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A growing number of asylum seekers are braving freezing cold temperatures to walk into Canada from the US, driven by fears of what Donald Trump’s presidency will mean for refugees, advocates say. Last week, amid the chaos and uncertainty triggered by Trump’s travel ban, one agency dedicated to resettling refugees and immigrants opened an unprecedented 10 refugee claims in one …

(CNN)  Vice President Mike Pence cast a historic tie-breaking vote Tuesday to confirm Betsy DeVos as the next education secretary after the Senate was evenly divided over the controversial pick. The 51-50 vote ends Trump’s toughest confirmation battle yet. Senate Democrats debated through the night and into Tuesday morning in a last-ditch attempt to derail DeVos, buoyed by support from …

By Alltimepost.com Acting President Yemi Osibanjo on Tuesday at the 14th Biannual Conference of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) in Benin, preached forgiveness, urged Nigerians to embrace love, saying “Hate is the device of the devil.” According to him, hate is man’s greatest enemy, recalling that the country witnessed brutal killings of men and women in the past few years. …

The emir of Kano, Malam Muhammadu Sanusi II has tasked northern Governors to convert Muslim worship centres to primary school. Sanusi II who spoke during the graduation ceremony of 2500 Post Graduate Diploma and NCE teachers on day 3 of Kano Basic Education week stated that such step would save cost in this era of recession. If you look at …

The Plateau Government says it will retrieve N76.8m from 101 workers that stayed in service beyond their terminal dates. The Commissioner for Information and Communication, Malam Muhammad Nazif, made the disclosure on Monday at the ministry’s monthly press briefing. He said, “101 persons are to make a combined refund of N76. 8m for staying in service beyond terminal dates. “They …

Sitting at the Governorship Election Tribunal in Benin, Edo State, yesterday, suffered a setback over the status of a witness subpoenaed by the tribunal as counsel to the petitioners and the respondents engaged in a heated argument on whether he should be allowed to testify or not. Argument began mid way at the tribunal when counsel to Peoples Democratic Party, …

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal, on Monday appeared before the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs to defend the N9.88bn budgeted by his office for 2017. Lawal, who was billed to appear before the lawmakers on Thursday, had sent the Permanent Secretary (General Services) Office of the SGF, Mohammed Bukar, but the …

The Senate will on Tuesday (today) begin the screening of 46 non-career ambassadorial nominees for whom President Muhammadu Buhari is seeking legislative approval. A notice by the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, which would conduct the screening exercise, was sighted by our correspondent on Monday. The exercise is expected to be coordinated by the Chairman of the Committee, Senator Monsurat …

By Alltimepost.com Edo State House of Assembly, on Monday passed the state’s 2017 budget proposal of N153.18bn, presented to the legislature for consideration by Governor Godwin Obaseki on December 19, 2016. The budget consists of N75.11bn for capital expenditure, while the proposed recurrent expenditure stood at N74.9 billion. The Assembly increased the appropriation bill with about N3bn, representing 0.1 per …

The powers to function as Acting President were transferred to him on January 19, 2017, by his principal, President Muhammadu Buhari, who proceeded on a 10-day vacation to London, United Kingdom, the same day. But for the10 working days he acted, he guarded and guided his own actions, creating an impression of a man without authority. This is the second …