Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday in Ibadan said that the bogus earnings of National Assembly members portrayed them as a “bunch of unarmed robbers.” Obasanjo, spoke at a public presentation of a book written by Prof. Mark Nwagwu, titled, ‘I am Kagara, I Weave the Sands of Sahara,’ in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. He also called on the …
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By Alltimepost.com Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obasekil has demonstrated his adminitration’s commitment to check inflated road construction contracts in the state, bearing in mind what he called the frugal financial allocations acruing from the Federal Government. The Governor said he has set up a contact group with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) to review …
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By Alltimepost.com The Government of Denmark has thrown its weight behind the initiatives of Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration in Edo State, conceived to stop the illegal migration of Edo people abroad. The Minister for Development Cooperation, Denmark, Ulla Tornaes, who was part of a delegation to Government House in Benin City on Thursday, led by the Ambassador of the country …
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By Alltimepost.com A valedictory court session in honour of the first Bini indigene to become a Supreme Court Justice, Late Retired Justice Andrew Otutu Obaseki, held on Thursday at the High Court of Justice in Benin City, Edo State. The session attracted legal luminaries from across the country, who gathered to pay their last respects to the foremost jurist who …
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By Alltimepost.com Edo State Government is to partner with the Federal Government to close the existing gaps in the management of Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS). Governor Godwin Obaseki disclosed this on Wednesday when he played host to the Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, who led a delegation of the National Agency for the …
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By Jim Garamone – DoD News BEIJING — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joe Dunford stressed today that there is no room in the U.S. military for racism and bigotry. Marine Corps Gen. Dunford is traveling in Asia and involved in high-level discussions centered on the nuclear threat posed by North Korea, but he took time …
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Few days after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) began an indefinite strike to press home their demand for better working condition, there are indication that higher education sector may soon witness more strike action as lecturers in Nigeria Polytechnics and Colleges of Education are bracing up for another round of industrial action. Leaders of the Academic Staff Union …
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A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Airman, Kalu Bernard, has been sentenced to death for killing his lover, Solape Oladipupo, aka Shomzy Shomzy, on March 12 this year. The judgment, which started at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, dragged till 4:00 p.m. when it was stood down before the panelists reconvened at 7:30 p.m. Reading out the 70-page court findings, which lasted …
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The House of Representatives Wednesday expressed shock at the failure of the Auditor General of the Federation (AGF), Anthony Ayine to carry out performance audit of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) after two years of operation. Ayine, who accepted that failure to audit the TSA for two years was detrimental to transparency in the business of government, was also not …
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday assigned portfolios to the two ministers sworn in on July 26. Stephen Ocheni (Kogi) is now the Minister of State for Labour while Suleiman Hassan (Gombe) is now the Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing. While Ocheni replaced the late Minister of State for Labour, James Ocholi, who died in a ghastly …
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