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By Alltimepost.com Colonel Samaila Inusa of the Nigerian Army who was kidnapped on Sunday March 27, 2016, was found dead on Tuesday at about 6.00pm. Preliminary investigation revealed that most likely the late senior officer was killed same day he was kidnapped by his abductors because the body was found already decomposing around Ajyaita village, off Eastern Bypass Kaduna, Kaduna …

ABUJA – Aware of the present harsh economic realities, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said that his government is taking pragmatic steps to cushion the effects on Nigerians, assuring that there were better days ahead. The president who chaired the 8th Annual Bola Tinubu Colloquium held at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja spoke on the theme of the Colloquium: …

Following backlashes which trailed his comments that the biting fuel scarcity across parts of the country would linger till May, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, in a dramatic u-turn on Today (Tuesday), said that the long queues in the country’s petrol stations would disappear on Monday, April 7, 2016. Kachikwu who is also the Group Managing …

There were indications last night that the latest video purportedly released last week by the leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, might not have emanated from the Boko Haram leader after all. A source, who pleaded anonymity, said that the video, in which Shekau was said to have said that the end of the sect’s campaign was near, …

Atlanta-Under increasing pressure from major corporations that do business in Georgia, Gov. Nathan Deal announced Monday he will veto a bill that critics say would have curtailed the rights of Georgia’s LGBT community. House Bill 757 would have given faith-based organizations in Georgia the option to deny services and jobs to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. Supporters said the …

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the immediate family, friends, professional colleagues and political allies of elder statesman and pro-democracy activist, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, who died on Monday. The President’s condolence message was contained in a statement made available to journalists on Monday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. He expressed the belief that death …

ABUJA—A member of the House of Representatives, Mr Joseph Edionwele, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was ready to chase the Governor Adams Oshiomhole-led All Progressives Congress, APC, out of the state’s Government House in the coming governorship election. Edionwele, who represents Esan West/Esan Central/Igueben federal constituency of Edo State, claimed that the non-performance of the APC government …

CALABAR—Cross River State House of Assembly, CRSHA, has resolved the rift between the state chapter of Nigeria Union of Teachers NUT and the State Universal Basic Education Board SUBEB and directed the latter to continue with its personnel audit of teachers in the state primary school sector. The Speaker of the Assembly, Hon John Lebo, had penultimate week set up …

The Federal Government has promised to reduce the current rate of poverty in the country to the barest minimum. The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma, stated this while speaking at a Social Protection summit in Abuja The Federal Government is currently articulating a reform agenda for the social protection sector as a means of ensuring inclusive …

By Alltimepost.com WASHINGTON — To accelerate operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, it may be necessary to send more U.S. service members to Iraq, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford said on Saturday. Gen. Dunford told Pentagon press corps that in the coming weeks the Department of Defense will …