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Former Minister for Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has described the narratives of her former group managing directors, GMDs, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, with regard to the ongoing legislative probe of the oil swap and OPA deals as fabricated tissues of lies. Mr. Andrew Yakubu and Mr Austen Oniwon. The embattled former minister’s denial comes as she strongly refuted …

The Lagos State Government has lauded a proposed multi-million naira flyover to be constructed by the Deeper Christian Life Ministry in the Gbagada area of the state. The bridge is to decongest traffic in the area ahead of the inauguration of the church’s newly constructed cathedral. The campaign and advocacy unit of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority on Thursday …

Four senior police officers, including the Commander of the Anti-Bomb Squad of the Adamawa State Police Command, were killed on Thursday when some bombs exploded at the Jimeta Divisional Police Headquarters in Yola. The blast was said to have occurred at about 11.44am on Thursday when some bombs seized from terrorists suddenly went off. It was gathered that the bombs …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the convocation of a national economic conference aimed at rallying the country together to offer solutions to the current economic challenges facing Nigeria. A top government official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, disclosed this to a group of journalists in Abuja on Thursday. The approval came barely a week after Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole …

By Alltimepost.com Edo State has been described as a prime destination for foreign investors due to the business-friendly environment and basic infrastructure needed by investors. Managing Director of Yongxing Steel Company Limited, Mr. Zheng Changsheng, made this remark on Monday in Benin City when Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State undertook an inspection of the Company’s foundry at Ogua Community …

President Muhammadu Buhari and King Salman Bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, in Riyadh, expressed their commitment to a “stable oil market and a rebound of oil price.” This decision was reached at a bilateral meeting between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, hosted by the ruler, King Salman Bin Abdul-Aziz. Mallam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant …

In the course of his bilateral meeting with the Egyptian leader, Abdul Fattah El-Sisi, President Muahmmadu Buhari recalled that in the course of his service in the army, he too received military training in Egypt. This 24-hour visit to to the Red Sea resort of Sharm Al-Shaikh was not just a ‘trip to Egypt’ as it has been wrongly portrayed, …

ABUJA—Trial of the former National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Haliru Bello, continued yesterday, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, exposing how the defendant allegedly diverted public funds into a company he bequeathed to his son, Abba. The anti-graft agency which is prosecuting the former PDP boss and his son before a Federal High Court sitting …

ABUJA – Apparently jolted by the governors threat to reduce the minimum wage, the Trade Union Congress, TUC, has asked the federal government to review the current minimum wage with the aim of increasing it. This was even as the Congress has urged the federal government to outrightly reverse the privatization of electricity distribution companies, DISCOS, and also cancel the …

By Alltimepost.com WASHINGTON — Over the past nine months, Iraqi security forces have had significant successes and have made noticeable progress that will lead to the eventual defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The commanding general of the Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command for Operation Inherent Resolve, Army Maj. Gen. Richard D. Clarke made the …