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After several weeks of horse-trading, negotiations that nearly broke down, six governorship aspirants namely Dr. Pius Odubu, Engr. Chris Ogiemwonyi, Major Gen. Charles Airhiavbere (rtd), Hon. Johnson Agbonyima, Saturday Uwulekhue and Prof. Ebegue Amadasun have stepped down for Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu as their consensus governorship aspirant to contest for the June 22 governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress …

The thirty- Six State Governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF will meet tomorrow to brainstorm on President Muhammadu Buhari’s Executive Order granting financial autonomy to the legislature and judiciary at the state level. The governors who will be holding their 9th teleconference meeting since the lockdown that resulted from the outbreak of the Coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic, …

•INEC releases guidelines, adopts online operations No fewer than 28 aspirants are jostling for the jobs of Ondo State Governor, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu, and his Edo State counterpart, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, in the forthcoming governorship elections in the two states, THISDAY’s investigation has revealed. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday released the elections’ guidelines stipulating the mode of campaign approved …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Monday released the guidelines for the conduct of the Edo and Ondo States governorship elections and subsequent elections in the country. In a 17-page document signed by the INEC Chairman, Prof. Manhood Yakubu, the commission said it shall immediately embark on a review of regulations, guidelines and manuals for elections in the light of …

… as Nigerian Local Content Development, Enforcement Bill scales second reading In what appears like a proactive way of tackling an anticipated harsh economic weather in the post  COVID-19 pandemic era, the House of Representatives has passed for the second reading a bill to enforce the participation of the Nigerian workforce in all the sectors of Nigeria’s economy. The Bill …

…We are studying the situation -APC…It’s good but dangerous, says Ahamba…It creates Vagabonds in power -Attah.’..No voting without face masks in Edo, Ondo Polls’ In the wake of lifestyle changes occasioned by the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has said it would be using more technological tools in discharging its mandate, disclosing its resolve to pioneer electronic …

BOSTON — Barbershops and hair salons in Massachusetts were met with a flood of demand, Monday, as they reopened after more than two months under a state closure order. While they are operating under stringent new rules — distancing, masks, extra cleaning — hair care providers who spoke to Patch said they have had an enthusiastic response from the reopening. …

…As Edo Power Sector Opens For Competition With the completion of the installation of 33KVA lines and a sub-station at the Edo State Secretariat complex, the much-awaited 55MW CCTEC-Ossiomo Power Plant is set for test run in the next couple of weeks, opening up the state’s power sector for competition for the benefit of residential and industrial consumers. The CCETC-Ossiomo …

BOSTON — While they could not place the over 37,000 flags they normally would, the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund still honored the state’s war dead, Monday. Overnight, the organization planted 1,000 flags on Boston Common, in a socially distant version of their annual Memorial Day flag garden. The Fund also asked residents across the state to place flags in their …

Special Report By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku On the 10th day of May 2020, Alltimepost.com carried a report tilted: “Obaseki Says New Federal College of Education Ekiadolor’ll Boost Training of TVET Teachers.” According to the report, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State disclosed this during an inspection of ongoing construction work at the Tayo Akpata University of Education, site of a …