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In a judgment lasting three tension-soaked hours, the Appeal Court, Abuja, resolved the controversy surrounding the governorship ticket of the Ondo Peoples Democratic Party in favour of Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, sending the PDP supporters in the 40-year-old state into wild jubilation. The judgment delivered on Wednesday by the Justice Ibrahim Saulawa-led three-member panel lifted the pall of uncertainty hanging over …

(CNN) President-elect Donald Trump is sounding a different tune as he prepares to take on the mantle of the presidency. The brash businessman has already begun to step away from some of his rhetoric and promises he made during the presidential campaign — ranging from how he’ll treat Hillary Clinton to what he can accomplish with Congress. Here’s Donald Trump …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday ended its week long warning strike, asking lecturers nationwide to return to their classrooms, even as negotiations continued with the federal government, especially on one of the crucial demands by the union that government must exempt universities in the country from the Treasury Single Account (TSA) policy. The policy requires all federal …

Relief appears on the way for motorists and commuters plying the Enugu-Onitsha and Enugu-Port Harcourt express roads, as the Federal Government has mobilized contractors to return to sites to rehabilitate the roads that have been death traps for some times. Work on the Enugu-Onitsha highway was abandoned over 10 years ago. It will be recalled that eminent citizens from the …

By Alltimepost.com Members of Edo Civil Society Organizations were attacked this morning while protesting the recent passage of the bill, amending the existing legislation on the Pension Rights of Governors and their Deputies, with the approval of N300m housing largesse for ex-governors and their deputies by the state lawmakers. As planned, the showdown started at about 7: am Nigerian time …

Donald Trump has issued a video outlining his policy plans for his first 100 days in office and vowing to issue a note of intent to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership “from day one”. In the brief clip posted to YouTube on Monday, the president-elect said that “our transition team is working very smoothly, efficiently, and effectively”, contradicting a wealth …

The Ebonyi Government is to enforce its ban on the sale of foreign rice in markets and other outlets in the State. Gov. David Umahi made the disclosure when participants of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Senior Course 39, Jaji, visited him in Abakaliki on Monday. According to the governor, the order would soon be enforced to ensure …

As a week nationwide warning strike by university lecturers ends on Tuesday, the teachers are threatening to go on an indefinite strike if their demands are not met. Dr Ifeanyi Abada, the Chairman of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) Chapter of the Academic staff Union of Universities (ASUU), made this known on Tuesday in Nsukka, Enugu State. “ASUU was …

Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Monday, urged judges to shun corruption in order to align themselves with the President Muhammadu Buhari Administration’s anti-graft stride. Onnnoghen, who spoke in Abuja, also urged them to ensure an independent, strong, respectable and responsible judiciary by adhering to their oath of office as contained in the Constitution and Code of …

President Barack Obama has warned Donald Trump he won’t be able to pursue many of his more controversial policies once he is in office. In his final international speech before he leaves the White House in January, Obama said he could not guarantee Trump would not try to implement controversial positions he took during campaign but he could guarantee “reality …