President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday vowed continued support to the Armed Forces to end the myriad of security challenges plaguing the nation, including terrorism and militancy. Represented by the Minister of Defence, Mansur Muhammad Dan-Ali at the commissioning of the multi-purpose Nigerian Army Resource Centre in Abuja, Buhari commended the efforts of the Nigerian armed forces in containing the security challenges, …
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Boris Johnson abandons UK leadership bid. A Main public face of Brexit makes shock announcement hours after his key ally Michael Gove launched his own campaign. Boris Johnson has unexpectedly ruled himself out as a candidate for Britain’s next prime minister, after the justice secretary, Michael Gove, sent shockwaves through Westminster with a last-minute bid for the Conservative leadership. Gove …
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Spokesperson of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, has Thursday said that he is ready to return the N400 million received from the office of the National Security Advider during the Jonathan’s administration. This was made available in a statement by his lawyer, Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), on Thursday. Recall that the PDP spokesperson is being tried for allegedly receiving N400 …
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President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday met behind closed-doors with the nation’s security chiefs. The meeting, our correspondent learnt, reviewed the military operations in the troubled Niger Delta region and the ongoing anti-terrorism war in the North East. Security chiefs who attended the meeting included the Chief of Defence Staff, Gabriel Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Tukur …
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The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with several Chinese firms for over $80 billion new investments, spanning five years, in the oil and gas industry covering pipelines, refineries, gas and power, facility refurbishments and upstream financing. Speaking exclusively yesterday from Beijing, China, Kachikwu said the agreements had been executed during …
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The three-member Appeal Committee for the June 18, 2016 Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Primary Election on Wednesday submitted its report at the Party’s National Secretariat in Abuja. The Election Appeal Committee is chaired by Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele, a former member of the House of Representatives. Other members are: Alh. Mustapha Salisu and Mrs. Ekwy Onyido. Bamidele who …
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By Alltimepost.com President Barack Obama on Wednesday spoke by phone with Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan to express his condolences on behalf of the American people and to reaffirm the solidarity of the United States with Turkey, following Tuesday’s terrorist attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport. Obama noted: “this attack, like the March attack at Brussels Airport, was an attack …
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By Alltimepost.com WASHINGTON — United States Defense Secretary Ash Carter called Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik on Wednesday to express his deep condolences following Tuesday’s heinous terrorist attack at Istanbul Ataturk Airport, Deputy Press Secretary Gordon Trowbridge said in readout of the call. According to media reports, at least 41 people were killed and another 230 injured in the terror …
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At last, the Federal Government of Nigeria prevails in its decision to abolish post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) test for candidates who scored 180 and above. By Oladipo Airenakho Benin City – Following Nigerian government’s directive, abolishing post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) test for candidates who scored 180 and above in their examinations into tertiary institutions, the University …
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An FCT High Court sitting in Apo has today sacked Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as acting Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), describing the process that produced him as illegal. The presiding judge, Justice Valentine Ashi, in his ruling nullified the 2014 PDP Constitution Amendment upon which Sheriff was appointed PDP Chairman. He described the amendment as illegal and …
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