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Former Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala yesterday said it was better to allow those managing Nigeria’s economy to do the best they could, noting that there could be solutions to the present economic decline in the country. She also noted that she would not be available to serve the present administration if overtures were made to her by President Muhammadu …

Edward Snowden has set out the case for Barack Obama granting him a pardon before the US president leaves office in January, arguing that the disclosure of the scale of surveillance by US and British intelligence agencies was not only morally right but had left citizens better off. The US whistleblower’s comments, made in an interview with the Guardian, came …

Hillary Clinton’s campaign has acknowledged mishandling news of her pneumonia, as Donald Trump sought to capitalize on growing questions over his opponent’s trustworthiness at a critical moment in their race for the White House. “We could have done better yesterday,” wrote Clinton communications director Jennifer Palmieri on Monday, after some Democrats began questioning whether the campaign had been fully transparent …

By Alltimepost.com Houston, TX – Assistance from governments (LGA, State & Federal) on new agricultural practices to the farmers will further enhance their produce, according Professor Agharese Aikpehiomwan Osifo. Osifo, a Professor of Agricultural economics, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma Edo State of Nigeria, made the assertion while delivering a keynote address at the recently concluded 25th Edo National Association Worldwide …

By Alltimepost.com – Boston The Palace of the Great Benin Kingdom will shift the coronation of new Monarch, Crown Prince (Amb.) Eheneden Erediauwa, from September 26, 2016, but has not decided the new date yet, according the Secretary to the Benin Traditional Council, Mr. Frank Irabor in a chat with Alltimepost.com on Monday. Mr. Irabor said the Palace was considering …

Donald Trump will release “very, very specific” results of a physical examination soon, the Republican presidential candidate said on Monday, a day after the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, was revealed to have pneumonia. “This last week I took a physical and I’ll be releasing when the numbers come in,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News. Trump has so …

The Labour Party and the Social Democratic Party have decried the additional financial burden forced on them by the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission to shift the Edo State Governorship election. The National Chairman of LP, Alhaji Abdulsalam Abdulkadir, and the National Publicity Secretary of the SDP, Alfa Mohammed, said this in separate telephone interviews with one of …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that it will investigate the alleged registration of 8,000 militants by the Peoples Democratic Party for the Edo State governorship election. The Edo State Governor, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, had complained that the PDP registered the alleged number of militants with the aim of using them to cause mayhem during the postponed election. Oshiomhole, …

The National Assembly will investigate the Independent National Electoral Commission, the police and the Department of State Services for crises relating to recent elections in the country. It was gathered on Saturday that among issues to be probed was the security advice by the police and the DSS, which led to the postponement of the September 10 governorship election in …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested four domestic servants, including a driver and a houseboy, whose names were used to open bank accounts for Mrs Dame Patience Jonathan, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Sources within the anti-graft agency said on Sunday that the companies’ accounts were opened at Skye Bank. The companies are Pluto Property and …