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Former Minister of Information, Labaran Maku on Tuesday in Abuja, denied reports making the rounds in the media that he accused President Jonathan of being the sponsor of Boko Haram. Maku, who addressed newsmen, said the reports were false and an attempt to discredit Jonathan by using his ardent supporters to make the falsehood look believable. He said that his …

A French court has awarded two 20-year-old women inadvertently switched at birth €400,000 (£297,000) each in compensation. The private clinic in the Riviera city of Cannes where the two women were born was also ordered to pay €60,000 to their three siblings and €300,000 to the parents concerned, for a grand total of €1.88m. The families had initially sought damages …

She claimed that her employer kicked her and beat her with a vacuum cleaner rod. She said that she was given only one bottle of water a day to minimise toilet breaks, was forced to sleep on the floor and became emaciated for lack of food. On Tuesday, a court here agreed, vindicating Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, a domestic servant from Indonesia, …

The National Leader the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu has said he will not be intimidated by the latest show of strength, intimidation and possible harassment being exhibited by the Federal Government through the deployment of about 30 stern looking soldiers who are laying siege on his Bourdillon Road, Ikoyi, Lagos residence. A statement issued by the former …

After months of berating the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared his support for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Obasanjo, who is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, made his opinion known during an interview with the Financial Times at the launch of his controversial autobiography …

The Presidency has debunked rumours gaining ground in some online and social media that the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, had been sacked by the Federal Government. A source from the office of the National Security Adviser, NSA, citing security concerns yesterday, warned politicians against spreading falsehood capable of inciting violence to desist from doing …

By Alltimepost.com Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has said the state government will employ all the applicants who scaled the hurdles of a committee set up by the government on the recruitment of teachers. He said this on Tuesday at the state house in Benin, just as the Chairman of the Committee, Professor Dennis Agbonlahor told him that 21,195 …

The National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Ahmed Tinubu, has condemned the decision to postpone the general elections, describing the security concerns given as a cover for the desperation of President Goodluck Jonathan to avoid defeat. Tinubu, in a statement said: “They were postponed because one man, President Jonathan, feared that an election held on February 14 …

Issues of unemployment, insecurity, devaluation of the Naira and epileptic power supply among others, were the dominant issues raised yesterday at the opening ceremony of the 11th Quadrennial delegates conference of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, held in Abuja with labour taking politicians to task on these issues. This came as the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples’ Democratic …

The Islamic State group’s affiliate in Egypt has released video purporting to show the beheading of eight Bedouin men it accused of working for the Egyptian and Israeli armies. The video, posted on the group’s Twitter account late on Monday, also showed what it said were victims of Egyptian military operations in the restive Sinai Peninsula where an insurgency has …