President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the Abuja-Kaduna commercial train operation. After series of postponements, the President Today (Tuesday) flagged off the commencement of full commercial operations of the rail project. The modernisation phase of the project commenced with the signing of the contract for the construction of Abuja (Idu) to Kaduna (Rigasa) rail line in 2009. Buhari said the new …
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Oladipo Airenakho Benin City – As earlier speculated, a reshuffle of the principal officers in the Edo State House of Assembly was on Monday effected on the floor of the Assembly, with the Speaker Rt. Honourable (Mrs) Elizabeth Ativie stepping down and exchanging position with her former Deputy, Honourable Justin Okonoboh. The move is considered to be a balancing …
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Thirty one years after his administration was toppled in a military coup, President Muhammadu Buhari has finally opened up on why he was sacked. Buhari said in an exclusive interview granted The Interview, that he was removed from office because he was planning to purge the military hierarchy of corruption. Buhari, who has not spared the military even in his …
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Tim Kaine took the stage alongside Hillary Clinton in Miami Saturday and offered his first greeting to voters as a vice presidential nominee — in Spanish. “Bienvenidos a todos,” the Virginia senator said, a phrase that translates to “welcome to everyone.” Clinton and Kaine’s first joint appearance as running mates at a campaign rally here marked the official unveiling of …
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The Nigerian Army has said five of the 19 soldiers who went missing after an ambush by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno have been found. The military launched a search for the troops after they went missing Thursday during a military operation in the town of Alagarno in Borno state, the epicentre of Boko Haram’s seven-year Islamist insurgency. Army spokesman, …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the result of Imo North Senatorial District rerun election, conducted on Saturday, July 23, inconclusive. Also declared inconclusive were the results of Oru East and Isiala Mbano State Constituencies following reported cases of shootings, which characterised the exercise in some communities in the two affected areas. The shootings were reported at Okata …
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The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Kogi East Senatorial rerun election, Air Marshal Isaac Alfa (retd) has been declared winner of the election. Alfa was declared winner of the election by the Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Lucky Ovwasa, on Sunday.
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The Department of State Services ( DSS) has arrested one Jones Abari, aka Gen. Akotebe Darikoro, for the alleged mastermind of a hoaxed plan to overthrow President Muhammad Buhari by the military. A statement issued by an official of the service, Mr Tony Opuiyo in Abuja on Saturday said Abari was arrested in Yenagoa on July 21. Opuiyo described the …
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By Igbotako Nowinta – Alltimepost.com Nig Bureau Chief A Nigerian youth and Christian from Ibhiohulu-Nwessan, Irrua in Edo State of Nigeria has cried out for help to save him from his octogenarian uncle who has allegedly mounted serious pressure on him to be initiated into the village age grade or group cult. Mr. Osaro Ebhozele Ujadughele recently told Alltimepost.com in …
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The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) on Saturday urged the Federal Government to heed its demand for self-determination since everybody is tired of being in the entity called Nigeria. The group made its position known in a release signed by its spokesperson, Mudoch Agbinibo, in reaction to the recent arrests of some of its suspected members by the Nigerian Navy in …
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