By Alltimepost.com Benin City – No fewer than five officers of Edo State Police Command collapsed during the inauguration ceremony of the new governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in the state capital last Saturday. Investigation revealed that the officers involved had allegedly been on the parade ground standing for over six hours and …
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By Alltimepost.com Benin, Edo State – A mild drama occurred at the Samuel Ogbamudia Stadium, Benin City venue of the inauguration ceremony of Governor Godwin Obaseki last weekend as a man who claimed to be a member of the advanced team of Imo State Governor, Mr. Rochas Okorocha was allegedly manhandled by policemen. The man almost got thrown off the …
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Former Spokesperson of ex- President Goodluck Jonathan’s presidential campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani- Kayode yesterday faulted what he termed, the antics of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the media to blackout the events that took place in the court of Justice Muslim Hassan on the 14ty November. According to him, the Acting Chairman of EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, …
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Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has rejected the reported plans by the Federal Government to scrap the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Petroleum Products, Pricing and Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, and other agencies in the oil and gas industry, saying it is unacceptable. NUPENG in a statement by its President, Igwe Achese …
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A major fallout of the 2015 presidential election, specifically the defeat of Goodluck Jonathan by the incumbent president, Mohammadu Buhari, is the high level of bitterness it has engendered among a wide section of the Igbo people. I should say that the kind of commentaries through which this bitterness is expressed may not necessarily reflect the general position of the …
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The Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Danbazau (retd.), said a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), on Monday declined an offer to visit his late father, Ibrahim Dasuki, in an Abuja hospital. Danbazau also said Sambo had declined another offer to be in Sokoto to mourn and bury his late father. The News Agency of Nigeria reported …
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Repentant cultists on Tuesday surrendered 911 arms, including AK-47 rifles and pump action guns, to the Rivers State Government in the just-concluded Amnesty Programme declared by the state. Also, the state Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has placed a ban on vigilante groups in the state after receiving a report that some of their members belonged to various cult groups. The …
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By Alltimepost.com Pastor (Dr.) Samuel Sorinmade, head of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Massachusetts, U.S.A., has decreed that Boston-based evangelical church, the Fire of Life Ministries would be a miracle center, where the sick, the barrens and people with all kinds of problems would find salvation. The man of God made the declaration recently, while performing the …
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The Senate has expressed its resolve to intervene in the face-off between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The lawmakers specifically asked the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, to intervene in the matter and prevent ASUU from embarking on a one-week warning strike which begins on Wednesday. The lawmakers, during the plenary on Tuesday, urged …
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The Senate has rejected the 46 non-career ambassadorial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari for legislative approval. The lawmakers said the list will be sent back to President Muhammadu Buhari “for resubmission and re-jigging.” Some notable nominees are retired Justices of the Supreme Court, Justice George Oguntade; former Deputy Governor of Plateau State, Mrs. Paulen Tallen; former member …
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