Contrary to widespread belief that former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babagida has fully thrown his weight behind the candidature of the All Progressives Congress presidential Candidate, Gen. Muhammad Buhari, IBB, as he is fondly called, has said he has endorsed all the 14 presidential candidates for the February 14 presidential election. According to IBB, this endorsement goes beyond his earlier …
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Here are key dates in the current Ebola epidemic, the worst ever outbreak of the haemorrhagic fever which first surfaced in 1976 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to the latest toll given by the World Health Organization (WHO), the epidemic has left 8,810 dead, mainly in the west African states of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, out …
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The Lagos state government has cancelled its monthly environmental exercise to boost PVC collection. The sanitation exercise was initially scheduled for Saturday, 31 January, 2015 (Today) This decision is in response to the wide complaint that many are yet to collect their PVCs. The monthly exercise normally entails restriction of movement of vehicles and residents for three hours, between 7 …
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DoD News, Defense Media Activity – By Terri Moon Cronk WASHINGTON – The stories of veterans are more complicated and inspiring than they are depicted on television and in movies, First Lady Michelle Obama said at a screenwriters event on Friday. Speaking at the National Geographic Society, here, she addressed writers, content creators and other industry leaders on the power …
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WASHINGTON – U.S. and Chinese defense officials will meet at the Pentagon on February 5, 2015 for the Defense Policy Coordination Talks, according to a Pentagon official on Thursday. David Helvey, deputy assistant secretary of defense for East Asia, will host the talks with Rear Admiral Li Ji, deputy director of the Chinese ministry of national defense foreign affairs office, …
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Ahead of the February general elections, ritualists are said to be on the prowl in Ondo State. The gruesome murder of two teenage girls on the farm when they went to gather firewood for their mother to prepare dinner for their different families, recently placed the state on red alert of security authorities. It was learnt that the two girls …
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By Alltimepost.com Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Retired Major-General Muhammadu Buhari has said that the top priorities of his party, if voted in on February 14, 2015 will be to tackle the triple problems of insecurity in parts of the North, unemployment of youths and the massive corruption in Nigeria. Buhari, while speaking at a rally of the …
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DoD News, Defense Media Activity – By Claudette Roulo WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama hosted an armed forces farewell tribute to retiring Defense Secretary, Chuck Hagel on Wednesday at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia. “Today is a celebration of a quintessentially American life; a man from the heartland who devoted his life to America,” Obama said. From his time as …
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Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State says Chief Anthony Anenih has a long history of frustrating the will of the people, but will fail with his latest project to secure another term for President Goodluck Jonathan, just as he failed in all the elections in the state since he (Governor) came to power. Speaking at a rally of the All …
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A certain Abu Musab Abul-Barnawi, who identified himself as the spokesman of the extremist Boko Haram sect, has stated in an unusual video clip shot in a TV studio that the reason Baga was seized by his group after repeated attacks was for strategic economic reasons. The character in the TV studio said to be owned by Al-Urwa al-Wuthqa Foundation, …
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