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By Alltimepost.com National President, Goodluck-for-Transformation and state Women Coordinator, Goodluck Campaign Organisation, Chief (Mrs.) Evelyn Igbafe; a three-time member of the House of Representatives and Senatorial aspirant of the PDP in Edo South, Hon. Ehiogie West-Idahosa have dumped the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress in Edo State. Others who also dumped PDP and pitched their tents …

SOUTHWEST ASIA, Jan. 28, 2015 – U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria, using bomber, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft to conduct 13 airstrikes, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported Wednesday. Separately, U.S. and coalition military forces conducted six airstrikes in Iraq, using attack, fighter, and …

Speaker of the House of Representatives and governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Sokoto State, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal has called on politicians in the country to immediately put a stop to the current scale of violence they have introduced into electioneering campaigns. Speaking at an interactive session with the leadership of students of all tertiary institutions in the …

In Yenagoa, Bayelsa State,Political leaders from the minority regions of the South-South and Middle Belt, have insisted that the only guarantee for the full implementation of the recommendations of the National Conference was the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan. Rising from a summit of the Congress for Equality and Change in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, the political leaders resolved to endorse …

The University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, UCLES, now Cambridge Assessment, has cleared the air on the controversy currently surrounding the West African School Certificate, WASC, results presented by Muhammadu Buhari, the candidate of the All Progressives Candidate in the February 14 presidential election. The institution in a new post on its website, disclosed that result grades for the examination …

AFENIFERE, a Yoruba socio political Organisation last night endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan for second term in office. Publicity Secretary of the Organisation Yinka Odumakin said this in Akure while briefing newsmen after a meeting President Jonathan held with the leaders of the Organisation. The meeting took place at the residence of the National Chairman of the Organisation, Chief Reuben Fasoranti …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday declared that 42,779,339 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) have been distributed. This figure is out of the 68 million cards billed to be distributed to eligible voters. The commission had on January 7 disclosed that 38 million cards had been distributed. INEC said that while 26 million PVCs were yet to be collected, the …

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, yesterday, justified its action for shutting down the controversial All Progressive Congress, APC SMS platform for fund raising, saying that the action of the mobile network operators in running a political advertisement for the APC wasn’t in compliance with the provisions of the NCC guidelines on the use of shot Codes in Nigeria. The Director …

The crisis rocking the Ohaneze Ndigbo may have assumed a dangerous dimension as explosion has rocked its National Headquarters located at No. 7 Parks Avenue G.R.A Enugu, destroying some parts of the building. This came few hours after the caretaker committee chairman of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Ralph Obioha, constituted a panel to probe the Chief Enwo Igariwey led-exco. The …

A gang of attackers has beheaded a 90-year-old community leader, Goodluck Uwumahongie, at Aruogba village in Oredo local government area of Edo State over land squabble. The attackers who were said to have shot their victim before decapitating him, made away with the head of the deceased. Late Uwumahongie was murdered at Irhirhi village where he fled to with his …