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At a joint press conference by the Police and the State Security Services, the Police Commissioner in Kano State Command, Aderenle Shinaba, told journalists that Zahara’u Adamu was arrested in a hospital in the city after sustaining an injury following the explosion at the market. An indigene of Yobe State, in north-east Nigeria, Zahara’u said she was recruited by her …

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State says Nigerians must reject the PDP at all levels in next year’s general election, saying for as long as the PDP remains in power, Nigerians will remain in darkness. Speaking yesterday when he received about 2,000 defectors from Oredo and Egor Local Government Areas of the state led by Mr. Festus Osaretin Oviawe and …

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State says the inability of the Federal Government to share excess crude account in the last 18 months has distorted the developmental plans of the state governments. Speaking during a visit of the Association of Enigies from Edo South to him yesterday, Oshiomhole said, “Over the past 18 months, we have not shared the excess …

By Alltimepost.com, Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has reinstated Professor Julius Ihonvbere as the Secretary to the State Government. The reinstatement followed the review and resolution of the issues which led to the resignation of the SSG on Tuesday December 9, 2014. Prof Ihonvbere’s reinstatement is with immediate effect. It would be recalled that following his unexpected defeat at …

By Alltimepost.com Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has enjoined the people the state to remain vigilant and security conscious as Nigerians celebrate Christmas. In his message to the people, the Governor said while many PDP states are unable to pay salaries in arrears of three to four months, the Edo State Government has met its salary obligation up to …

With less than two months to the general election, the campaign posters of President Goodluck Jonathan are yet to be mounted in many northern states considered crucial for his re-election victory, concerned loyalists of the president have revealed. The situation is in contrast to the pre-2011 season where the promotional materials for Jonathan had sprung up in virtually all the …

Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, Former Foreign Minister and Deputy Chairman, 2014 National Conference, has alerted Nigerians to grave dangers ahead of the February 2015 general elections, insisting that some Nigerians are bent on dragging the country down the path of disintegration. Indeed, Akinyemi, who sent a letter dated December 16, 2014, to the two presidential candidates for next year’s election (President …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday named Gov. Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers as the Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Organisation. This is contained in a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. The statement said the announcement followed the convention at which its presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, was democratically …

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that he always get contradictory advice from authorities when he wants to take decisions on major national issues. Speaking at a christmas carol at the banquet hall of the presidential Villa, president Jonathan said only God knows why he is the president of the country. According to the president, nobody can be in any position …

President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday urged Nigerians not to see themselves as “Northern“ or “Southern“ citizens, but as people and a race bound by the same history and constitution. Jonathan gave the advice in Abuja at the annual National Migration Dialogue, organised by the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and internally Displaced Persons. Vice-President Namadi Sambo, who represented the President, …