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President Goodluck Jonathan spoke for the first time, yesterday, on why he conceded defeat to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), in the March 28 presidential election, saying he did so to avert a collective tragedy. President Jonathan was responding to remarks by the French ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Denis Guaer, who commended …

Benin City, Edo State Nigeria – By Oladipo Airenakho.  Edo South Senator-elect on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Pharmacist Matthew Urghoghide has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a job well done in the just concluded general elections in Nigeria. He gave the commendation on Tuesday at the Edo State headquarters of …

The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance in Nasarawa State, Mr. Labaran Maku, on Wednesday, rejected the result of the just concluded governorship election declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission in the state. In a statement issued in Lafia, Maku said he would continue to fight for social liberty and justice. The statement read, “We will fight …

AWKA—OHANAEZE Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, said yesterday, that it had no regrets not supporting the ambition of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, who won the March 28, 2015 presidential poll. Ohanaeze also flayed the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, over the death threat he allegedly issued to Igbo people residing in Lagos before …

SENATOR-ELECT and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Chief Buruji Kashamu, has described the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, as his role model. Kashamu, who is the chairman of the Organisation and Mobilisation Committee of the PDP in the South-West, paid a rare tribute to the former Lagos State governor in an …

Abuja—A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja, has ordered the release of former President Obasanjo’s book: My Watch, which had been in the custody of the Nigerian Customs Service. Justice Valentine Ashi had late last year granted an injunction restraining Obasanjo from publishing the book following a complaint lodged by a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, …

There was pandemonium on Wednesday as the Mamman Kontagora House, owned by the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, on the Lagos Island was gutted by fire. Our correspondent noted that a law firm and the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation offices were also affected. The complex has two sides, each of which has 11 floors. The structure facing Broad Street was …

ABUJA – PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan will perform the formal handing over to the incoming administration of the president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari on May 28th, Minister of Information, Senator Patricia Akwashiki who disclosed this yesterday to State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting said the president has therefore given all ministers with request for approvals from his office May 13th …

President Goodluck Jonathan’s letter to the National Assembly rejecting amendments to the 1999 Constitution was received with shock by some members who openly expressed surprise at the reasons given by the President to veto the bill. The letter was read on the floor of Senate on Wednesday by the Senate President, David Mark. Consequently, the Chairman, Senate Committee on the …

By Alltimepost.com, WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of National Volunteer Week, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the U.S. federal agency that administers the AmeriCorps program, released the first-ever rankings of the states and cities that generate the most AmeriCorps members per capita. Montana, Washington, D.C., and Minnesota take the top three spots in the states category. Minneapolis-St. …