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WASHINGTON – United States sea services yesterday released a new maritime strategy, a plan that describes how the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard will design, organize, and employ naval forces in support of national security interests and homeland security objectives. The new strategy, titled, “A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower: Forward, Engaged, Ready,” accounts for changes in the …

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday compensated each of the 15 families that lost their loved ones in the stampede that occurred during the 2014 Nigerian Immigration Service’s recruitment exercise in Abuja to the tune of N5m each. A total of N75m was handed over to the 15 families during an emotion-laden event held inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja shortly after …

ABUJA—The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal has stopped the execution of the death sentence that was passed on two of the twelve Nigerian soldiers who were convicted last year by a Military Court Martial over their alleged complicity in acts of mutiny. Soldiers tasked with fighting Boko Haram militants arrive to face trials for mutiny in Abuja on …

It was gathered that two dead bodies were removed from the inferno by fire fighters who were seen battling to bring the situation under control. About 20 shops were touched by the fire, even as the cause of the fire remains a mystery. Speaking on the cause of the fire outbreak, the General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management …

The Independent National Electoral Commission says it has achieved 81.22 per cent in the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards. The figure, which was released by the commission in Abuja on Friday, indicated that 55,904,272 registered voters had collected their PVCs. INEC said the figure was based on the number of PVCs collected as of March 12. There are 68,833,476 registered …

WASHINGTON – North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) commanders are putting in place the infrastructure that will allow the alliance to adapt to new threats, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told the press on Wednesday at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Mons, Belgium. Stoltenberg spoke alongside Air Force Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, NATO’s supreme allied commander, after NATO commanders briefed …

Abuja- By Alltimepost.com Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for debunking speculations that his government had orchestrated a plan to fire the nation’s electoral chief, Dr. Attahiru Jega. The Organization’s Executive Director, Mr. David Ugolor delivered the commendation in Abuja recently while commenting on the president’s assurance that he would vacate office if …

Candidates sitting for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME) will henceforth get their results two hours after leaving the examination hall. Already, over about 97,000 candidates who sat for the exams recently have seen their scores. Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB), Prof Dibu Ojerinde, on Wednesday told newsmen during a supervision exercise that the scores were sent to the mobile …

Benin, Edo, Nigeria – By Oladipo Airenakho As Nigeria prepares for the polls on March 28 and April 11, this year, Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has advised Members of the National Youth Service Corps who will work as election ad-hoc staff to shun politicians’ advances to rig the elections. Oshiomhole gave the advice on Wednesday at the opening …

As 37 Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) meet today to critically examine the complaints generated at last weekend’s trial run on the card readers in 12 selected states, there are a number of questions and issues the INEC has to address. The polity is still divided on whether or not the card readers should …