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Another round of crisis appears to be brewing between the executive and the federal legislature over the present administration’s plan to borrow $29.96bn from external sources. President Muhammadu Buhari had, on Tuesday last week, asked the National Assembly to approve the external borrowing plan to enable his government to raise funds to execute key infrastructural projects across the country between …

The World Bank and International Monetary Fund, IMF, have piled pressure on the Federal Government to come up with an economic blueprint, if its drive for foreign loans was not to be stalled. Vanguard gathered that officials of both financial institutions have questioned the Minister of Finance and her team over the absence of a blueprint for which the loans …

By Alltimepost.com Following years of community outreach, Boston-based evangelical mission, Fire of Life Ministries, now has a church of its own to be dedicated to the glory of God on Sunday October 30, 2016. The event will take place at the church building, 66 Spark Street Brockton, Massachusetts, United States of America from 11:30am to 1:30pm. The founder of the …

Whatever doubts gnaw at Donald Trump at dead of night, his hardcore supporters will not allow him to give up the dream of the White House. All 18 people interviewed by the Guardian at a Trump campaign rally in the battleground state of Ohio on Thursday night challenged the basic premise that he is losing. If anything, they seemed even …

Hillary Clinton deployed the star power of Michelle Obama in North Carolina on Thursday, laying out the stakes in the presidential election and then turning the stage over to the popular first lady. Appearing together for the first time on the campaign trail, Clinton and Obama shared a platform at a packed arena. Both warned sharply against voter apathy. “Hillary …

By Alltimepost.com  Edo State Government has suspended the Onojie of Uromi from office for seven days as a result of alleged physical assault on one Mrs. Betty Okoebor on September 28, 2016 in full public glare, an action which the authority said was unbecoming of a traditional ruler. The government also directed him to tender a public apology to his …

The Police Service Commission has suspended the ongoing recruitment of 10,000 personnel into the Nigeria Police Force following pressure from the Senate and the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris. The decision to stop the exercise was taken by the commission about two weeks ago, shortly after it concluded the screening of 110,469 shortlisted candidates, The PUNCH learnt on Thursday. Investigations …

Retired senior US military pilots are increasingly alarmed that Hillary Clinton’s proposal for “no-fly zones” in Syria could lead to a military confrontation with Russia that could escalate to levels that were previously unthinkable in the post-cold war world. The former strategists spoke to the Guardian as Clinton’s Republican rival Donald Trump warned that Clinton’s proposal to establish “safe zones” …

Donald Trump’s close financial ties to Energy Transfer Partners, operators of the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline, have been laid bare, with the presidential candidate invested in the company and receiving more than $100,000 in campaign contributions from its chief executive. Trump’s financial disclosure forms show the Republican nominee has between $500,000 and $1m invested in Energy Transfer Partners, with …

Consultative meeting organised by the state Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) in Awka. The commissioner recalled that the state government had earlier targeted 210, 000 metric tonnes of rice production per annum. “Based on the calculation of our expected yields, we are expecting to realise over 236, 000 metric tonnes of rice in 2016 based on the production capacity.’’ Mbanefo …