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• Urges National Assembly to return electoral bill to President within 10 days• Governors not afraid of direct primary, says Sule Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said Nigeria should go into the next election with a new law, just as he called on the National Assembly and President Muhammadu Buhari to pass …

In the last couple of days, Nigerians have been inundated with declarations by politicians of their intention to contest the post of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2023. It is a welcome development considering that the people need to know the persons aspiring for the highest and most important office in the land. It is an office …

Edo State Government will intensify work on intervention programs to check the menace of gully erosion as part of effort to alleviate the sufferings of residents in erosion-prone communities in the state, Governor Godwin Obseki said at the weekend. Obaseki made this known to journalists after inspecting gully erosion sites in Ogiso Quarters and Urora in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area …

Cardiologists have urged Nigerians living with hypertension to always ensure that they have good blood pressure control, especially at night and early in the morning. The cardiologists said studies have shown that heart attacks occur more in the early hours of the morning, noting that ensuring good blood pressure control at night and early in the morning could help prevent …

Efforts by the National Reconciliation Committee set up by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress to resolve the internal crisis in some state chapters of the party may have suffered a setback in some states, according to report by Sunday PUNCH. In some of the states visited by the committee, led by a former governor of Nasarawa State, Senator …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Nigeria – Barely three Weeks After he assumed duty as AIG Zone 5 in Benin City, Ahmad AbdurRahman has been redeployed to the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State. In his place, another Assistant Inspector General of Police, Lawan Tanko Jimeta has assumed duty in zone 5 Command Headquarters, Benin City, Edo State.   The …

*Vows to defeat moneybags at APC convention Team Osinbajo, working for the actualization of a Prof Yemi Osinbajo presidency in 2023 is already breaking boundaries across the country with reports of shadowy link-ups between his canvassers and a section of the famed cabal around President Muhammadu Buhari. This is just as his team has vowed to defeat moneybags at the …

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has called for increased partnership between the government, the military and other security agencies in the state to rid Edo forests of kidnappers and other criminal elements. The governor made the call when he received the new Commander of the Nigerian Air Force 107 Air Maritime Group, Air Commodore Rasheed Abidoye, who was …

The Super Eagles have booked a slot in the second round of the ongoing African Cup of Nations with a comfortable 3-1 win over the Falcons of Sudan. Two first-half goals from Samuel Chukwueze and Taiwo Awoniyi plus a Moses Simon strike in the second ensured the Eagles maintained a strong grasp of Group D leadership with six points from their first …

A recent directive by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) that schools in the South east zone should no longer sing the Nigerian national anthem but that of ‘Biafra’ has sparked off fresh worries over the activities of the group in the region. The ban was contained in a statement jointly issued by IPOB’s Head of Directorate, Chika Edozien, and …