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Barack Obama lands in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to face some potentially awkward questions from his hosts – not least over a push by some of his political allies for the kingdom to be held responsible in US courts for any role in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. On his final trip to the region before leaving office, the US president …

A patient at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Edo State, has reportedly died of Lassa fever. It was learnt that the patient, said to be a male whose identity could not be ascertained, died at the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital, after a surgery. Our correspondent also gathered that all ‎the doctors, nurses and other auxiliary staff, who …

As the wave of controversy over Panama Papers moves across the world, sweeping persons and institutions off their feet, it appears not to have shaken anyone or anything in Nigeria. This is despite that several prominent Nigerians are alleged to be among the Africans named in the data detailing secret offshore assets released by a German newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung. Nigerians …

Javier and Daniel sit rigidly on a dirty mattress inside the makeshift hovel, peering out from behind a tattered comforter, their bodies shaking. Angel is on a broken, stained office chair just outside. In a slumping, mildewed tent next door, three men lie motionless side by side under a pile of blankets, staring up at the moist canvas. Two other …

ABUJA — As controversy continues to trail the budget transmitted by the National Assembly to the Presidency for assent, indications emerged, last night, that President Muhammadu Buhari was still furious with the high level of distortions inflicted on his estimates by the lawmakers. Buhari presents N6.08trn 2016 budget to NASS This came as the Senate, weekend, moved to pacify Southern …

IF I had known, if I had seen death coming, if I had listened to my wife calling out to me, Daddy, don’t go, I would have remained in the ward where I would have stayed overnight with my wife and she would be alive today.” This was the lamentation of Mr. Ausbeth Udebu, bereaved husband of the late Mrs …

The secret distribution of the first batch of the brand new 108 Sport Utility Vehicles to 36 senators last Thursday has started generating tension and ill-feelings among members of the upper chamber. Investigations by our correspondent revealed that each senator from the 36 states had collected the keys to the Land Cruiser jeeps. A senator who craved anonymity, confided in …

The troops of the Nigerian Army have recovered large cache of arms and ammunition from the Boko Haram insurgents in Gursum, Borno State. The Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj. Gen. Lucky Irabor, said this in the text of a press briefing on the recovered arms and ammunition, forwarded to our correspondent that the troops recovered the items following a …

By Alltimepost.com In line with its effort to shut down the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, Cuba, the Obama Administration on Saturday announced the transfer of nine detainees in the camp to the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Department of Defense gave the names of those affected as follows: Ahmed Umar Abdullah Al-Hikimi, Abdul Rahman Mohammed Saleh Nasir, …

Zara is 17 years old and she has a terrible story. It is the story of Boko Haram and what this brutal Islamist group is doing to thousands of people in north-eastern Nigeria and surrounding countries. Zara was kidnapped by Boko Haram and then freed by the army, but now finds herself sometimes wishing she was back in the forest …