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The presidential flag-bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, restated his commitment to empowering Nigerian women. This is contained in a statement tagged “Special message to Nigerian women”, released in Abuja and signed by Malam Garba Shehu, in commemoration of the International Women’s Day. Shehu is the Director Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Organisation. …

By Alltimepost.com WASHINGTON – America’s First Lady, Mrs. Michelle Obama on Wednesday at a Give an Hour conference of mental health professionals she hosted to raise awareness and drum support for people with mental illness left the public with a message that the disease should carry ‘no stigma.’ Michelle Obama who has been the strongest advocate for veterans and their …

President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed confidence that the over 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram in their hostel in Chibok, Borno State last year are still alive. Jonathan, who also said that his chance of winning the March 28 presidential poll was slimmer than in 2011, based his position on the fact that terrorists would naturally display the corpses of …

ABUJA—THE Senate Committee on Defence and Army, yesterday, demanded how the over N1.275 billion budgeted to the Ministry of Defence in the 2014 fiscal year was spent. Meantime, the Senate Committee on Defence has frowned at the attitude of the Minister of Defence, General Aliu Gusau for not attending budget defence in the senate and directed that he should get …

Authorities in a northeastern Indian city said Friday they had imposed a round-the-clock curfew, a day after a rape suspect was pulled out of jail and lynched by a mob and another man was killed in the subsequent police firing. The suspect, who stood accused of raping a woman multiple times and was arrested in late February, was dragged out …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday said Nigeria’s peculiar challenges required leaders with requisite experience to tackle them. He told guests inside the auditorium of his Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, during the celebration of his 78th birthday and 2015 annual summit, that there were too many ‘think-tanks’ in the country instead of ‘do-tanks.’ The former President, who looked resplendent …

The controversies surrounding the deployment of soldiers for election may have been laid to rest as the National Assembly has empowered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to function as the sole authority who can request for the deployment of security personnel for election purposes in the country. This forms part of new amendments proposed to the Electoral Act 2010, …

By Alltimepost.com United States Department of Commerce announced on Wednesday that the Obama’s administration was targeting the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit taking place between March 23 and 24 as a forum to promote the country as the premier destination for international investment. Top officials of the administration, including Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of the Treasury Jacob J. Lew, …

LAGOS — The military, yesterday, broke its silence on the controversy surrounding the shift in election date, saying its position had no political undertone. Rather, it said the reason for its suggestion for a shift was to enable it take delivery of the long awaited weapons with which to tackle terrorists in the North eastern part of the country. Chief …

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Wednesday, displayed his soccer skills during a football match held at MKO International Stadium, Abeokuta. It was a novelty match between his Presidential Library team against a team of Ogun State Government, led by the Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun. The match was organised as part of the programme to commemorate the 78th birthday of Obasanjo. …