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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said his administration had received firm assurances of cooperation from the United States and other countries in his quest to recover and repatriate funds stolen from Nigeria. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President spoke while granting audience to members of the Northern Traditional Rulers …

By Igbotako Nowinta, Alltimepost Nigeria Bureau Chief All Progressives Congress (APC) Publicity Secretary in Edo State, Comrade Godwin Erhahon has condemned the tendentious selfish interests of several Nigerian lawmakers, saying their attitudes to public service constituted an impediment to national development. The veteran journalist-turned politician made the remark in Benin City recently during a chat with Alltimepost.com Nigeria Bureau Chief. …

The meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and the state governors on Tuesday rose with a resolution to end the financial crisis being faced by some state governments. Zamfara State Governor, Abdulazeez Yari, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting. Yari, who is also the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, said instead of bailouts, the …

Many state governors will at their meeting on Tuesday(today) with President Muhammadu Buhari demand the refund of billions of naira they spent on Federal Government projects in their respective states during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. A greater chunk of the money went into the rehabilitation of federal roads in the states. For instance, 11 out of the 36 …

BENIN—Former governor of old Bendel State, Dr Samuel Ogbemudia, will on July 4, commence the search for a successor to Edo State governor, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, with the launch of Edo Mass Movement. Meanwhile, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, former governor of the state, has said that the leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state will present a candidate that …

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress again on Monday failed to broker truce between its two rival groups in the Senate. The latest peace effort was at the instance of the Chief John Odigie-Oyegun-led National Working Committee. The meeting held at Odigie-Oyegun’s private residence in Asokoro, Abuja on Monday. Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu …

ABUJA- AS Senators resume today from their two-week recess immediately after the formal inauguration, June 10, principal officers that will run the affairs of the red chambers would emerge today with both the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP caucuses producing their officers. Also job seekers have since yesterday besieged the premises of the …

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday said that he inherited a “‎virtually empty treasury” with debts running into hundreds of millions of Dollars and appealed to the media to explain the true position to Nigerians so that “they won’t match on us”. The President who spoke while meeting with members of the State House Press Corps said it was a disgrace that …

On his first day in the office, President Muhammadu Buhari who formally resumed work at the presidential Villa today, Monday, went into a meeting with service chiefs who arrived the Villa shortly after the president resumed ‎at the presidential Villa. It is the second time that President Muhammadu Buhari would be meeting with the service chiefs since he assumed office. …

Civil servants who have served up to 30 years may have to leave the service before the end of 2015, this is to pave way for fresh bloods into the system as a way of ensuring maximal output and restructuring of the civil service, LEADERSHIP Sunday gathered on good authority. A source in the office of the Head of Service …