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By Lisa Ferdinando – DoD News WASHINGTON — The Defense Department condemns Sunday’s terrorist attack in Ankara, Turkey, as another horrific act committed against the Turkish people, the Pentagon’s press operations chief said on Monday. “We stand with our Turkish allies in the face of these heinous acts and will continue to deepen our ongoing cooperation in the fight against …

By Lisa Ferdinando – DoD News WASHINGTON — Louisiana National Guardsmen have rescued more than 4,000 people in the floods that have inundated the state over the past week, a state Guard spokesman said. About 1,200 Louisiana Army and Air National Guard members have been mobilized and are working with local partners to support the mission, said Air Force Col. …

If the Nigerian Army authorities get the nod of President Muhammadu Buhari, all suspected serving officers in the ongoing investigation into the $2.1bn arms procurement scandal will undergo military trial, The PUNCH has learnt. A competent government source confided in our correspondent on Sunday that military authorities had sought the President’s permission for the officers to be prosecuted under the …

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday leave Abuja for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, in continuation of the Federal Government’s efforts to achieve greater security of lives, resources and investments in all parts of Nigeria and its sub-region. According to a statement on Sunday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President will, during his visit to …

By Alltimepost.com Boston – Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker hosted the first Innovation and Investment in the Digital Economy Dialogue with Vice President of the European Commission, Andrus Ansip, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) last Friday in Boston Massachusetts. The high level exchange included a bilateral meeting between the two leaders, and a roundtable discussion with invited senior …

By Alltimepost.com The Benin Crown Prince, Eheneden Erediauwa, was on Saturday in Benin formally installed as the Edaiken of Uselu after the successful completion of the mandatory traditional rites. As the Edaiken of Uselu, the heir apparent to the Benin traditional stool is expected to be in Uselu, which will become his temporal place for 90 days. The event attracted …

Former Delta State governor and one-time Senator of Federal Republic of Nigeria, Felix Olorogun Ibru is dead! Olorogun Felix Ibru The 80-yrs old business tycoon, was said to have passed on after a brief illness. Until his death Ibru holds the position of President General of the Urhobo Progressive Union (UPU) He was born on 7 December 1935 at Agbarha-Otor …

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson formally endorsed Donald Trump’s presidential bid Friday, praising the real estate mogul and saying he wants “the voice of the people to be heard.” “He’s actually a very intelligent man who cares deeply about America,” Carson said at a press conference at the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Forida. “There’s two different Donald Trumps. There’s the …

The Management of the PPMC has continued her commitment to ensuring adequate distribution of petroleum products nationwide. With the call off of the strike action by PENGASSAN and NUPENG, the Oil and Gas labour unions, PPMC have stepped up efforts to fill the void in supply created by the impasse. As at today, 228 trucks have been dispatch from Suleja …

The prosecution and the defence counsel have agreed on next Friday, March 18 for the argument of the motion on jurisdiction of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) to try Senate President Bukola Saraki on a charge of alleged false asset declaration slammed on him by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). President of the CCT, Danladi Umar, asked the …