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By DoD News WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Friday condemned North Korea’s latest nuclear test in the strongest possible terms and both leaders reaffirmed to regional allies America’s unwavering commitment in the face of Pyongyang’s aggression. Obama issued a statement this morning about today’s North Korean nuclear test and Carter discussed the test at …

By Alltimepost.com Benin City, Nigeria – Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has charged journalists to be fair and impartial in their reports, saying there’s no democracy without a free press. Oshiomhole made the call while receiving the leadership of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), led by its President, Waheed Odusile who paid him a courtesy visit at the …

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has described the postponement of the Edo State governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission as a dangerous signal for the country’s democracy. A statement by Fayose’s Special Assistant on Public Communication and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, on Thursday, accused the All Progressives Congress of precipitating the postponement of the election. The statement said, …

SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI, GCFR. AT THE LAUNCH OF THE NATIONAL RE-ORIENTATION CAMPAIGN “CHANGE BEGINS WITH ME”, AT THE BANQUET HALL OF THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA. ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH 2016.   I welcome you all to this important occasion of the launching of the National Re-orientation Campaign, called ‘Change Begins With Me’. Nigeria today is passing …

President Muhammadu Buhari launched the change campaign, code-named, “Change Begins With Me,” in Abuja, yesterday, vowing to eliminate rent-seeking from the nation’s public service. He told the gathering of top government officials, civil society organizations and private sector operators that he was not under any illusion that the needed change would happen overnight. The president said he was, however, optimistic …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has agreed to shift the Edo State governorship election to wednesday 28th September, 2016. The decision to postpone the election was reached at a security meeting held in Benin, the Edo State capital this evening. A national commissioner at the commission said the Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, and other national officials of …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday dispelled rumours of postponement of the Sept. 10 governorship election in Edo. Mr Solomon Soyebi, INEC National Commissioner in-charge of Voter Education and Publicity, said during a press conference held at INEC’s office in Benin, that “the governorship election will go ahead on Saturday, Sept. 10 as scheduled.’’ Soyebi, who said INEC …

The Independent Electoral Commission will announce its position on calls for the postponement of the Edo State governorship election, it has been gathered. The Department of State Services and the Nigerian Police Force had on Wednesday called for the postponement of the election as a result of threats by insurgents and extremists to cause mayhem. INEC, which expressed shock at …

By Oladipo Airenakho Benin City, Nigeria – As Edo people prepare to cast their votes at the September 10, 2016 gubernatorial election, there are strong indications that the nation’s electoral umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) might succumb to pressure from the presidency to postpone the exercise. Right now, the commission appears confused as to what to do in the …

Mahmood Yakubu, National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission said 18,511 electoral officials had been deployed to Edo ahead of the Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Yakubu made the disclosure at a Stakeholders’ Forum on the election, organised by the commission in Benin on Wednesday. He said that majority of the personnel were drawn from “the pool of …