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Hit by the current economic recession in the country, most money deposit banks and insurance firms have slashed their workers’ salaries by between 20 and 50 per cent. Investigations by Saturday PUNCH revealed that Diamond Bank Plc, Heritage Bank Plc, Zenith Bank Plc, First Bank Plc and Wema Bank Plc have reduced their workers’ salaries as of August 31, 2016. …

President Muhamamdu Buhari on Thursday assured Nigerians that despite the various current challenges facing the country, Nigeria would be great again under his watch. Buhari gave the assurance while speaking with Muslim leaders in Osun State shortly after joining them in the Zuhr prayer held inside the Government House after he inaugurated the N1.35bn Osogbo Government High School. The President …

A factional national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, on Friday, in Abuja, asked the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognise his candidate, Mr. Mathew Iduoriyekwemwen, as the party’s candidate f‎or the September 10, Edo State governorship election. He said that Iduoriyekwemwen remains the “authentic” candidate of the party and not Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, who is …

By Alltimepost.com WASHINGTON – 2016 — United States Defense Secretary Ash Carter will travel to the United Kingdom and Norway Sept. 6-9 to meet with top officials from the two longstanding NATO allies, Department of Defense officials said today in a statement. Carter and U.K. and Norwegian leaders will participate in discussions regarding U.N. peacekeeping operations and to update counterparts …

By Alltimepost.com Houston, Texas – Premier Edo organization in the Diaspora, Edo National Association Worldwide (ENAW), begins its 25th annual convention today in Houston Texas, with an impending change of guards. Dr. Agharese Aikpehiomwan Osifo of the Department of Agricultural Economics & Extension, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State will deliver the keynote address: AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN EDO STATE; A …

Chief Anthony Ndubuka, a major rice dealer in Umuahia, has expressed optimism that the price of rice would soon fall in Nigeria. Ndubuka expressed the optimism in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia on Thursday while speaking on the high price of the grains in the country. He said that the grains would become affordable …

The National Assembly said it had commenced plans to remove the National Health Insurance Scheme and other agencies requiring emergency situations from the Treasury Single Account system of the Federal Government. The lawmakers attributed the decision to the impediments encountered in its implementation. The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Health, Hon. Chike Okafor, represented by the deputy chairman of …

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party assumed another dimension on Tuesday as the factional National Chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, rejected the leadership of its Board of Trustees. Sheriff also said that the solutions proferred by the BoT for the resolution of the crisis in the party fell short of the agreement he said his faction …

The Controller-General of Prisons, Ja’afaru Ahmed, has advised the officers of the Nigerian Prisons Service to adopt and implement the United Nations standard minimum rules in the treatment of prison inmates. This, he said, would curb the frequent incidents of jailbreaks in prisons across the country and also help to maintain law and order in the facilities. Ahmed said this …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has confirmed September 10, as the date for governorship election in Edo State. This was contained in a statement signed by chairman of the commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu and released in Benin, Edo State, on Monday. It said that the notice of confirmation is in accordance with Section 46 of the Electoral Act, 2010 …