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ABUJA – PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan will perform the formal handing over to the incoming administration of the president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari on May 28th, Minister of Information, Senator Patricia Akwashiki who disclosed this yesterday to State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting said the president has therefore given all ministers with request for approvals from his office May 13th …

President Goodluck Jonathan’s letter to the National Assembly rejecting amendments to the 1999 Constitution was received with shock by some members who openly expressed surprise at the reasons given by the President to veto the bill. The letter was read on the floor of Senate on Wednesday by the Senate President, David Mark. Consequently, the Chairman, Senate Committee on the …

By Alltimepost.com, WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of National Volunteer Week, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the U.S. federal agency that administers the AmeriCorps program, released the first-ever rankings of the states and cities that generate the most AmeriCorps members per capita. Montana, Washington, D.C., and Minnesota take the top three spots in the states category. Minneapolis-St. …

By Alltimepost.com Owan West Local Government Area Chairman in Edo State, Mr. Godwin Agibodion, has been suspended following allegations of financial mismanagement and other administrative irregularities. Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, announced his suspension while addressing members of the Local Government Executive Council and Councilors yesterday at the Government House, Benin City. The Governor said, “We have tried in the past …

Petroleum Minister, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, said last night she was not seeking asylum in any part of the world, as claimed by her traducers. Madueke, who spoke through the Group Public Affairs General Manager of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mr. Ohi Alegbe, denied ever contemplating relocating from Nigeria. An online publication reported, yesterday, that the minister had been denied …

Abuja—The National Security Adviser (NSA) retired Col. Sambo Dasuki promised yesterday that Sambisa Forest, the fortress of Boko Haram terrorists and one of their last remaining camps will be stormed and liberated before the May 29, 2015 presidential hand-over date. The NSA, in a statement issued on the anniversay of the abduction of over 200 secondary school girls from Chibok, …

President Goodluck Jonathan has rejected the amendments made to the 1999 Constitution by the National Assembly. The official said the decision of the President not to sign the document was because the amendment did not meet the provisions of Section 9 (3) of the 1999 Constitution. The source explained that with the return of the document by the President, the …

The whole world stood in unison yesterday, demanding the release of the 219 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists exactly one year ago from Chibok, Borno State. As demonstrations were held in major western cities to mark the anniversary of the abduction, 219 schoolgirls, who called themselves Chibok Ambassadors, staged a protest march in Abuja, while the Nobel Laureate, Professor …

ABUJA— When Boko Haram attacked a school in the town of Chibok, in northeastern Nigeria, kidnapping more than 200 girls, on the night of April 14, 2014, the people of my country were aghast. Across the world, millions of people joined them in asking: How was it possible for this terrorist group to act with such impunity? It took nearly …

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has called on the Federal Government to intensify its efforts to bring back the missing Chibok girls. At the one year anniversary of the kidnap of the schoolgirls, who were abducted by Boko Haram on April 14, 2014, in Lagos on Tuesday, Soyinka urged Nigerians to support the government in its efforts to crush the …