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In the aftermath of the bird flu cases that reportedly claimed over 2, 500 chickens last week in Lagos and Kano states, at least three other states are currently under surveillance by the Poultry Association of Nigeria, PAN, as part of the effort to prevent the disease spreading, even as the Federal government, has expressed willingness towards compensating affected farms. …

Senior lawyers of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, have condemned the action of Edo State Governor, Mr. Adams Oshiomole, in demolishing property allegedly belonging to the University without exhausting the due process of law. An Edo State High Court had, on December 16, 2014, awarded the ownership of the property in contention to Edo State Government. Dissatisfied with the judgment, …

By Alltimepost.com Traditional Rulers in Etsako land, Edo State, have thrown their weight behind the candidates of the All Progressives Congress in the 2015 general elections, saying their support was based on the need to continue the developmental train in the state. The Endorsement came during the week when Governor Adams Oshiomhole paid a courtesy visit to the Traditional Rulers …

President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have distanced themselves from the advertisements in some major newspapers by Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State, warning against voting for the APC presidential candidate, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), because of the possibilities that he would die in office because of his age. Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation, …

Youths suspected to be ex- militants from the creeks of Bayelsa State, yesterday, warned Dame Patience, wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, against accompanying her husband to the presidential rally of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, scheduled to hold in the state on February 5. The warning followed a similar one by a group which called itself, Bayelsa Youth Vanguard, BYV, …

As controversy continues to trail the academic qualifications of the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Major General Mohammadu Buhari, the Army, yesterday, said it was not in possession of Buhari’s credentials. The APC presidential candidate, Major General Buhari had averred in an affidavit he deposed before an Abuja High Court that all his certificates were with the …

(CNN)As Prepared for Delivery There is a ritual on State of the Union night in Washington. A little before the address, the White House sends out an embargoed copy of the President’s speech to the press (embargoed means that the press can see the speech, but they can’t report on it until a designated time). The reporters then start sending …

The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega has said that the penchant by the Nigerian politicians to cut corners at the expense of the acceptable convention posed a major impediment to free and fair election in the country. Jega spoke at the Bayero University, Kano, BUK, yesterday, saying also that Nigerian politicians were ‘’too difficult to handle.’’ …

The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Sa’ad Abubakar III, has expressed fears that unless something was done urgently, millions of Nigerians, including himself, would be disenfranchised as they were not able to collect their Permanent Voters’ Cards, PVCs. Abubakar spoke in Sokoto when he received President Goodluck Jonathna, who was in the state for a political rally in his palace. …

The Deputy Governor of Niger State, Ahmed Musa Ibeto, has dumped his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, for the All Progressives Congress, the Eagleonline reports. Before his defection, Ibeto contested the PDP governorship ticket in the state, but lost because his boss, Governor Babangida Aliyu, did not back his candidacy. Ahmed Nasko is currently the party’s governorship candidate in the …