index dropping year-on-year from 18.72 percent in January to 17.78 percent in February. Apart from the inflation report, the NBS also released four other reports. They are Cooking gas price watch, Premium Motor Spirit price watch, Kerosene price watch and diesel price …

The US has declared it will permanently station missile-capable drones in South Korea in the latest round of military escalation in north-eastern Asia. The drone deployment comes a week after North Korea carried out a test salvo of four missiles that landed off the coast of Japan, and a day before the US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, embarks on …

‎The remains of a former Governor of the defunct Mid-West region and old Bendel State, late Dr Samuel Ogbemudia, have arrived Benin, the Edo State capital. The deceased elder statesman died last Thursday at a Lagos hospital at the age of 84. His body arrived at the Benin Airport, from the Muritala Mohammed Airport in Lagos, on a Nigerian Air …

By Alltimepost.com Benin City, Nigeria – Edo Civil Society Organizations have chastised the State House of Assembly Committee on Energy and Water Resources, led by Hon. Ezehi Igbas for the alleged shabby way it has handled their petition against the Benin Electricity Distribution Company. They accused the committee of refusal/neglect to address the remote cause of their agitation/protest, and that …

Alltimepost.com The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, will commence the sale of its 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations admission forms on March 20. The Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made the announcement monday in Abuja. According to him, the sale of forms and registration for the UTME would commence on Monday March 20 till Wednesday April 19 2017. …

By Alltimepost.com Benin City, Nigeria – Edo State governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Monday swore in the new Chairman and members of the board of the Edo Internal Revenue Service (EIRS) at The Government House in Benin City. Governor Obaseki congratulated and charged them to be professional and meet up with budgeted revenue targets. He said that one of the …

By Alltimepost.com Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has disclosed that part of his administration’s strategic plan was to ensure that Edo State becomes an economic hub through agricultural and industrial activities. Obaseki made the disclosure while playing host to the American Ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington and his team in Government House, Benin City on Monday during a working …

(CNN)  The First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, said she would lay the groundwork for a split from the UK as the British government prepared to press ahead with the formal process of leaving the European Union. Sturgeon said it was clear that the UK was heading for a “bad deal” on Brexit, and planned to seek the legal authority …