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The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has said he owes nobody any apology for kneeling down to worship God during the thanksgiving service held in his honour at the Paul’s Anglican Church, Ife, after his coronation. The Ooni said this in statement in Osogbo on Thursday by the Director of Communications and Public Affairs, Ooni’s Palace, Ife, Mr. Moses …

ABUJA — The Federal Government stated, yesterday, that the country no longer has the resources to fund the oil and gas industry, and is therefore, considering and developing new models of financing the industry in the days ahead. Speaking at a town hall meeting in Abuja, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, said in January 2016 the …

Yenagoa—The rescheduled governorship election in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State and in some units in the seven other local government areas of the state will now hold on January 9. It was gathered that the new date was agreed upon at a stakeholders meeting held in Abuja, yesterday. The meeting, it was learned, resolved that police should …

ABUJA —As the price of oil in the international market continues to dwindle, the Federal Government insisted that state governments must begin to explore alternative sources of generating revenues in their respective states to augment what they were getting from the centre as monthly allocations. Addressing newsmen, yesterday, after the National Economic Council, NEC, meeting in Abuja, where Vice President …

WARRI—Scores of embittered Ijaw and Itsekiri ethnic groups in Delta State have threatened to shut down all Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, operations in their land, if the Anglo-Dutch oil company fails to comply with the agreement reached with them some time ago. Addressing newsmen, yesterday in Warri, the people, under the aegis of their Forum also indicted Shell for …

By the U.S. Department of Commerce The U.S. Department of Commerce on Tuesday released the final results of the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2012 Survey of Business Owners (SBO), which found that business ownership in our nation is mirroring our increasingly diverse population. Minority-owned firms in the U.S. rose from 5.8 million in 2007 to 8.0 million in 2012, and employed …

BENIN CITY—THE travails of a top chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo state, Arisco Osemwengie and others declared as “Oghion Oba”, meaning enemies of the Oba of Benin, continued last Friday in Benin City, Edo State, as top palace chiefs went round strategic shrines in the ancient kingdom to proclaim curses on Osemwengie and his cohorts. Osemwengie …

By Lisa Ferdinando – DOD News WASHINGTON — The coalition fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is hitting ISIL targets “harder than ever” and will defeat the terror group, President Barack Obama said on Monday. The coalition is carrying out relentless strikes against ISIL targets in Iraq and Syria, while partners on the ground are rooting out …

By Alltimepost.com Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has presented the state’s 2016 budget of N111.5 billion to the state House of Assembly for approval. Tagged “Budget of Finishing Well” the 2016 budget is 12.6% lower than the 2015 budget which was revised downward to N127.01 billion due to economic realities. While presenting the budget, Governor said the “reduction is …

By Igbotako Nowinta – Alltimepost.com Nigeria Bureau Chief Frontline Civil Society Activist, Rev. David Ugolor has described Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as a poster child of trade union movement in Africa whose ultimate success will provide a great opportunity for upcoming activists to access political power in Nigeria. Rev Ugolor, who is the Executive Director of Africa Network …