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The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, says only INEC has the power to monitor elections. Jega said this while addressing election observers in Abuja on Thursday. He also said INEC had distributed 81 per cent of Permanent Voter Cards. He said an election monitor is part of the administration of the election while an observer …

he United States government has thrown its weight behind the Independent National Electoral Commission to use the Permanent Voter Cards and the smart card readers in the March 28 and April 11 elections. The introduction of the PVC and the SCR for use in the 2015 general elections has been a subject of hot debate and litigation in the country. …

Benin– AISHAT Buhari, wife of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has told President Goodluck Jonathan’s wife, Patience, not to have the fear of going to jail if Buhari emerged winner in the forthcoming March 28 presidential poll. The APC presidential candidate’s wife, who said the country had long suffered bad governance, said …

ABUJA – THE Federal Government yesterday, said it would construct over 774 e- Examination Centres for the conduct of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board. Registrar and Chief Executive of JAMB, Professor ‘Dibu Ojerinde, stated this in Abuja, while monitoring of the ongoing UTME in Abuja. he said President Goodluck Jonathan has given commitment towards …

The new Minister of Information, Sen Patricia Akwashiki has pledged to adequately enlighten Nigerians on the achievements of the Jonathan administration in various sectors of the economy. She made the pledge at a meeting with the management and staff of the Federal Ministry of Information on Wednesday in Abuja. The minister also pledged to work with the management and staff …

Abuja — The Federal Executive Council, FEC, yesterday set the stage for the restructuring of the country by approving immediate and full implementation of the recommendations contained in the 2014 National Conference Report. Minister of Culture, Tourism and National Orientation, Chief Edem Duke, disclosed this to newsmen after the FEC meeting. The move was immediately ridiculed by the All Progressives …

WASHINGTON – Terrorism is morphing into different types of threats, including cyberattacks that can impact nations across the globe, the director of central intelligence, John Brennan said in New York last week. He told the Council on Foreign Relations that terror attacks in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia show the terror threat is changing. The CIA working …

Abuja, Nigeria – By Alltimepost.com Nigerian and Swiss Governments have come under serious condemnation over the secrecy surrounding the conditions and agreements on the return of the $380 million dollars looted from Nigeria by former military dictator, late General Sani Abacha. In its reaction to recent statement by relevant Swiss authorities that the 380 million U.S. dollars, amounting to some …

Benin, Edo, Nigeria – By Oladipo Airenakho Men of the Department of State Security (DSS) in Edo State have nabbed six men said to be involved in kidnapping a former Local Government Chairman in the state, Mr. Anselm Adima. The suspects were also said to be involved in the kidnap of a woman who was raped in the presence of …

Senator Musiliu Obanikoro and seven others who were recently confirmed by the Senate as minister were, Wednesday, assinged portfolios by President Goodluck Jonathan. The President assigned to Mr. Kenneth Kobani (State, Industry, Trade and Investment); Senator Patricia Akwashiki (Information); Senator Musiliu Obanikoro (State, Foreign Affairs II); Prof. Nicholas Ada (State, Foreign Affairs I); Col. Augustine Akobundu (retd.) (State, Defence); Mr. …