NewsReports

By Igbotako Nowinta – Alltimepost.com Nigeria Bureau Chief As Edo State prepares for gubernatorial election in 2016, indications have emerged that incumbent Governor Adams Oshiomhole would hand over power to another comrade. The labor leader-turned Governor is said to have made it known to close associates that only a comrade would succeed him. Edo State commissioner for Establishment & Special …

The world would risk “even more war in the Middle East” without the nuclear agreement with Iran, US President Barack Obama has warned. He challenged critics of Tuesday’s deal to present a better alternative. This is seen as a veiled reference to his Republican opponents in Congress. The UN Security Council will vote next week on a resolution endorsing the …

The Federal Ministry of Education, on Wednesday, alerted the public to the activities of fraudsters asking scholarship applicants to pay some money for the processing of their awards. Dr MacJohn Nwaobiala, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, who briefed newsmen in Abuja, said the fraudsters also made same demands on candidates seeking admission into unity schools. Nwaobiala said that the …

Sunday Oliseh has been unveiled by the Nigeria Football Federation as coach of the Super Eagles. The 40-year-old was the overwhelming favourite to be handed the role after the ‘Big Boss,’ Stephen Keshi, was shown the exit door by the NFF two weeks ago. On Wednesday, Oliseh finally signed a contract with the NFF which ties him to the Super …

Lagos – Against the backdrop of worsening hardships facing civil servants, the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCEN) has demanded N46,000 as minimum wage for workers. The Secretary-General of ASCEN, Mr Basir Lawal, said in Lagos on Wednesday that the current N18, 000 minimum wage was no longer feasible. He said the new wage being sought by workers …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), after the Combined Policy Meeting with stakeholders which took place yesterday, announced that the deadline for 2015/2016 admission exercise will be on Saturday, 31st October, 2015. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, who made the announcement, said that it was imperative for all vice-chancellors, rectors and provosts to abide by the agreement and …

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the cut-off mark for admission into all tertiary institutions in Nigeria. According to the JAMB registrar, Dibu Ojerinde, at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, the cut-off for this year for degree programmes is 180, and 150 for national certificate in education, national diploma and national innovation diplomas. (Vanguard)

Iran and six world powers have concluded an agreement that will lift sanctions on Iran but place strict limits on its nuclear programme for more than a decade, in a historic compromise designed to stop the spread of atomic weapons and avert a major new conflict in the Middle East. The deal, concluded in a Vienna hotel after prolonged talks …

The NNPC (Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation) must die!” These were the words of the Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, in Abuja on Monday. A visibly angry el-Rufai, while speaking at the 7th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series, lambasted the national oil firm for being run like a parallel government, adding that he was hopeful that the current …

By Alltimepost.com Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has accused the former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of illegally taking $1 billion from the federation account to prosecute the re-election bid of former President Goodluck Jonathan. In his speech at a Seminar organized by the Edo state government for Permanent Secretaries, Directors and …