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The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance in Nasarawa State, Mr. Labaran Maku, on Wednesday, rejected the result of the just concluded governorship election declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission in the state. In a statement issued in Lafia, Maku said he would continue to fight for social liberty and justice. The statement read, “We will fight …

AWKA—OHANAEZE Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, said yesterday, that it had no regrets not supporting the ambition of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, who won the March 28, 2015 presidential poll. Ohanaeze also flayed the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, over the death threat he allegedly issued to Igbo people residing in Lagos before …

SENATOR-ELECT and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Chief Buruji Kashamu, has described the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, as his role model. Kashamu, who is the chairman of the Organisation and Mobilisation Committee of the PDP in the South-West, paid a rare tribute to the former Lagos State governor in an …

Abuja—A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja, has ordered the release of former President Obasanjo’s book: My Watch, which had been in the custody of the Nigerian Customs Service. Justice Valentine Ashi had late last year granted an injunction restraining Obasanjo from publishing the book following a complaint lodged by a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, …

There was pandemonium on Wednesday as the Mamman Kontagora House, owned by the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, on the Lagos Island was gutted by fire. Our correspondent noted that a law firm and the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation offices were also affected. The complex has two sides, each of which has 11 floors. The structure facing Broad Street was …

ABUJA – PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan will perform the formal handing over to the incoming administration of the president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari on May 28th, Minister of Information, Senator Patricia Akwashiki who disclosed this yesterday to State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting said the president has therefore given all ministers with request for approvals from his office May 13th …

President Goodluck Jonathan’s letter to the National Assembly rejecting amendments to the 1999 Constitution was received with shock by some members who openly expressed surprise at the reasons given by the President to veto the bill. The letter was read on the floor of Senate on Wednesday by the Senate President, David Mark. Consequently, the Chairman, Senate Committee on the …

By Alltimepost.com, WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of National Volunteer Week, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the U.S. federal agency that administers the AmeriCorps program, released the first-ever rankings of the states and cities that generate the most AmeriCorps members per capita. Montana, Washington, D.C., and Minnesota take the top three spots in the states category. Minneapolis-St. …

By Alltimepost.com Owan West Local Government Area Chairman in Edo State, Mr. Godwin Agibodion, has been suspended following allegations of financial mismanagement and other administrative irregularities. Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, announced his suspension while addressing members of the Local Government Executive Council and Councilors yesterday at the Government House, Benin City. The Governor said, “We have tried in the past …

Petroleum Minister, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, said last night she was not seeking asylum in any part of the world, as claimed by her traducers. Madueke, who spoke through the Group Public Affairs General Manager of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mr. Ohi Alegbe, denied ever contemplating relocating from Nigeria. An online publication reported, yesterday, that the minister had been denied …