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The family of the immediate past National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, has said that their son is ready to refund the N400m he allegedly collected from the office of the former National Security Adviser, Lt.Col. Sabo Dasuki (retd). Chief Gilbert Metuh, who issued the statement on behalf of the Metuh family, said his brother’s …

The rescued 14-year-old Ese Oruru was on Thursday morning delivered of a baby girl. Ese, was allegedly abducted in Bayelsa State in August 2015 and taken to Kano State where she was converted to Islam and married out without the consent of her parents. Since her return to Yenagoa, she has lived at the Police Officers’ Mess in Yenagoa, Bayelsa …

By Alltimepost.com Several passengers of Dana Airline, a commercial air fleet in Nigeria were stranded and embarrassed on Thursday morning when aggrieved workers, including pilots of the company embarked on a strike action as a result of unpaid three – month salaries. Alltimepost.com gathered that two of their scheduled flights, one going to Abuja and the other to Eastern part …

The federal government has named a new set of chief executives for six agencies under the Ministry of Information and Culture. The appointments were announced in Abuja wednesday by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed. The new Directors-General are: Mr. Ishaq Modibo Kawu – Director-General, Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC); Mr. Mansur Liman – Director-General, Federal Radio Corporation of …

The Federal Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress have set up a 16-man committee to work out palliative measures and fashion out a new minimum wage that will cushion the effects of the increase in the pump price of petrol. The NLC had announced the suspension of its strike to demand for reversal of pump price per litre from N145 …

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, Wednesday, described the recent increment in the pump price of petrol as one of the gifts of President Muhammadu Buhari to Nigerians to celebrate his one year in office, saying the president’s one year in office as “a colossal waste.” In a statement titled; “Petrol Price Increment as Buhari’s 1st Year Anniversary Gift to …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is set to charge the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo, over a fresh revelation that he allegedly helped a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to launder $153m during the build-up to the presidential election. An impeccable source at the EFCC told one of our correspondents that Okonkwo was …

Tomatoes, one of its main ingredients and a staple of Nigerian cuisine, are going for $2 each at local markets, with wholesale baskets costing as much as N42,000 or $212, Kaduna State Agriculture Commissioner, Manzo Daniel, told AFP. The culprit is a moth called Tuta absoluta, which has destroyed crops in the northern Kaduna State, forcing the local government councils …

Donald Trump easily won the Washington state primary on Tuesday, but his victory was overshadowed by violence outside a rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where protesters smashed windows and threw rocks at police. With 73% of votes counted in Washington, Trump had won 76.2% of primary voters. John Kasich and Ted Cruz, both of whom have dropped out of the …

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi on Tuesday appealed to Nigerians to be patient and give the administration more time to achieve its objectives. Making the appeal while answering questions at the forum of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, Amaechi said: Rotimi Amaechi “We encountered challenges; were we expecting to encounter those challenges? yes; did we think …