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President Muhammadu Buhari and King Salman Bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, in Riyadh, expressed their commitment to a “stable oil market and a rebound of oil price.” This decision was reached at a bilateral meeting between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, hosted by the ruler, King Salman Bin Abdul-Aziz. Mallam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant …

In the course of his bilateral meeting with the Egyptian leader, Abdul Fattah El-Sisi, President Muahmmadu Buhari recalled that in the course of his service in the army, he too received military training in Egypt. This 24-hour visit to to the Red Sea resort of Sharm Al-Shaikh was not just a ‘trip to Egypt’ as it has been wrongly portrayed, …

ABUJA—Trial of the former National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Haliru Bello, continued yesterday, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, exposing how the defendant allegedly diverted public funds into a company he bequeathed to his son, Abba. The anti-graft agency which is prosecuting the former PDP boss and his son before a Federal High Court sitting …

ABUJA – Apparently jolted by the governors threat to reduce the minimum wage, the Trade Union Congress, TUC, has asked the federal government to review the current minimum wage with the aim of increasing it. This was even as the Congress has urged the federal government to outrightly reverse the privatization of electricity distribution companies, DISCOS, and also cancel the …

By Alltimepost.com WASHINGTON — Over the past nine months, Iraqi security forces have had significant successes and have made noticeable progress that will lead to the eventual defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The commanding general of the Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command for Operation Inherent Resolve, Army Maj. Gen. Richard D. Clarke made the …

By Alltimepost.com Washington, D.C. – United States Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker has emphasized the importance of the 2017 budget request, saying it will enable her Department to better serve American businesses as they seek to access the 96 percent of potential customers who live beyond the nation’s borders. Sec Pritzker made the assertions on Tuesday while testifying before the …

Washington (CNN)-President Barack Obama on Tuesday called for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility after delivering his plan to Congress to achieve a goal that has long eluded his presidency. The blueprint comes seven years after Obama made an Oval Office vow to permanently shutter the prison for enemy combatants, but it already faces objections from Republicans and …

It emerged at the weekend that the insistence of the governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to field the former Governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, as the National Chairman of the party was due to some underground arrangements currently ongoing in the polity. Sources close to the party told the Sunday Tribune that the former Borno …

Former senate president, Senator David Mark yesterday described his victory at the re run election as an opportunity to serve the people of the senatorial district. Mark who spoke to newsmen at his residence in Otukpo yesterday said that the victory was for every person living in the senatorial district, hence, a renew mandate to further put the nation on …

President Muhammadu Buhari is to leave Abuja on Monday for a week-long official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Qatar. According to a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Sunday, the President, who will be accompanied by a high-powered Federal Government delegation, including the Minister of …