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It takes about three minutes to walk from the lowbrow Emporium nightclub where Donald Trump is being feted at a Republican fundraiser on Thursday night to the unmarked spot on the sidewalk in Patchogue where Marcelo Lucero died after being attacked by a pack of white teenagers in 2008, just days after Barack Obama became America’s first black president. Lucero, …

By Igbotako Nowinta – Alltimepost.com Nigerian Bureau Chief   The people of Edo state have been called upon to see the inauguration of the Society for Peace Studies and Practice (SPSP), Edo state branch as a good omen that will further enhance sustainable peace, security and development in the state. Dr. Willie A. Eselebor, national president of the organization made …

Friends and family members of Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped two years ago say they have identified some of them in a new video obtained by CNN. The footage, apparently filmed in December, shows 15 girls in black robes identifying themselves. The girls were taken from a school in the town of Chibok by members of the Islamist group Boko Haram. Relatives …

A 16-year-old girl identified as Fati, who regained freedom after spending two years in Boko Haram’s captivity, has explained how teenage girls volunteer to go on suicide missions in order to escape molestation and other forms of hardship under the sect. Fati, whose name was changed to protect her identity, said young girls fight to strap on a bomb, not …

By Alltimepost.com Nigeria’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the guidelines and timetable for the governorship election holding in Edo State on September 10, this year. According to INEC, Party Primaries will hold from June 2 to July 4, 2016 and campaigns will commence on Sunday June 10, 2016, while the official register of voters for …

Five parents of the abducted 219 Chibok schoolgirls have received calls from the phone numbers of their missing daughters, our correspondent gathered on Tuesday. The parents who reportedly called back the lines were however told off by the respondents at the other end. The Chairman, Chibok Community in Abuja, Tsambido Abana, told our correspondent that the community planned to report …

Jaime Galvan’s family made no sound on the frigid morning when they visited his grave. There were no bereaved memorials, no whispers, no audible prayers. They stood in silence, holding each other as a mix of tears and snow ran down their faces, out of respect for the father and husband they believe Chicago police killed at the Homan Square …

By Alltimepost.com Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, on Sunday undertook an inspection tour of the newly completed four blocks of classrooms by the State Government for the Internally Displaced Persons in Edo State. The project, intended to bring education to the doorsteps of the displaced children in the IDP camp, located in Uhogua, Benin City, consists of staff room, …

It may not be possible for a government to build industries across the state and turn the economy around within a short time of eight years. There are however quick-wins that a serious government can undertake to achieve stunning results to the acclaim of a famished people. In other words, there are opportunities that a government can exploit immediately they …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has requested Mr Sam Saba, Chairman, Code of Conduct Bureau investigate the current and immediate past high-ranking public officers named in the Panama Papers and others that are maintaining and operating or have maintained and operated foreign accounts in other safe havens and secrecy jurisdictions. The organisation then urged the Bureau to refer such …