The Deji of Akure Kingdom, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi weekend ordered food stuff sellers in town and it’s environs to immediately cut down the high cost of food stuff or risk their shop being closed down. We gathered that the traditional rulers intervention followed a recent market survey of the prices of some food stuffs in the town as compared to …
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As the casualty figures from the bloody re-run Rivers State national and Legislative elections begin to emerge Sunday, security authorities have confirmed that a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP Alkali Mohammed) and his orderly were killed and beheaded during an ambush at Omoku. The officer, who was leading about 12 Mobile Police officers of MOPOL 48 on election security duty …
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Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Saturday accused the Nigerian Army and the Special Anti-Robbery Squad ( SARS) of the Nigerian Police of hijacking election materials in Rivers South-East district. Wike made the remark while reacting to the alleged mass shootings by security operatives in Khana, Gokana , Akuku-Toru and Etche Local Government Areas (LGAs) during the elections. He …
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The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, narrowly escaped death on Saturday as the building of Reigners’ Bible Church Int’l Inc, along Uyo Village Road, Uyo, the state capital, collapsed during service. The incident left about 200 worshippers dead. Sources said it took the efforts of the governor’s security officers to whisk him away to safety. He was …
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Fire on Sunday razed a popular shopping mall, Phill-Hallmark Supermarket, Sapele road, in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, destroying several goods worth billions of naira. It was gathered that the fire started at about 2am, when only a few of the staff were present. It was learnt that the inferno completely destroyed the four floors of the main …
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Ghana’s President, John Mahama, on Friday evening called to congratulate oppostion candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo, 72, the acclaimed winner of Wednesday’s presidential election in the country, BBC has confirmed. One of Akufo-Addo’s aides, Eugene Arhin, confirmed to journalists that the President had called Akufo-Addo, candidate of the New Patriotic Party. Mahama had previously said he would respect the outcome of the …
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Sixty-seven were injured in a blast that occurred at Madagali Market in Adamawa on Friday morning, the National Emergency Management Agency reported NEMA’s Head of Media and Public Relations, Mr Sani Datti, in a statement said the cause of the blast, which occurred at about 11 a.m, had yet to be ascertained. Datti said the victims had been evacuated to …
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted leave to a group, Kingdom Human Rights Foundation, to commence its suit seeking an order for the arrest of the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, and his Science and Technology counterpart, Mr. Ogbonnaya Onu, over recent allegations levelled against them by two Justices of the Supreme Court. The plaintiff, in its …
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The London 2012 Olympics were “corrupted on an unprecedented scale” by Russia’s government and sports authorities, who colluded to ensure the country’s sportspeople were able to take a cocktail of banned performance-enhancing drugs yet evade doping tests, it has been revealed. A report by the respected Canadian law professor Richard McLaren on behalf of the World Anti-Doping Agency also found …
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By Alltimepost.com Benin City, Nigeria – Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) is waging a war against rape and human rights abuse at the three tiers of Nigeria’s educational institutions. To this end, the organization will launch its maiden video skit titled, “busted,” as an innovative multimedia instrument to address the menacing issues and draw attention to the …
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