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Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has assured that Osun election would be ranked best among elections ever conducted in Nigeria. He gave the assurance while speaking at ‘Stakeholders Forum for Osun State Governorship Election’. Assuring that the election results would be difficult to manipulate, Jega said the Commission’s objective was to make every election count …

ABUJA — PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has called for effective international assistance in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency in some parts of the country and rescue of the over 200 girls of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, kidnapped 115 days ago. The President also insisted that the government knew the whereabouts of the girls. According to him, the Federal …

Salem Massachusetts – By Emman Okuns. The standoff between the current management of Market Basket Supermarket and its employees over the termination of beloved Chief Executive Officer, Arthur T Demoulas does not appear to be going away any sooner. As it enters the second week, aggrieved and protesting workers and sympathetic customers have vowed to fight on, until Arthur T …

  Nigeria’s former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani Kayode has continued to accuse the All Progressives Congress (APC) of being behind the deadly sect, Boko Haram. In a fresh allegation made public today via his twitter page, , FFK wrote; “The APC is the political wing of Boko Haram and Boko Haram is the military wing of the APC, Say NO …

Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has stated that the country lost N1.29 trillion to theft of crude oil on industrial scale and production shutdowns last year, even as she put the average crude oil theft and deferment in 2013 at 215,000 barrels per day. The losses, according to her, were based on the average daily volumes of 215,000 …

US First Lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday called on her fellow presidential spouses from across Africa to “fight for our girls,” saying no girl should fear getting an education. Obama alluded indirectly to the plight of schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist rebels in Nigeria in a panel discussion with former first lady Laura Bush on the closing day of a US …

Washington DC – By Alltimepost.com. President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan of Nigeria has assured Nigerians and the world that his administration would ensure a free, fair and credible election in the forth coming gubernatorial race in Osun State. The president’s assurance came yesterday against the backdrop of apprehensions and allegations of planned rigging by some people or groups in the state. …

Insurgents belonging to the dreaded Islamist group, Boko Haram, have killed Captain Benjamin Sule, a Nigerian army officer who just wedded eight months ago. A close military friend of the late Captain Sule told SaharaReporters that Boko Haram gunmen killed the young, newly wed officer in an attack on a military contingent over the weekend. “Captain Sule was killed in …

The Lebanese army sent reinforcements to Arsal, where Sunni Muslim support for the uprising across the border in Syria is strong France says that it is to speed up the delivery of weapons to the Lebanese army, in response to the rising violence in the country. In the latest clash, gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying soldiers in the …

A 72-hour humanitarian truce is holding in Gaza, halting four weeks of conflict that has claimed more than 1,900 lives. Israel and Gaza militants maintained fire up until the truce started at 08:00 local time (05:00 GMT). Israel says it has withdrawn all forces to positions outside Gaza, and some residents there are now returning to discover the fate of …