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ABUJA –  President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, sent a Supplementary Appropriation Bill of four hundred and sixty-five billion, six hundred and thirty-six million, nine hundred and twenty-six thousand, eight hundred and fifty-seven Naira for the 2015 fiscal year to the National Assembly for approval. Of the total sum, N413,363,134,505 is for subsidy payment for petroleum imports, which is the cause of …

Senators who are members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party created an hilarious scene on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday, when they stopped the member representing Lagos Central Senatorial District, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, from addressing the chamber from the seat of the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. The drama ensued when the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, asked the …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the compulsory retirement of Justice Lambo Akanbi of the Port Harcourt Division of the Federal High Court for misconduct. The acting Director of Information, National Judicial Council, Mr. Soji Oye, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, said the compulsory retirement took immediate effect. Oye said the NJC had at its 74th meeting held …

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the arrest of his predecessor’s security adviser, for allegedly stealing some $2bn (£1.3bn). Sambo Dasuki is accused of awarding phantom contracts to buy 12 helicopters, four fighter jets and ammunition. He denies the allegations. The equipment was meant for the fight against Boko Haram Islamist militants. Soldiers have complained that despite the military’s huge …

Funding Nigeria’s electoral process through the newly-introduced Treasury Single Account can only lead to disaster, a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said. Jega said this while delivering a keynote address at the 2015 e-Nigeria Conference, organised by the National Information Technology Development Agency which began in Abuja on Tuesday. The former INEC boss …

Finally, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s Petroleum Resources minister until six months ago, seeks to be understood by Nigerians. The former highflying minister, one of the most influential in the Goodluck Jonathan administration, seems to be begging Nigerians for forgiveness, or at least for some slack in their criticism (or is it hatred of her guts?). Of course, Madueke did not …

BENIN—Worried by the recent outburst of the Edo State governor, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, against the Esama of Benin Kingdom and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, women from across the state under the aegis of Concerned Edo Women, yesterday, took to the streets of Benin to protest the governor’s attack on the Igbinedion family. The women who were …

By Alltimepost.com Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has stressed the need for Nigeria to restore integrity to public schools and give the child of the poor the same opportunity as the child of the rich. He also said that governments at all levels must place a premium on quality education for all as a vehicle to address inequality in …

Alltimepost.com, Lagos – The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development under the Lagos State Government on Thursday, 12th November, 2015 acted inhumanly to an accident victim who is a citizen of the State, and asked to repair the damage section of the ministry’s building. According to report, the victim, Mr Augustine Okuns, who was in the …

The G-20 meeting in Antalya, Turkey, that ended on Monday was supposed to address the economy, but the November 13, 2015 terrorist attack on Paris changed that agenda as President Barack Obama pledged to redouble efforts against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. ISIL took credit for the attacks on Paris that killed 129 people and wounded more …