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The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, has broken his silence on the raid on the houses and arrests of two Justices of the Supreme Court and other judges by the Department of State Services, describing the operations as regrettable. Justice Mohammed spoke on Monday at the valedictory court session held in honour of a retiring Justice of the …

A cornered Donald Trump prowled the presidential debate stage on Sunday, threatening to jail an opponent he called “the devil” in a last-ditch bid to staunch his hemorrhaging campaign hopes. Swaying malevolently behind Hillary Clinton as she parried attacks on everything from her husband’s sex life to Wall Street and her foreign policy judgment, the Republican dominated the night but …

By Alltimepost.com HILTON HEAD, S.C., Oct. 10, 2016 — The South Carolina National Guard responded to missions along the state’s coastal region yesterday in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, clearing roads so people could return to their homes. National Guard assets were pre-positioned throughout the region in preparation for the devastation expected as the storm passed through the state. “When …

We are not in 1984 The Federal Government should know that this is not 1984. By 1984, I refer to that year and the dystopian novel written by George Orwell on dictatorship. Nigeria is a country ruled by law and even for the worst of crimes, we must follow the process of law. If we don’t, we will end up …

Hurricane Matthew has transformed Haiti into a disaster zone, yet again. The powerful storm affected 350,000 people. United Nations officials are calling the destruction left in the wake of the country’s worst humanitarian crisis since the devastating earthquake in 2010. At least 336 people have died since Matthew made landfall in Haiti on Tuesday as a Category 4 hurricane, and …

Barring any last-minute change in plan, President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday hand over some aircraft in the Presidential Air Fleet to the Nigerian Air Force. A top Presidency source told our correspondent on condition of anonymity that the handover ceremony would hold at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Although the source was not forthcoming …

The Department of State Services says it recovered over N270m from the houses of the judges it raided late on Friday and in the early hours of Saturday. The agency said this on Saturday, while explaining the reason for its widely-criticised raid, during which over four judges were arrested. The DSS said N93,558,000.00; $530,087; £25,970; and €5,680 (a total of …

(CNN)-Donald Trump has one more chance to save his flailing White House campaign. Trump will square off Sunday night against Hillary Clinton in the second presidential debate, an opportunity to look the nation in the eye and express genuine contrition for lewd and sexually aggressive comments about women he made a decade ago. New revelations emerged Saturday after CNN’s Kfile …

A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, says the biggest challenge confronting the commission is the reckless mindset of politicians, who believe that winning an election is a do-or-die affair. Through this mindset, Jega said, Nigerian politicians had turned the nation’s electoral arena into a bloody battlefield characterised by political thuggery, snatching of ballot boxes …

ARLINGTON, Va. — Florida National Guard members began aerial and ground search-and-rescue operations on Friday as Hurricane Matthew continued to move northward, pummeling the U.S. southeastern coast with heavy rains and wind. “The Guard is very well postured to be able to support with well-trained soldiers and airmen in specific skills sets to assist civil authorities,” said Air Force Maj. …