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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit in the Federal High Court, Lagos, against the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) over the CCB’s claim that it could not disclose details of asset declarations submitted to it by successive presidents and state governors since 1999 because doing so “would offend the right to privacy of presidents and state governors.” The CCB …

South-South Coalition of the Ijaw Leadership Group ex-agitators has condemned the actions and publication by some disgruntled groups of Ijaw Coalition which alleged that His Royal Majesty, Oba of Benin forcefully collected some parcel of land in Gelegele, in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State. The leader of the South-South Coalition of the Ijaw Leadership Group ex-agitators, General …

Internal crisis currently rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State shows no sign of abating, as the Special Adviser to Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, today accused the National Chairman of the party and Obaseki’s estranged political Godfather, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole of bias. Osagie said Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Obaseki’s immediate predecessor …

Former Media Adviser to ex-Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, Comrade Erasmus Ikhide has refuted the story that the camp of All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole gave him an advanced payment of N10m to wage media war against Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki and his government. He also refuted another subsequent troubling story that the …

The 2019 general elections have since become history, but reactions trailing the exercise appear unending. In this no-holds-barred interview with our man, Chidi Nkwopara, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Professor Francis Ezeonu, recounts his experience and the way forward. The 2019 general elections have come and gone. Can you please, give us an overview of what happened? Well, like you …

President Muhammadu Buhari plans to ban the ‘Almajiri’ Quranic education system in Northern Nigeria but will not do so immediately, an aide said on Friday. The ‘Almajiri’ system is popularly associated with kids begging on the streets in many Northern Nigerian states. Many of these kids are sent by their parents to live with and study Quranic education at a teacher’s place. …

“Apart from the incontrovertible facts our IT and legal teams have in their possession, and ready to bring to the attention of the tribunal, I wish to present to you another evidence obtainable by FoI.” A joint committee of information technology and legal experts has claimed to have incontrovertible evidence about Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) servers, installed in 36 …

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the state government is collaborating with the World Bank, Dangote Foundation and other development agencies to provide special support for female entrepreneurs to expand their businesses in the state. The governor disclosed this when he met with the executives of the Benin Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (BENCCIMA) at …

National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has expressed shame over the purported inauguration of the Edo state House of Assembly by Gov. Godwin Obaseki, saying the minority cannot rule over the majority. This was as he said the National Working Committee NWC of the party had met with the Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Adamu and asked …

Suspected gunmen have killed 18 persons in some communities in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, the Emir of Tsafe, Muhammad Bawa, has disclosed. The emir made the disclosure on Friday while receiving a House of Representatives member representing Gusau/Tsafe Federal Constituency, Kabir Mai-Palace in Gusau. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Mai-Palace was at the emir’s …