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…urges voters to ignore those boasting with federal might…says the world is watching Edo election Wife of the Governor of Edo State, Her Excellency Betsy Obaseki, has urged residents of the state to be ready to exercise their franchise and not be intimidated by those who are boasting that they will use federal might to impose an unpopular candidate on …

…Says: if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, there is only one conclusion, It is a DUCK!  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State has totally rejected the redeployment of Mr Adeyinka Fasiu Ayinla as the state commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in the state. This was contained …

National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voters Education Committee of the Independent Electoral Commission, Festus Okoye, has said there is no alternative to the peaceful conduct of the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. He said failure to do so will leave both states with constitutional logjam that would be difficult to resolve. At a sensitisation forum for …

A Chief Magistrate Court 1 in Kaduna on Thursday set free two of the three suspected killers of Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile. However, the first suspect, Nehemiah Adejor, who drove the car that killed the Air Force Officer, is to be charged for culpable homicide and criminal conspiracy in the State High Court. When the case came up at the …

The Nigerian government has called for the immediate and unconditional restoration of constitutional order in Mali following the coup that ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, made the call on behalf of the Nigerian government via his verified Twitter handle @GeoffreyOnyeama on Wednesday. Mr Onyeama said Nigeria also welcomed the urgent activation of the ECOWAS Standby …

The African Bar Association has condemned the takeover of government in Mali by the military. The AfBA President, Mr Hannibal Uwaifo, in an untitled statement on Thursday, said the coup was no longer fashionable on the African continent while calling for international sanction against the putsch masterminds. The statement read, “The African Bar Association hereby unequivocally rejects the coup de …

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently participating in a virtual Extraordinary Session of the Economic Community of West Africa States, ECOWAS, Authority of Heads of State and Government on the socio-political crisis in Mali. The session, which is being held through video conference, was convened following the recent mutiny by the nation’s military on Tuesday. Also participating at the virtual meeting …

An aide and close friend of Mamman Daura, Aminu Balele Kurfi, has said that the nephew to President Muhammadu Buhari travelled to London for routine medical check-up. Mr Kurfi was reacting to reports Wednesday that Mr Daura was flown to the UK aboard a private jet after developing a serious medical condition suspected to be COVID-19-related. Speaking to PREMIUM TIMES Wednesday evening, …

The number of people in Nigeria infected with the coronavirus exceeded 50,000 on Wednesday, the country’s health authority said, with 593 cases reported in the last 24 hours. Wednesday’s tally, which would be the first time Nigeria is reporting over 500 cases in about a month, brings the total number of infections in the country to 50,488. A total of 37,304 infected …

The FishNet Alliance has called for support for the 6.5 million fishers that are in distress, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in Makoko, Lagos State, and other coastal communities across the 850-kilometre Atlantic coastline of the country. The Alliance made the call at a meeting in Makoko, where fishers expressed how they groan under lockdown measures that have deprived them …