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Chaos as Speaker Paul Ryan is drowned out by chants and singing from group trying to bring an end to continued failure of Congress to tighten firearm laws. Democrats drowned out the Speaker with chants, sang We Shall Overcome on the floor of the House of Representatives and held up pictures of gun violence victims as they continued a sit-in demanding …

By Oladipo Airenakho Unknown assailants, last Sunday morning slit the throat of a 75-year old woman, Mrs. Bessy Egbeobamwonyi in Benin City, Edo State, leaving her dead beside her sleeping four-year old grandson. It was gathered that the killers broke into her apartment in the middle of the night, slit her throat, and stabbed her severally before abandoning her lifeless …

Following allegation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, justifying the freezing of Governor Ayodele Fayose’s Zenith bank account over alleged link of funds from the office of the National Security Adviser, Governor Fayose on Wednesday, denied the allegations. The EFCC had alleged that the funds, amounting to about N4.7billion, was moved from accounts operated by two of Mr. …

By Alltimepost.com Following the crisis that erupted from Edo APC primary election held last Saturday in Benin City, which some of the aspirants described as fraudulent, the Secretary to the Federal Government, Mr. Babachir David Lawal has summoned all the contestants and stakeholders to a meeting in Abuja to resolve the issue. Among the stakeholders attending, is Governor Adams Oshiomhole …

Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force, NDLF, yesterday, alleged that some top Army officers planning to overthrow President Muhammadu Buhari goverment had approached Niger- Delta militants to continue bombing oil installations to give pretext and justification for a coup against him. The militant group in a statement by the Commander, General Duties, Joint Revolutionary Council, JRC, of JNDLF, General Akotebe Darikoro …

President Muhammadu Buhari has cried out, saying that leading the people of Nigeria was a huge task. In a manner that suggested that the weight of the present challenges facing the Nigerian State was telling on his leadership, the president urged his Ministers and indeed, Nigerians to pray for the country. He however said that instilling patriotic spirit in the …

SPEECH DELIVERED BY THE NEW AG. INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF POLICE, IBRAHIM KPOTUN IDRIS, MNI, PSC, ON WEDNESDAY, 22ND OF JUNE, 2016 AT THE NIGERIA POLICE FORCE HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA. It is with great pleasure and sense of responsibility I address you this morning as the new Ag. Inspector General of Police of our beloved great country. I want to thank Almighty Allah …

President Mohammadu Buhari has reiterated his resolve to fight corruption to a standstill, vowing that all fraudulent acts in Nigeria must stop. The president spoke Wednesday while addressing State House Staff who gathered at the forecourt of the presidential Villa, Abuja to formally welcome him back from his vacation from London. We learnt that this would be the first time …

Democrats and Republicans band together in bid to prevent terrorist suspects from buying guns, a day after Senate failed to advance series of new measures A group of bipartisan senators on Tuesday unveiled a rare compromise around gun policy, calling on leaders in both parties to rally around a proposal to prevent suspected terrorists from purchasing firearms in the wake …

The recent allegation of sexual misconduct leveled against three Nigerian lawmakers by the United States authorities has attracted the attention of the Nation’s Civil Society, now demanding answers! By Alltimepos.com BENIN CITY – Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has demanded sufficient evidence from American authorities on the allegation of sexual misconduct leveled against three Nigerian lawmakers, Hons. …