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A senator, Elisha Abbo, caught on camera assaulting a woman, has appeared before a Senate committee set up to investigate the incident. Mr Abbo appeared before the Senate ad-hoc committee on Tuesday afternoon. The Adamawa senator, however, refused to take an oath before the panel. He also refused to speak in the presence of journalists. Persons invited before Senate committees …

The House of Representatives has set up a 13-member ad-hoc committee to investigate the crisis in the Edo State House of Assembly. The state assembly has been embroiled in controversies over the ‘inauguration’ and the ‘election’ of a new speaker. This development has also lent credence to the reports of a rift between the APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, and …

Salisu Maijigiri, the chairman,  Katsina state Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tuesday, told the election petition tribunal that his party’s presidential candidate in the February 23rd, presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, won President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina state. He said, while President Buhari polled “872,000, his party, the PDP scored, 905,000. According to him, “We (PDP) are the one who won the …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the state government is collaborating with the Benin Monarch, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, and other stakeholders to build a world-class royal museum to hold stolen artefacts from the Benin Kingdom. The Museum, he noted, will conserve the artefacts and make the state a destination of choice for tourists from across the globe. Obaseki disclosed …

…Edo gov. says autobiography will enrich body of knowledge Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila and Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, on Monday took turns to congratulate the former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Segun Osoba, who clocks 80 years next Monday. In his separate congratulatory message, Obaseki said: “On behalf …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Monday, joined his counterparts, Governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State and Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State to celebrate with Delta State Governor, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, on his 60th birthday celebration. Governor Obaseki who described Okowa as a humble man with a kind heart,  assured that Edo State will join hands with Delta …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has commiserated with the former Deputy Governor of the state, Dr. Pius Odubu, over the demise of his father, the Okaevbo of Urhomehe,  Pa Manson Odubu, who died at age 103. The governor thanked God for the life of the deceased, who he said worked to transform lives, adding “Upon reflection, we have every …

Petitioners’ second witness at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, Mr. Peter Uzioma Obi, on Monday, said it was wrong to say the results of the February 23, 2019 presidential election were not transmitted electronically. Obi took the witness stand at the instance of the Peoples Democratic Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who are by their petition challenging …

A Presiding Officer during the February 23 presidential election, Mr Adejuyitan Olalekan, told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, on Monday, that he personally transmitted the results collated at his polling unit during the poll. Olalekan took the witness stand as the petitioners’ third witness at the instance of the Peoples Democratic Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku …

An Assistant Presiding Officer (I) during the February 23, 2019, presidential election, Mr. Adedokun Adeoye, on Monday failed to show the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, which provision of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s manual authorised him to transmit the results of the poll. Adoye took the witness stand as the petitioners’ fourth witness at the instance of the Peoples Democratic …