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By Alltimepost.com The Obama Administration announced Tuesday that the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council chairmanship position will rotate from U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, effective March 2016. This transition builds upon the significant progress that the Council has made since its establishment in July 2012 in response to the Deepwater Horizon spill. …

ABUJA—Police authorities in Abuja yesterday night said Ese Oruru, freed Monday, will now be officially handed over to her mother, Mrs. Oruru, today. 14 years old Ese Rita Oruru was brought to Police headquarters at Louis Edet House at about 12. 55pm amid tight police protection. ABDUCTED GIRL — Freed Ese Oruru and an escort at Police Headquarters, Abuja, yesterday. …

The mother of 14-year-old Ese Oruru has finally reunited with her daughter in Abuja. The Tuesday reunion came almost eight months after her abduction from Bayelsa to Kano State by Yunusa, aka Yellow, a regular customer at her mother’s food stall, in August last year. In an exclusive, but brief chat with our correspondent at about 9.45pm, Ese sounded happy …

Ese Oruru and her abductor, Yinusa have arrived at the force headquarters, Abuja. They were brought in by armed policemen from Zone 1 headquarters, Kano some minutes ago. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olabisi Kolawole, confirmed that Ese was being kept in a waiting room, pending the arrival of her mother from Yenogoa, Bayelsa State. She explained that mother and …

The 14 years old Ese Rita Oruru, who was abducted by one Yinusa, alias Yelllow, from her mother’s shop in Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, August 12, 2015, and whisked to Kano State, has been rescued. She was freed last night, following a directive by the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, to the Commissioner of Police, Kano State, …

Nigerians have expressed outrage over the alleged abduction of 14-year-old Ese Oruru by one Yinusa, aka Yellow, who also forced her into marriage. Nigerians, who read the story of the helpless minor on The PUNCH’s website on Sunday, took a swipe at the inactions of the authorities, saying the girl was abandoned to wallow in captivity. Yinusa, a tricycle driver, …

A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain in Edo State, Mr Osahon Igiebor, has expressed misgivings over what he termed the mismanagement by the present government of the state under Governor Adams Oshiomhole of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Igiebor has vowed to petition the governor before the presidency to constitute a panel to investigate the accounting books of the state …

By Alltimepost.com WASHINGTON — The cessation of hostilities in Syria could be a “first step” in ending Syria’s civil war, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Monday during a Pentagon news conference. The agreement, which went into effect over the weekend, could also be a move toward helping the Syrian people, Carter said. Brokered by the U.S. and Russia, the …

The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has said the Emir of Kano’s Hajj trip is responsible for the delay in securing the release of 14-year-old Ese Oruru, who is being held captive in Kano State. Arase said this on Sunday after the launch of a “Free Ese” Campaign by PUNCH, which drew the attention of thousands of Nigerians to the …

LAGOS — The Consumer Advocacy Foundation of Nigeria (CAFON), a non-profit making organization, has threatened to boycott banking services from today,Tuesday, March 1, 2016, owing to perceived arbitrary charges by commercial banks. Consequently, Central Bank of Nigeria, has called on bank customers to be vigilant against excessive bank charges and channel complaints to appropriate authorities, instead of participating in the …