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Barring last minute changes, officials of the Federal Government will today (Friday) meet with marketers of petroleum products in Abuja. It was gathered that the participants at the meeting, which is scheduled to hold at the conference room of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, would discuss issues surrounding the scarcity of petroleum products across the country that had dragged on …

President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged commitment to prosecute the amnesty programme in the Niger Delta with vigour in order to bring lasting peace and stability to the region. Mr Ohi Alegbe, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Department, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, made the disclosure in a statement in Abuja yesterday. The statement explained that Dr Jamila Shu’ara, Permanent …

Ghana President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday announced three days of national mourning after a deadly petrol station fire killed at least 90 people during heavy flooding in the capital, Accra. “Rescue operations will continue until the weekend, Sunday. On Monday, we will observe three days of national mourning for the victims of the fire disaster and flooding,” he said. …

By Alltimepost.com WASHINGTON – United States Defense Secretary, Ash Carter and Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar signed a 10-year defense framework agreement on Wednesday, highlighting the growth of defense cooperation between the two countries. Carter is on a 10-day trip focused on the U.S. rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region. The agreement signed in India yesterday is an outgrowth of a …

Senate ABUJA – FINALLY, the House of Representatives on Thursday passed the Petroleum Industry Bill ,PIB, on the last legislative day of the seventh Assembly. The House had on Tuesday suspended the consideration of clause 209 of the PIB, due to some contentious issues. But on resumption of the consideration of the adhoc committee’s report, the outgoing members chorused ‘yea’ …

Lagos – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said his administration would soon unveil a comprehensive national youth empowerment programme to address youth employment, insecurity and other social vices. Buhari disclosed this at the swearing-in of 2015 Batch “A” (Stream II) National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in Lagos. The president spoke through by Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, who …

BENIN—EDO State Government has banned agents from collection of taxes and levies from artisans, market women, taxi and bus drivers on behalf of local government areas in the state. Chairman of Edo State Board of Internal Revenue Services, Chief Oseni Elamah, who addressed newsmen in Benin, also announced the disengagement of Akugbe Ventures, a private company responsible for collecting levies …

The Edo 5th Assembly, was on Wednesday dissolved by its Speaker, Mr Uyi Igbe. The legislature, which started in 2011, was dissolved, after a valedictory sitting of the House in Benin “The 5th Assembly of the Edo House of Assembly, which was inaugurated on June 6, 2011, having completed four years, hereby stands dissolved”. “I want to appreciate my colleagues …

A former Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, has identified the deepening of democracy through electoral reforms as prime among the many profound legacies for which the five years administration of President Jonathan will be remembered for. This was as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Nasarawa State revealed that he ditched the Peoples Democratic …

The Senate at plenary on Wednesday passed 46 bills earlier passed by the House of Representatives on a single day. While the entire Senate session lasted less than five hours, the lawmakers used about 10 minutes to pass the bills. The decision followed a motion moved by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Rules and Business, Ita Enang (APC-Akwa Ibom North-East) …