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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Federal Government of making a show out of deceit by its so-called fuel price reduction, saying a 10.3 per cent slash in the price of petrol (from 97 to 87 Naira) is a mere tokenism at a time the price of crude oil has crashed by about 60 per cent. In a …

ALL chicken markets in Lagos State and environs have been placed on red alert even as veterinary institutions have stepped up surveillance to contain the avian influenza (bird flu) outbreak reported last week in two poultries in Lagos and Kano states. Nigeria was the first country in Africa to report H5N1 in poultry in 2006, according to the World Health …

The Federal Government, Sunday night reduced the pump price of petrol to N87/litre. Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madukwe while announcing the reduction said, the new pump price will take effect from 12:00am on Monday. Details soon…

In what may appeared as a dramatic volte face, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola has said that the Lagos State All Progressives Congress, APC governorship candidate, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has always been his choice of candidate all through the build up to the APC governorship primaries held over a month ago. Fashola stated this during a media parley …

By Alltimepost.com Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has raised an alarm over an alleged plot by rival People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to use a section of students of the University of Benin to foment trouble in the state and create chaos which may lead to loss of lives. He therefore urged parents to prevail on their children at the …

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said that there had not been any free and fair elections in the country since Nigeria’s independence in 1960, as what had been happening since then was that people have been “buying and selling votes.” Jonathan, however asked Nigerians especially the youths not to allow anybody to buy their votes during the forth coming elections as …

Former Federal Commissioner for Information and South South leader, Chief Edwin Clark yesterday asked the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to expel the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo from the party. Clark also pooh-poohed the peace accord signed by the President Goodluck Jonathan, General Muhammadu Buhari and 12 other presidential candidates of the various parties on the general elections, saying that …

The Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, on Thursday in Abuja said that the Federal Government would soon inaugurate over one million prepayment electricity meters to reduce the metering gap nationwide. Nebo said this at a town hall meeting with stakeholders, organised by the ministry. He said that the intervention was to help electricity distribution companies, in which government had …

Barely two days after 46 leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), prominent PDP leaders and their supporters in Ondo East and West, the home town of Governor Olusegun Mimiko, have also joined the APC. They said their defection was to align with the APC and Gen Muhammadu Buhari for the desired change …

President Goodluck Jonathan has appealed to Nigerian youths to shun violence during the general elections in February. Represented by his Senior Special Assistant on Youths, Mr Jude Imagwe, during a courtesy call on the Gbong Gwom Jos, Buba Gyang, in Jos on Thursday, the president urged the youth to be peaceful during the elections. He also appealed to the youth …