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The Federal Government has issued supplementary import permits to oil marketers for the importation of petrol due to the poor output from the country’s refineries. It was learnt on Monday that the permits were given to marketers last Thursday by the government, which asked them to bring in the product to supplement domestic production. Officials of the Federal Ministry of …

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) yesterday asked 21 former governors, 42 ex-ministers, and more than 260 former members of the House of Representatives to return their diplomatic and official passports. The NIS said it might be forced to impound the diplomatic and official passports of past public officers defying the directive. The Comptroller-General of Immigration Service, Mr. M. K. Ibeshi, …

OWERRI-Leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazurike has said there is no going back on the agitation for Biafra, in spite of being quizzed by the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of zone 9 over the activities of the movement yesterday. Armed Policemen of the Imo State Police …

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in Aburi, Ghana reassured Nigerians and the international community that he will name his cabinet before the end this month. Buhari spoke at a joint news conference with Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama. The President said: “After I was sworn in, I said I will have my cabinet in September. I expect that Nigerians should ask …

Los Angeles – By Alltimepost.com Edo National Association Worldwide (ENAW) Council of President Chairman, Barrister Dickson Iyawe has called on all Edo people to hold politicians accountable for their stewardship to the state. Barr. Iyawe made the call in his welcome address at the three-day annual Edo National Convention, attended by several dignitaries, including Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State …

Pastor of the Household of God Church, Lagos, Chris Okotie, has described an allegation levelled against him by Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike, that he is responsible for the crisis rocking his marriage, as rubbish. Ike had, in a statement on Thursday, accused Okotie of stalling efforts he is making to save his marriage with Suzanne. Trouble started in Ike’s home …

The Department of State Services has sent two directors and 42 other senior officials on compulsory retirement. A signal from the leadership of the service issued on Wednesday night also named the former DSS spokesperson, Marilyn Ogar, as one of those affected by the development. It is widely believed that the ongoing purge in the service was not unconnected with …

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, have declared their asset Today (Thursday). A statement by the Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu said “the documents submitted to the CCB, which officials say are still being vetted and will soon be made public, show that prior …

As part of efforts to transit from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Federal Government through the office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on the MDGs (OSSAP-MDGs), has introduced Nigeria’s First country-wide data portal, the Nigeria Millennium Development Goals Information System (NMIS) for access to data on education, health and water. …

LAGOS — Hopes for the Federal Government divesting its interest in the nation’s refineries, as being expected were dashed, yesterday, as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, said the facilities are not for sale. Rather than selling the refineries as being expected, the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, said joint venture partners with established track records …