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By Igbotako Nowinta – Alltimepost.com Nigeria Bureau Chief Society for Peace Studies and Practice (SPSP) Edo State branch has been described as an organization which the people of Edo State should embrace with open hands because of its proactive and noble objectives in peace and  conflict resolution. Edo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Barr. Henry Idahagbon  made the …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday said it had evacuated 5,000 starved persons from liberated interland communities in Dikwa Local Government Area (LGA), Borno. The communities were recently liberated by the Nigerian military after been occupied by suspected Boko Haram insurgents for several months. NEMA North East Coordinator, Alhaji Mohammed Kanar, disclosed this to newsmen in Maiduguri. Kanar …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointments of Mr Babachir David Lawal as Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Alhaji Abba Kyari as Chief of Staff to the President and Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd.) as Comptroller-General Nigerian Customs Service (NCS). The President has also approved the appointments of Mr. Kure Martin Abeshi -as Comptroller-General, Nigerian Immigration Service, Senator …

ABUJA – President Mohammdu Buhari has emphasised the importance of National identity card to all Nigerians of voting age, stating that it would in the future complement the Voters card. The president who registered on Tuesday at the presidential Villa, Abuja to obtain his national identity card urged Nigerians to embrace the exercise. Speaking to State House Correspondents after the …

Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive that the over 130, 000 police personnel attached to unauthorized persons and VIPs in the country, be withdrawn and deployed to confront the serious security challenges in the nation, Force headquarters in conjunction with the Police Service Commission is set to commence the implementation. Consequently, the Police Service Commission, PSC, in collaboration with the Inspector …

The Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, Mr. Elias Mbam, on Tuesday said a new remuneration package for public office holders including members of the National Assembly would be ready in September. Mbam, who disclosed this to State House correspondents shortly after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari of the commission’s activities inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said the …

If feelers reaching National Weekender from the ancient Yoruba city of Ile- Ife, are anything to go by, the wait for a new Ooni to the throne of the ancient city, may not be long. This on the strength of reliable information which strongly suggests that the first son of the late Ooni , Oba Okunade Adele Sijuade, Prince Tokunbo …

The Nigerian Army has recalled over 2,500 soldiers who were asked to withdraw from service for alleged offences committed under the counter- insurgency operations code named Operation Zaman Lafiya. The review panel set up by the Army, which began sitting in Kaduna on August 17, has also screened and reinstated 102 officers, who were sentenced or facing prosecution in relation …

The presidency has said that official portfolio was yet to be assigned to Aisha, the wife of president Mohmmadu Buhari, overruling what hitherto was known as “First Lady’s office”. Apparently renaming it “Office of the Wife of the President”, the presidency however stated that Mrs. Buhari would, for now, be saddled with women and youth related issues in the country. …

Alltimepost.com At a round-table of CSOs and stakeholders convened in Abuja by the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) on the ongoing efforts of President Buhari’s administration to reform the Nigeria oil and gas sector, with special focus on the Berne Declaration. Civil Society Organizations in Nigeria and other stakeholders have advocated a public hearing on the removal …