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By Oladipo Airenakho Civil Society Organizations, Non Governmental Organizations and the media have been urged to assist in bringing the plights of communities in the Niger Delta to the attention of those directly managing the region’s development institutions. This message was one of the outcomes of a citizen’s report card on Niger Delta Development Agencies, shared at the two-day workshop …

THE Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission has put together a new remuneration package for President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, ministers and members of the National Assembly. Our correspondent gathered in Abuja that commissioners at he RMAFC would spend most of next week to debate and ratify the new salaries and allowances for public officers as prepared by …

By Alltimepost.com Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has stressed the need for Nigeria to return to its strict tax policy which was applicable before the oil boom of the seventies as a way of getting out of the current economic crisis caused by a crash in the price of crude oil. The Governor who said nobody was above taxation …

In a wide-ranging and exclusive interview with Al Jazeera English’s flagship current affairs show,‘UpFront’, Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari pledged to defeat Boko Haram by December but also acknowledged he would be willing to negotiate with the group to secure the release of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls. “They have to prove to us that they are alive, they are well, and …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, arrested the immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, for interrogation over alleged massive corruption during his leadership of the state. A commission source told Tribune Online that Akpabio was arrested on Friday afternoon and was still under interrogation at the official closing hour. There was, however, according to …

Authorities of the Nigerian Army have raised the alarm that the sovereignity of the country is being threatened. The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, in message to troops fighting Boko Haram in the North East, declared that “the next few days will be crucial to Operation Lafiya Dole. It is also crucial to our country Nigeria. Our …

The Obalufe of Iremo, who also doubles as the prime minister of Ile-Ife, Oba Solomon Folorunso Omisakin, is dead. By the virtue of his traditional position in the ancient town, he was the head of Ife kingmakers and next in rank to any Ooni of Ife. It was gathered that Oba Omisakin, who was aged 83, slumped on Thursday morning …

By Gabriel Enogholase There seems to be tension regarding the senatorial zone to produce the next governor of the state in 2016. What is your view on it? The tension was expected. As the election approaches, you are bound to see agitations and each senatorial district is struggling to produce the next governor of the state. If we have to …

Senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and their counterparts in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were locked in battle on Thursday, over the planned screening of former governor of Rivers State, Chief Rotimi Amaechi as a minister-nominee of the Federal Government. Plots and counter-plots between senators of the rival parties have occasioned the delay in screening of the former …

Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Thursday communicated to President Muhammadu Buhari the confirmation by the Senate of 18 nominees whose names were among those forwarded to the legislative body on September 30 for consideration for ministerial positions. Saraki, in an official letter sent through Senator Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Legislative Matters (Senate), informed the …