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The Independent National Electoral Commission and President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday lost its bid to have the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal dismiss the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Movement and its presidential candidate in February 23, 2019, Pastor Haminchi Habu. Habu and the PDM are by their petition challenging the victory of Buhari and his All Progressives Congress at …

Great Benin King, Oba Ewuare II has suspended the Ohen Okhuaihe of Ikhuen N’Iyanomon, Nomuovbiekpen Uwague Idehen and the Odionwere, Pa Lawrence Ekenaza for their roles in the crisis in the village. Oba Ewuare II who slammed the suspension on them in the Palace while resolving the lingering crisis in the village also directed that the Okhuaihe Shrine and the …

Oba Ewuare II of the Great Benin Kingdom alerted his people on Wednesday that investigations had revealed that herdsmen and kidnappers, as well as other sets of criminals have established camps in the forests in the various villages in Edo State. The Oba who spoke through the Enigie (Dukes) in a meeting  in his Palace on Wednesday stressed the need for …

Give NAICOM Commissioner 7 days ultimatum Senior Civil Servants in the country have threatened to down tools over alleged breach of public service rules and non-implementation of agreements entered into with the management of National Insurance Commission, NAICOM. The senior workers on the aegis of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, have specifically given a seven-day ultimatum to the NAICOM …

A former governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, has described allegations of arms stockpiling levelled against him by an online medium, Premium Times, as laughable. Amosun said incumbent Governor Dapo Abiodun was the main supplier of some of the Armoured Personnel Carriers he bought in 2012 to combat security challenges his administration inherited. The former governor stated this in a statement issued …

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr Thomas John as the acting alternate chairman of the Governing Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, bringing to an end the tenure of the former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu. NNPC’s Group Managing Director, Maikanti Baru, who announced this in Abuja, stated that the new board chairman would hold …

Pan-Edo/Delta group, the Midwest Movement has rejected the Buhari administration’s renewed plot to forcefully or tacitly annex swaths of lands belonging to various ethnic nationalities across the nation for the settlement of Fulani herders in colonies to be known as RUGA Settlements, describing it as a “21 century colonization.” In a press statement in Benin on Wednesday, released by Dr. …

Former Niger Delta militants on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to carry out what they called complete overhaul of the nation’s Amnesty Programme initiated by the administration of late President Umaru Yar’Adua. The Coordinator, National Affairs of the United Ex-Freedom Fighters Forum, Mutu Dumex, made the call on behalf of his colleagues at a press conference in Abuja. Dumex …

•IG to issue statement on preliminary investigation•Transaction done in 2012 with presidential permit, says Amosun The presidency last night dismissed an allegation that former governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, illegally imported massive weapons and ammunition into the country, saying preliminary investigation by the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, showed that there was no sinister motive in the …

No fewer than 74 Local Government Areas (LGA) in 30 states in Nigeria would experience severe flooding in June, July, August and September, the nation’s hydrological agency said. Another 279 local government areas would experience minimum flooding across the country in the period, it added. The Director-General of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), Clement Nze, gave the prediction at …