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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday said Nigeria’s peculiar challenges required leaders with requisite experience to tackle them. He told guests inside the auditorium of his Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, during the celebration of his 78th birthday and 2015 annual summit, that there were too many ‘think-tanks’ in the country instead of ‘do-tanks.’ The former President, who looked resplendent …

The controversies surrounding the deployment of soldiers for election may have been laid to rest as the National Assembly has empowered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to function as the sole authority who can request for the deployment of security personnel for election purposes in the country. This forms part of new amendments proposed to the Electoral Act 2010, …

By Alltimepost.com United States Department of Commerce announced on Wednesday that the Obama’s administration was targeting the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit taking place between March 23 and 24 as a forum to promote the country as the premier destination for international investment. Top officials of the administration, including Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of the Treasury Jacob J. Lew, …

LAGOS — The military, yesterday, broke its silence on the controversy surrounding the shift in election date, saying its position had no political undertone. Rather, it said the reason for its suggestion for a shift was to enable it take delivery of the long awaited weapons with which to tackle terrorists in the North eastern part of the country. Chief …

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Wednesday, displayed his soccer skills during a football match held at MKO International Stadium, Abeokuta. It was a novelty match between his Presidential Library team against a team of Ogun State Government, led by the Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun. The match was organised as part of the programme to commemorate the 78th birthday of Obasanjo. …

The Lagos State House of Assembly is planning to introduce a bill seeking to guarantee lifetime allowances for the speaker and deputy speaker. However, in a swift reaction, the Speaker, Mr. Adeyemi Ikuforiji, described the news as a lie cooked up by fifth columnists. The bill, it was learnt, proposes to grant both the speaker and the deputy, pensions that …

ABUJA — The Federal Government, yesterday, assured Nigerians that the current fuel scarcity witnessed across the country will ease off before weekend, even as major petroleum marketers said they have deployed 495 truckloads of petrol, with a minimum capacity of 33,000 litres each to Lagos and Abuja. Speaking after a meeting with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN; Petroleum Products …

THE 2015 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME billed to commence on Monday, March 9 has been greeted with confusion and irregularities, as candidates struggle to access the website of JAMB to print examination slips without a success. Complaints from candidates revealed that they were subjected to pay extra charges of N100 to check their examination centres at JAMB office. Just …

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that he will return to his Otuoke home in Bayelsa State, if by default, he loses the March 28 presidential election. Jonathan, who said Nigeria is not his father’s estate, was however optimistic that he “will not lose the election.” “If by default somebody wins the election, of course, I will go back to my …

ABUJA—Pressure mounted, weekend, on the presidency not to compel Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega to proceed on pre-retirement leave as reportedly being canvassed by some concerned stakeholders in the polity. The anti-Jega forces had been pushing the presidency to remove the chairman from office, a move that was last night described as dangerous by …