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British Prime Minister, David Cameron, has described Nigeria and Afghanistan as “fantastically corrupt” in a conversation with the Queen of England, Elizabeth II. However, in a swift reaction, the Presidency said the British Prime Minister, Mr. Cameron, still had the “old snapshot” of what Nigeria was before the coming of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to have described it as “fantastically …

By Shannon Collins (DoD News) ORLANDO, Fla. — Great Britain’s Prince Harry, former President George W. Bush, and service members from each of their nations led a discussion at the 2016 Invictus Games Symposium on Invisible Wounds presented May 8 by the George W. Bush Institute here. Former First Lady, Laura Bush said she and the Bush Institute leadership were …

Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachukwu, has said new refineries will soon be built to curb incessant fuel scarcity bedevilling the country. Apart from tackling the scarcity in the country, when fully operational, Nigeria will also stand a chance to export to other countries. The minister was speaking in Kaduna, on Tuesday, during a townhall meeting organised by …

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has said the Federal Government will harmonise tuition in all federal universities to stop arbitrary charge of fees by some university authorities. Adamu, made this known while fielding questions on the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja on Tuesday. He said, “Since the protests started, we have summoned the authorities of the universities …

Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured a remand warrant to further detain the Spokesman for the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode, who was detained on Monday over the receipt of public funds to the tune of N840 million out of the N4 billion payout in the heat of the presidential election last year. The remand …

Rampaging militant group, Niger-Delta Avengers,NDA, said, yesterday, it had concluded plans to attack installations in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Calabar. This came as soldiers also, yesterday, invaded Oporoza, headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State and home base of ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo. The troops, who arrived the community in two gunboats, …

The Defence Headquarters has warned against further attacks on oil and gas facilities in the Niger Delta, and declared that it would deal ruthlessly with individuals or groups involved. In a statement in Abuja, Tuesday, by the Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Rabe Abubakar, said the military will not hesitate to deploy available resources to deal decisively with any threats …

Second cohort of Social Innovation Fund Pay for Success project includes Harvard University, LISC, and the University of Utah.   By Alltimepost.com   WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), a United States Federal agency for volunteering and service, on Tuesday announced the winners of its second Social Innovation Fund (SIF) Pay for Success grant competition. …

By Cheryl Pellerin (DoD News) WASHINGTON — Twenty-five years ago, amid the chaos that surrounded the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union, two senators, a Republican and a Democrat, established an unlikely program whose goal was to safeguard the crumbling empire’s arsenal of nuclear weapons. At the time, the Soviet Union had tens of thousands of nuclear weapons and enough …

By Alltimepost.com Male citizens of Benin Kingdom have been urged to comply with the age-long tradition of head shaving in honor of their departed King, His Royal Majesty, Oba Erediauwa, as announced by the Iyase of Benin last week. The National President of apex Edo organization in the Diaspora, the Edo National Association Worldwide (ENAW), Elder Franklin Omoruna made the …