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President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the immediate family, friends, professional colleagues and political allies of elder statesman and pro-democracy activist, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, who died on Monday. The President’s condolence message was contained in a statement made available to journalists on Monday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. He expressed the belief that death …

ABUJA—A member of the House of Representatives, Mr Joseph Edionwele, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was ready to chase the Governor Adams Oshiomhole-led All Progressives Congress, APC, out of the state’s Government House in the coming governorship election. Edionwele, who represents Esan West/Esan Central/Igueben federal constituency of Edo State, claimed that the non-performance of the APC government …

CALABAR—Cross River State House of Assembly, CRSHA, has resolved the rift between the state chapter of Nigeria Union of Teachers NUT and the State Universal Basic Education Board SUBEB and directed the latter to continue with its personnel audit of teachers in the state primary school sector. The Speaker of the Assembly, Hon John Lebo, had penultimate week set up …

The Federal Government has promised to reduce the current rate of poverty in the country to the barest minimum. The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma, stated this while speaking at a Social Protection summit in Abuja The Federal Government is currently articulating a reform agenda for the social protection sector as a means of ensuring inclusive …

By Alltimepost.com WASHINGTON — To accelerate operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, it may be necessary to send more U.S. service members to Iraq, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford said on Saturday. Gen. Dunford told Pentagon press corps that in the coming weeks the Department of Defense will …

Elder statesman Dr. Tunji Braithwaite is dead. The 82-year-old lawyer died this morning at St. Nicholas Hospital in Lagos. His son, Olumide, who confirmed his demise, told our correspondent in a telephone conversation the elder statesman died after a brief illness.

The member representing Ohaozara/Onicha/Ivo federal Constituency of Ebonyi state in the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Linus Okorie, has faulted the recent scathing attack by the leader of All Progressive Congress (APC), Ahmed Tinubu, on the Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu on the lingering fuel scarcity. Okorie in a statement on Sunday said that Tinubu derailed along …

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, on Saturday got a tongue-lashing from the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, over his recent comments on the lingering fuel scarcity in the country. The former Governor of Lagos State took a swipe at the minister, who is also the Group Managing Director of the …

He didn’t fancy the word “summit”. Similarly, “conference” or “dialogue”did not also seem appropriate to him.And so, he settled for “retreat”, which was a  smart way to go to avoid dissent. Smartly also, he tied the retreat to the aprons of the National Economic Council, NEC, a body of governors which he, as  Vice President, chairs. Read the insider’s account …

By Jim Hock, Chief of staff to U.S. Commerce Secretary With that historic tweet (“What’s up, Cuba?”) President Obama arrived in Havana, Cuba this week with Secretary Pritzker and other administration officials ready to build on the progress they have made toward normalization of relations between our two nations. In addition to meeting with government officials and a delegation of …