By Alltimepost.com United States Department of Defense announced on Tuesday, the deaths of six airmen who were supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Afghanistan. According to officials, they died December 21, 2015 of wounds suffered when their patrol was attacked by a suicide bomber on a motorcycle near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. Those killed were: Maj. Adrianna M. Vorderbruggen, 36, …
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2016 Budget Speech: “The Budget of Change” Delivered By: His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari President, Federal Republic of Nigeria To : A Joint Session of the National Assembly (on December 22, 2016) PROTOCOLS 1. I am honoured and privileged to present the 2016 Budget proposal. This is my first address before this joint session of the National Assembly. I have come …
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FORMER Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, said decency requires that he keeps quiet and watch events unfold as the new government carries on with governance of the country. He said having served as Minister of Information when he spoke vibrantly in defence of the policies of the last government, it was only proper to let Nigerians hear other voices. Maku …
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ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, HIS EXCELLENCY, SENATOR (DR.) ABUBAKAR BUKOLA SARAKI TO THE JOINT SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON THE PRESENTATION OF THE 2016 DRAFT APPROPRIATION BILL BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT MOHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. Protocol: It is my …
Read More »When people and businesses start living within their means (revenues), and not beyond, it will usher-in a new era of healthy economy that stems from people investing-in/buying what they can afford. This will lead to increased circulation of money in the economy because people who buy what they can afford will pay promptly, which will in turn lead to increased …
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By Alltimepost.com Former Chairman, Board of Trustees of the People’s Democratic Party, Chief Tony Anenih has been asked to return the N260m allegedly shared to him by Nigeria’s former National Security Adviser (NSA) Retired Col. Dasuki Sambo. The whooping sum of money is part of the $2.1 billion Abacha loot meant for arms purchase to fight terrorism in parts of …
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Associates of the embattled National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), who are angry at the frequent denials of interaction by some of those who have dealings with the former security chief while in office were said to have commenced efforts aimed at establishing the links of such persons with Dasuki. Insiders in the plot said that some close …
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The United Nations Security Council has stepped up efforts to block all sources of funding for the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIL), Boko Haram and other terrorist groups. Such sources include ransom payments, no matter by whom. This was contained in a unanimously adopted resolution at a session presided over by the US Treasury Secretary, Jack Lew. The …
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The ‘failed attempt’ on General Buratai’s life. Sheik Ibraheem Zakzaky, 62, the ever turbaned, tough looking leader of the Shiite Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, is an Islamic scholar and a tempestuous preacher. He speaks straight to the powers-that-be and has survived many jail terms in the hands of military governments in the ‘80s and ‘90s for sedition. Never hiding …
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Northern governors, on Saturday, held an emergency meeting in Kaduna State to evolve measures to resolve the crisis between members of the Shiite (Islamic movement) and the Nigerian Army. The meeting, convened under the auspices of the Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF), was chaired by the chairman of the forum, Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State. Addressing his colleagues, Shettima said …
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