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The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, has pledged Government’s commitment to comply with the Jan. 13, 2014 judgment granting financial autonomy to the judiciary. Anyim made the pledge at a meeting with the National Executive Council of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) in Abuja on Monday Anyim said monitoring committees would …

By Alltimepost.com Five years after the devastating earthquake in 2010 left millions in need of urgent medical care, Haiti has made significant progress toward rebuilding the national public health system with help from the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC). CDC has led the reconstruction of the health sector to establish disease surveillance systems, enhance laboratory capacity, and develop human …

The United States has advised Nigeria against postponing the February general elections. The US Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry, gave the advice after he met the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, President Goodluck Jonathan and the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhamadu Buhari (retd.) in Lagos on Sunday. According to Kerry, the US would deny entry visa to …

A curfew imposed in the northeastern city of Maiduguri after a weekend Boko Haram attack was lifted on Monday, as the state governor urged residents to stay and fight. The restive city has been on lock-down since Sunday morning, when the Islamist militants launched a dawn raid that was later repelled by the military. Nigerian Army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman …

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has advised the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), President Goodluck Jonathan, against banking on the votes of people of the state. He stressed that Edo people will not re-elect the President in next month’s presidential election owing to his abandonment of the state. According to Oshiomhole, President Jonathan did not fulfill …

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday in Lagos said Nigeria was pleased with the international community’s agreement with it on the multinational task force initiative in fighting the Boko Haram insurgency. This is contained in a statement in Abuja by Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity. “We are pleased that the international community is now …

The U.S. Secretary of State, Mr John Kerry, has joined several other people calling for a violence-free elections about two weeks to the general elections in Nigeria. Mr John Kerry was in Nigeria to speak with the presidential candidates of the two main parties, President Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari. Mr Kerry, in a meeting with General Buhari in …

By Alltimepost.com, As Nigerians prepare to cast their votes in the February 2015 general elections, President Goodluck Jonathan’s government continues to be the target of attack by Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole who sees it as a corrupt and discredited administration. The former labor leader hit at the infrastructural profile of the administration and questioned the authenticity of the …

By Alltimepost.com, WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) recently released a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) of up to $51 million for the 2015 grant competition of the Social Innovation Fund (SIF). The deadline for applications will be 5 p.m. ET on March, 17 2015. Successful applicants will receive grants of between $1 and $10 …

By Alltimepost.com, Independent National Electoral Commission’s alleged plot to postpone the February 2015 general elections in Nigeria has been condemned by Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole who described such plan as an exercise in futility. Comrade Oshiomhole said the subterranean plot being hatched by the People’s Democratic Party- led Federal Government was an attempt to “postpone the evil day.” …