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By Alltimepost.com Washington, D.C. – United States Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker has emphasized the importance of the 2017 budget request, saying it will enable her Department to better serve American businesses as they seek to access the 96 percent of potential customers who live beyond the nation’s borders. Sec Pritzker made the assertions on Tuesday while testifying before the …

Washington (CNN)-President Barack Obama on Tuesday called for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility after delivering his plan to Congress to achieve a goal that has long eluded his presidency. The blueprint comes seven years after Obama made an Oval Office vow to permanently shutter the prison for enemy combatants, but it already faces objections from Republicans and …

It emerged at the weekend that the insistence of the governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to field the former Governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, as the National Chairman of the party was due to some underground arrangements currently ongoing in the polity. Sources close to the party told the Sunday Tribune that the former Borno …

Former senate president, Senator David Mark yesterday described his victory at the re run election as an opportunity to serve the people of the senatorial district. Mark who spoke to newsmen at his residence in Otukpo yesterday said that the victory was for every person living in the senatorial district, hence, a renew mandate to further put the nation on …

President Muhammadu Buhari is to leave Abuja on Monday for a week-long official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Qatar. According to a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Sunday, the President, who will be accompanied by a high-powered Federal Government delegation, including the Minister of …

Washington (CNN)- Donald Trump’s general election prediction: He’ll face Hillary Clinton, and the two will bring out “the greatest turnout in history.” “Frankly, if she gets indicted, that’s the only way she’s going to be stopped. I think it’s going to be Hillary and myself,” the Republican real estate mogul said Sunday in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State …

Efforts by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to extract information from Ojogbame Adegbe the aide-de-camp to former President Goodluck Jonathan, relating to the N10 billion allegedly moved from the Office of the National Security Adviser for political purposes, may have met a brickwall. ojogbame A source close to the investigation said that Adegbe, a colonel in the Nigerian …

The Independent National Election Commission, INEC, has declared former Senate President, David Mark, as the winner of the February 20 Benue South Senatorial District Re-run election. Mark polled a total of 84, 192 while his main challenger, Daniel Onjeh had 71, 621 votes. Mark won in five local government areas while Onjeh won in four. The result was declared by …

By Alltimepost.com U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker has submitted to Congress the first legislative reports required of the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI). The NNMI Annual Report highlights the program’s initial success in spurring private-sector investment to support the development of manufacturing processes based on U.S. innovations. Secretary Pritzker also submitted a Strategic Plan that describes the program’s …

By Alltimepost.com Former two-time Governor of the defunct Bendel State, now Edo State, Dr. Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia has pledged his continued support for Governor Adams Oshiomhole, saying “I will continue to work with you until my grave.” Dr. Ogbemudia made the pledge when Oshiomhole paid him a courtesy visit in his home, in Benin City, on Wednesday in recognition of …