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By Alltimepost.com RICHMOND, VIRGINIA – Governor Terry McAuliffe and First Lady, Dorothy McAuliffe announced on Tuesday that the Commonwealth of Virginia is the first state in the United States to become an Employer of National Service, encouraging AmeriCorps and Peace Corps alumni to put their skills and experience to work for Virginia state government. “To build the new Virginia economy …

US President Barack Obama urged India to promote religious tolerance and do more to combat global warming Tuesday as he wrapped up a visit aimed at forging a new friendship between the world’s largest democracies. Speaking to an audience of mainly young people, Obama said the United States could be India’s “best partner” but put pressure on his hosts over …

President Goodluck Jonathan in a quest to end insurgency in the country, yesterday said the Nigerian military would take delivery of more Military equipment within this week and next week. Jonathan made this known, when he paid a courtesy call on the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambari, in his palace, when his campaign team touched down in the state. …

The Ogun State government yesterday confirmed the outbreak of Avian Influenza otherwise known as H5N1 and also known as bird flu. The state commissioner for Agriculture, Mrs Ronke Sokefun while addressing newsmen said samples from Sango, Sagamu and Ifo live birds market tested positive to the highly pathogenic bird flu. She said samples of birds taken from another poultry farm …

STRONG indications emerged that the cold war between a political godfather and his son has reared its head again, following accusations and counter accusations between Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Senator Bala Mohammed. Their disagreement followed the governor’s claim that the minister hired thugs that stoned the president’s convoy in …

Military authorities said, yesterday, that Nigerian troops were fully in control of Maiduguri and Konduga, the two cities Boko Haram attacked in the early hours of Sunday, noting that the fighting lasted into the early hours of yesterday. Consequently, the curfew imposed on the capital, Maiduguri, has been lifted, while members of President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign train who were trapped …

In a clear move to stop the presidential flag bearer of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari from contesting the election, a legal practitioner, Mr. Chukwunweike Okafor, on Monday, approached the Federal High Court in Abuja with an application seeking the court to disqualify the candidate over issues bothering on his credentials. The case tagged FHC/ABJ/CS/01/2015 has Buhari, …

TWENTY-Four hours after US Secretary of State, John Kerry met President Goodluck Jonathan and former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, pledging his country’s determination to work with Nigeria and other countries to end activities of the Boko Haram terrorists, the Israeli media, yesterday, revealed that the US stopped Nigeria’s purchase of Chinook military helicopters from Israel to fight Boko …

THE All Progressives Congress, APC, has expressed doubt over President Goodluck Jonathan’s promise that the May 29, 2015 handover date is still sacrosanct, noting that the dates for the presidential and governorship polls should also remain sacred. It also warned against postponing the exercise on the basis of insurgency in the North-West geo-political zone to avoid giving victory to insurgents.Briefing …

As a result of the current violence in the North-eastern part of Nigeria, the European Union yesterday affirmed that it will not deploy election observers to the area. Ambassador Santiago Fisas, the Chief Observer of the European Union Election Observer Mission in Nigeria, disclosed this during a courtesy call by members of the mission to the leadership of the ruling …