The Bring Back Our Girls movement has confirmed the identity of a Chibok School girl, Maryam Ali Maiyanga who was found in Pulka by Nigerian troops at the weekend. In a statement issued Saturday in Abuja and signed by its spokesperson, Sesugh Akume, BBOG identified Maryam as Umber 198 on its list. “We welcome news of the return of another …
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There are only days to go before the US presidential election on 8 November. What are the latest polls saying? For an election that is generating more passion on both sides than any in recent memory, pollsters and pundits are offering scant comfort to those seeking clarity about Tuesday’s result. Most outlets continue to predict victory for Hillary Clinton, but …
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A former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has signed an undertaking to return N480m to the Federal Government. Obanikoro has also submitted his United States of America and Nigerian passports to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. In addition, the ex-minister has provided two sureties who are directors in the Federal Civil Service. Impeccable sources told our …
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By Jim Garamone – DoD News WASHINGTON— U.S. Strategic Command remains the bedrock of American security, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Thursday during the organization’s change-of-command ceremony at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Carter officiated as Navy Adm. Cecil D. Haney handed the flag to Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten. The secretary praised the men and women of …
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By Alltimepost.com Embattled traditional ruler of Uromi, the Ujoromi of Uromi, Zaiki Edenojie II who was suspended for seven days by Edo State Government for travelling abroad without permission and for an alleged attack on a woman, Mrs. Betty Okoebor, has sent in an apology letter to the State Government for his actions. However, the state government has described the …
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A former Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko, has returned N1,040,000, 000 to the Federal Government. Dikko, who served as the head of customs between August, 2009 and August, 2015, became the subject of an EFCC investigation last year when the commission established that about N40bn was diverted from the coffers of the NCS under his watch. …
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The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors on Wednesday approved a $600m loan for Nigeria, several months after the Federal Government had approached the lender for a budget-support facility. The loan is meant to help Nigeria plug its budget deficit as the nation grapples with its first recession in more than 20 years. The $600m loan is the first tranche …
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With Nigeria reeling from the results of his disastrous rule, ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s recent attempt to defend his top security aide in the $2.1 billion arms scandal trivialised the serious wound inflicted on the polity. With scant regard to context, the enormity of the sleaze uncovered on his watch and the odium attracted to the country, Jonathan rubbed salt into …
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With clear indications that Nigeria may finally be on the way to meeting its rice consumption needs, some foreign countries are already displaying dissatisfaction and mounting opposition. This is as farmers across 13 states are starting near the end of wet season rice production with the help of N23 billion loans provided by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Anchor Borrowers’ …
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The Nigerian Nobel-winning author, now living in the US, tells Oxford students that it is up to young people to stand against ‘ultranationalism’ – in a speech that also took aim at Brexit and Bob Dylan The Nobel literature laureate Wole Soyinka has told students that if Donald Trump is elected president of the United States next week, he will …
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