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Fuel scarcity being experienced in some parts of the country had resulted in a sharp increase in pump price of the product in Iseyin Council Area of Oyo, from the official price of N87 per liter, to N250. A survey by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday indicated that while most of the filling stations in the town …

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday condemned the sealing of the National Stadium, Surulere to prevent workers from celebrating yesterday’s Workers’ Day, warning the new acting Inspector General of Police, IGP, Solomon Arise to learn from the misadventures of his predecessors by operating within the ambit of the law. It also demanded N90, 000 as minimum wage for workers in …

Workers yesterday grumbled in some parts of the country over the inability of their out-going governors to pay arrears of salaries owed them, lamenting that the situation had compounded their problems. In Benue and Plateau States, the workers who celebrated the May Day said that Governors Gabriel Suswam and David Jang respectively owed them six months arrears of salaries while …

By Alltimepost.com WASHINGTON – A new and challenging security environment with significant, lasting implications for U.S. national security interests has plagued Europe in the last year, with Russian aggression the top concern, the commander of U.S. European Command said on Capitol Hill on Friday. Air Force Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, who also serves as NATO’s supreme allied commander for Europe, …

By Alltimepost.com WASHINGTON – United States President, Barack Obama sent the recommendations of the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission to Congress on Thursday, according to the Department of Defense. In the letter accompanying the report, Obama thanked the commission members and said their recommendations “represent an important step forward in protecting the long-term viability of the all-volunteer force, improving …

A group, under the aegis of International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law-Intersociety, has condemned the activities of some Igbo leaders who are seeking political favours from the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari in the guise of representing the interest of Igbo people in Nigeria. In a statement, entitled: ‘’Bastardization of right to ethnic identity: A critical evaluation …

The Nigerian Senate has passed the 2015 budget without making provision for fuel subsidy. Five months after it was presented, the Senate passed a 4.493 trillion Naira budget for the 2015 fiscal year. The approved budget was 51 billion Naira higher than the budget estimate of 4.425 trillion Naira proposed by the executive. The Senate reduced the recurrent expenditure proposed …

President-Elect Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday said his administration would probe the claim by a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and now the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation failed to remit $20bn oil money to the federation account. Buhari gave the hint while receiving a delegation of the All Progressives Congress …

It struck like a thunderbolt from the blues. It was an unexpected goal; against the run of play. One second, Suleiman Abba was Inspector General of Police (IGP) the next, he was gone with the wind in what can be called Hurricane Jonathan. It was the second time in two weeks President Goodluck Jonathan was making unexpected moves, leaving most …

The All Progressives Congress has threatened to probe the outgoing administration of President Goodluck Jonathan over some “last-minute dubious activities” ahead of the May 29 handover. The party alleged that the outgoing administration had been looting the nation’s resources, hurriedly recruiting into the public service and privatisatising key financial institutions. The APC, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, …