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Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari (Ret), yesterday, insisted that his academic certificates were submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, which were duly acknowledged by the Legal Department of the commission, wondering why people were still making issues of it. Speaking in Abuja, when the Peoples Democratic Movement, PDM, formally adopted him as …

The Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Julius A. Okojie (OON), has admonished private universities operating from their temporary sites in the country to relocate to the permanent sites. Speaking at the Redeemer’s University 6th Convocation Ceremony held on Thursday, 8th January, 2015, the NUC scribe commended the efforts of the institution for moving to its permanent site in …

FOLLOWING irreconcilable differences between Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Senator Bala Mohammmed following the governor’s claim that the minister hired thugs that stoned the president’s convoy in Bauchi last Thursda. A group under the aegis, Northern Alliance Group has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to immediately sack the Minister. …

Few hours after a faction of its parent body endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan for a second term, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing, (Ohanaeze Youth Council) has accused him of being insincere to the South-East region. In a statement, the Ohanaeze Youth Council said it was displeased with Jonathan’s insincere and shabby handling of issues affecting Ndigbo, despite the support given …

The activists, who identified themselves as tax payers and eligible voters in Nigeria, told the court that they were also social crusaders committed to ensuring obedience to the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with a duty to report crime and ensure prosecution of offenders. Buhari faces 14 years jail term if convicted on the basis of the allegation. …

Peoples Democratic Movement National Chairman, Alhaji Bashiru Ibrahim, who spoke at his adoption in Abuja, said that the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the party, considered Buhari’s candidature favourably in a bid to save the country. He said: “We are here today to present to you the resolution of the National Executive Committee of Peoples Democratic Movement in support of …

CHAIRMAN of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, yesterday, affirmed that the commission would overcome all the challenges it was facing before the commencement of the elections on February 14. He also re-echoed the commission’s determination to ensure that the elections were much better than that of 2011. Speaking during his quarterly meeting with political parties at …

The Director-General of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Campaign Council, Ahmadu Ali, on Tuesday said his party will make sure the former Information Minister, Labaran Maku, fails for the rest of his life for defecting to the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA,. Mr. Ali said Mr. Maku is a “dangerous boy” who the PDP helped groom from nothing, adding …

Turning the tide against Boko Haram will require a “huge” international effort, a top US military commander warned on Tuesday, taking a swipe at Nigeria’s response to the emboldened extremists. Relations between the Nigerian and US militaries have been strained with Nigeria cancelling training by US advisers of a unit that was supposed to fight the militants, who have captured …

By Alltimepost.Com  BERLIN – United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced on Tuesday that the U.S. Government will commit $1 billion over 2015-2018 to Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, subject to Congressional approval. The U.S. contribution will support Gavi’s plan to immunize 300 million additional children and save at least 5 million lives by 2020. Providing new and underutilized vaccines …