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At least two persons have died while several others injured as a passenger train crushed a Lagos state government staff bus at PWD/Shogunle axis, Ikeja area of the state on Thursday morning. The train was coming from Agege area and met the bus with the Lagos state government workers on board crossing the rail to link Ikeja GRA, according to …

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has postponed the governorship and state assembly elections fixed for March 11 to March 18. According to INEC, the decision is due to its inability to commence the reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System, BVAS, machines on time The Court of Appeal on Wednesday gave the commission the nod to reconfigure the BVAS used …

United States of America and several countries have called attention to the situation in Afghanistan, which, over the past year and a half, has seen one of the steepest declines globally in the respect for the human rights of women and girls.  This was contained in a joint statement issued today by: The Foreign Ministers of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, …

At the Our Ocean Conference (OOC) in Panama, the United States highlighted new and recently launched global initiatives totaling more than USD 800 million to protect “our ocean and assist developing countries.” Assistance to developing countries ranges from supporting the creation of marine protected areas and helping partner countries secure and enforce their marine resources, to improving the resilience of …

…Igbos assure support for PDP candidates Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, met with the Igbo community in Benin City, the Edo State capital, to canvass votes for the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Saturday, March 11 House of Assembly elections. Obaseki, at a one-day engagement with the Edo South Igbo Community, held at …

Edo State voters have been called upon to use their Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC) during the governorship and House of Assembly Elections on Saturday March 11, 2023 to dismantle the Edo State House of Assembly, as it is presently constituted, under the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Chairman, Media and Publicity Committee, Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council …

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s defiance to zoning ranks as the worst demonstration of self-destruct and anti-party conduct. Wike expressed the concern on Wednesday at his private residence in Port Harcourt, where he hosted the three Rivers senators-elect, incumbent Deputy Governor, Dr Ipalibo Banigo; Barry Mpigi and Chief …

• Obi opposes INEC, seeks physical inspection of election materials• 70 CSOs kick, PDP rejects INEC’s bid to reconfigure BVAS machines • Court summons INEC, Wike, others over suit to suspend Saturday’s guber polls in Rivers  • 10th National Assembly won’t be Tinubu’s rubber stamp, says Oshiomhole• Shekarau absent as 98 Senators-elect receive Certificates of Return President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has approached …

…as Rivers LP executives dissociate selves from the adoption of Fubara The Nollywood veteran actress, Hilda Dokubo, has stated that any Nigeria involved in the Obidient Movement that is seeking monetary reward is not sincere in the struggle for a better country. This is coming as the Executives of the Labour Party in Rivers State have dissociated themselves from the …

The Appeal Court in Abuja has granted the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, access to inspect electoral materials used by the Independent National Electoral Commission during February 25, 2022, general elections. The PUNCH reports that Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, on Tuesday, urged the Court of Appeal in Abuja to order INEC to grant him access to sensitive materials it …