Repentant cultists on Tuesday surrendered 911 arms, including AK-47 rifles and pump action guns, to the Rivers State Government in the just-concluded Amnesty Programme declared by the state. Also, the state Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has placed a ban on vigilante groups in the state after receiving a report that some of their members belonged to various cult groups. The …
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By Alltimepost.com Pastor (Dr.) Samuel Sorinmade, head of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Massachusetts, U.S.A., has decreed that Boston-based evangelical church, the Fire of Life Ministries would be a miracle center, where the sick, the barrens and people with all kinds of problems would find salvation. The man of God made the declaration recently, while performing the …
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The Senate has expressed its resolve to intervene in the face-off between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The lawmakers specifically asked the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, to intervene in the matter and prevent ASUU from embarking on a one-week warning strike which begins on Wednesday. The lawmakers, during the plenary on Tuesday, urged …
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The Senate has rejected the 46 non-career ambassadorial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari for legislative approval. The lawmakers said the list will be sent back to President Muhammadu Buhari “for resubmission and re-jigging.” Some notable nominees are retired Justices of the Supreme Court, Justice George Oguntade; former Deputy Governor of Plateau State, Mrs. Paulen Tallen; former member …
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(CNN) Donald Trump’s transition is being marked by sharp internal disagreements over key cabinet appointments and direction, both for internal West Wing positions and key national security posts, sources involved in the transition team tell CNN. One source with knowledge of the transition described it as a “knife fight.” The split has put traditional Republican operatives such as Reince Priebus …
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Former Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, is dead. He died at the age of 93. Secretary to the Sultanate Council, Alhaji Faruk Ladan, announced in a statement he issued in Hausa saying that the 18th Sultan of Sokoto, Dasuki, died on Monday night and that his funeral service would take place after Zuhr prayer in the afternoon of Tuesday …
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities said it would embark on a one week warning strike over failure by the Federal Government to implement the 2009 Agreement and 2013 MoU. ASUU National President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, on Monday told a news conference that the National Executive Council of ASUU resolved to embark on a one week warning strike from Wednesday …
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At least 10 people were killed and several others injured Monday when police opened fire during clashes with members of a pro-Iranian Shiite group outside the northern Nigerian city of Kano, said witnesses and police. “I saw fifteen bodies sprawled on the ground before the police evacuated them,” grocer Ilyasu Ammani said. “Our men opened fire because they were becoming …
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As the country continues to grapple with the economic recession, speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has charged President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and other industrialists to exhibit patriotism by helping ensure that the country came out of the current recession. This is even as Alhaji Dangote urged Governor Obaseki of Edo State to adopt …
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US President-elect Donald Trump made the first top appointments of his new administration Sunday, naming Reince Priebus his White House chief and Steve Bannon as his chief strategist and senior counselor. “I am thrilled to have my very successful team continue with me in leading our country,” Trump said in a statement. “Steve and Reince are highly qualified leaders who …
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