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The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointments of the service chiefs after over four hours of rigorous screening behind closed doors. The closed-session which started at about 11:25am, ended around 3:45pm. The officers who answered various questions from the senators are Major General Abayomi Olonishakin, Chief of Defence Staff; Major General Tukur Buratai, Chief of Army Staff; and Rear Admiral …

By Alltimepost.com Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has described Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as “a worthy ambassador” of the nation’s “Progressives” community. Professor Soyinka gave the commendation at an exclusive reception he held for Comrade Oshiomhole and his wife, Iara, at his Abeokuta home, assisted by his wife, Folake Soyinka, last weekend. In a reference to Comrade Oshiomhole’s …

The United States dollar will further tumble against the naira at the parallel market this week as Deposit Money Banks continue to reject cash deposit of foreign currencies into customers’ domiciliary accounts. The naira had appreciated against the dollar from 245 to 220 at the parallel market last week after banks started denying their customers opportunity to make cash deposits …

ABUJA – Nigeria has made a headway in her efforts to recover looted funds stashed in different banks abroad by officials of past administrations. This was the disclosure by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja. The president said that his administration has taken its efforts to recover looted Nigerian funds a step further by identifying banks, financial institutions and …

By Gboyega Amoboye The late Chief Obafemi Awolowo and President Muhammadu Buhari might have lived at different times but, like identical twins, possess many things in common-dynamism, pragmatism, integrity, self- discipline, vision and passion-to make Nigeria work. The impeccable past of these tested leaders has proved that the bane of the country’s slow development since independence has been lack of …

Strong indications emerged on Saturday that the new Chief of Staff, Maj. – Gen. Tukur Buratai, has begun the process of reviewing cases of soldiers dismissed from service as a result of alleged acts of cowardice, insubordination, mutiny and related allegations. Our correspondents learnt that the Army under the leadership of Buratai was revisiting all the cases against military officers …

The Bayero University, Kano Alumni Association on Thursday expressed concern over the state of education in the country and called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the sector. According to the association, the declaration will compel every Nigerian child to attend primary and secondary school in line with global trends. The association’s President, Muhammad Usman, …

Angry workers of the Peoples Democratic Party have accused the members of the National Working Committee of the party of squandering N12bn in nine months. Out of the total sum, the workers said N11bn was realised from the sale of nomination forms while N1bn accrued from the sale of delegates forms. They alleged that the money was squandered shortly after …

The General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said that he is not expecting a ministerial appointment from President Muhammadu Buhari. Bakare, who spoke in an interview with Sahara TV monitored by our correspondent on Thursday, however, parried a question on whether he would accept a ministerial appointment if offered by the President. Bakare, who was …

By Alltimepost.com Renowned film director, Mr. Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen has been awarded the Eghoba Global Presidential Award by the Eghosa Anglican Grammar School Old Boys Association. The award was recently presented to him at the association’s 2015 4th annual convention in London in recognition of his distinguished contributions and devotion to the arts and movie industry. At the award ceremony, …