By Alltimepost.com Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, on Sunday undertook an inspection tour of the newly completed four blocks of classrooms by the State Government for the Internally Displaced Persons in Edo State. The project, intended to bring education to the doorsteps of the displaced children in the IDP camp, located in Uhogua, Benin City, consists of staff room, …
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Understanding Oshiomhole’s Industrialisation Policy
It may not be possible for a government to build industries across the state and turn the economy around within a short time of eight years. There are however quick-wins that a serious government can undertake to achieve stunning results to the acclaim of a famished people. In other words, there are opportunities that a government can exploit immediately they …
Read More »Panama Papers: SERAP Gives CCB Ultimatum To Probe Named Public Officers
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has requested Mr Sam Saba, Chairman, Code of Conduct Bureau investigate the current and immediate past high-ranking public officers named in the Panama Papers and others that are maintaining and operating or have maintained and operated foreign accounts in other safe havens and secrecy jurisdictions. The organisation then urged the Bureau to refer such …
Read More »Bakare Flays Leaders For Politicising Chibok Girls’ Abduction
The General Overseer, Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has lampooned politicians and political parties for using the abduction of 219 Chibok schoolgirls to score cheap political points. He noted that the nation had not given the issue the necessary thoughtfulness and seriousness it deserved, stressing that those who are in a position to act have not taken sufficient …
Read More »If Trump Were President: Boston Globe’s Fake Front Page Dares To Imagine
The editorial board of The Boston Globe has printed a fake front page featuring Donald Trump as president. The newspaper printed the front page in its Sunday “Ideas” section and on its website. The page is dated 9 April, 2017, and features a large photo of Trump below a headline that reads “Deportations to Begin.” The story features an address …
Read More »2016 Budget Palaver: Presidency Gives Fresh Conditions For Assent
The Presidency has confronted the leadership of the National Assembly, NASS, with details of distortions orchestrated by the lawmakers in the 2016 budget and asked them to urgently address them in the interest of the nation. The Presidency handed down the plea at a crucial meeting summoned by President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday night with the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo; …
Read More »Over 300,000 Jostle For Naval jobs, As Recruitment Date Shifts
The Nigerian Navy has postponed its recruitment exercise initially slated for tomorrow, as the force plans to work out a new digital approach in handling the huge volume of applications received with over 300,000 candidates applied for limited slot of 3,000. The postponement, according to the Nigerian Navy, is necessitated to ensure a well-planned and hitch-free recruitment. This is coming …
Read More »Shelve Strike , I’ll Honour Pact , Buhari Tells Doctors
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday appealed to members of the National Association of Resident Doctors to shelve their planned strike and give the Federal Government more time to address their grievances. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President made the appeal at a meeting he had with the leadership of …
Read More »Buhari Receives 2016 Budget Details
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday formally received the details of the 2016 Appropriation Bill from the National Assembly. The Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, signed and collected the 1,800-page document on behalf of the President. The document was handed over to Kyari by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang; and the …
Read More »Panama Leaks: My Hands Are clean – Mark
Former President of the Senate, Senator David Mark said Thursday that his hands are clean over claims linking him to having at least eight offshore shell companies while in office and violation of a federal code of conduct law. Reacting to the development, Senator Mark who noted that he was not directly or indirectly connected to any of the companies …
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