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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has removed the name of governorship of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Charles Soludo, and his running mate, Onyekachi Ibezim, from the list of cleared candidates for the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. Messrs Soludo and Ibezim were replaced with Chukwuma Umeoji and Obiageli Orogbu as the candidate and deputy governorship candidate of …

The Federal Government says, in line with operative conventions and laws, it will take possession of the 1,130 looted Benin bronzes being expected from Germany. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this on Saturday in Lagos at a news conference on the efforts by the federal government to repatriate looted smuggled artefacts from around the world. …

The minister of the interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has said that more women should be encouraged to join the newly formed female squad of the Nigeria Security and Civil defense Corps, (NSCDC), as well as other sister security agencies in order to strengthen the fight against insecurity in the country as women are known to be more determined on the realization …

Backs demand for southern presidency A member of the House of Representatives from Benue State, Hon. Mark Terseer Gbillah, yesterday alleged that the Senate made 20 illegal insertions in the 2021 Electoral Act under consideration in the National Assembly. He alleged that the insertions were part of a larger scheme to rig the 2023 general election. The Benue lawmaker said …

Mr. Aminu Malle, the Chief of Staff to the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase, has thanked northern members of the House for protecting and promoting the interest of the North in the recently passed Petroleum Industry Bill and the Electoral Act. The congratulatory message was sent on behalf of Wase by Malle to the northern caucus …

Media chiefs in the country have said the media won’t be deterred by the directive of the Federal Government that the media should not divulge “details” of the activities of bandits, terrorists and kidnappers in their reports. The President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, Mustapha Isah; the National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Chris Isiguzo; and the …

A South-South stakeholders group, the Mangrove People Leadership Initiative, has urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to decline his assent to the controversial Petroleum Industry Bill passed by the National Assembly. MAPLI also rejected the three per cent allocated for host communities and the 30 per cent proposed for oil exploration activities in the frontier basins contained in …

Edo State Government has restated that ongoing reforms in the state’s public and civil service are part of efforts by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration to retool the workers with the right skills-set to meet the demands of the modern age and improve efficiency and productivity. The Edo State Head of Service, Anthony Okungbowa Esq., who spoke at a workshop …

Edo State Traffic Control and Management Agency (EDSTMA) has concluded plans to ensure strict enforcement of color codes for commercial taxi operators in the state. In a statement, Managing Director, EDSTMA, Dennis Oloriegbe, said the agency is undertaking the exercise in compliance with the law and order guiding the operation of commercial vehicles in the state. According to him, “EDSTMA …

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS, has said the people that abducted him in Kenya were told that he had links to the Islamists terrorists in that country. According to the Biafra state advocate, his kidnappers chained him to the floor and tortured him, …