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The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate in the February 23 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, filed an application seeking an order compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission to allow it to inspect materials used for the conduct of the poll. The petitioners, through their lawyers, Chief Chris Uche (SAN), filed the ex parte application before the Presidential …

…Uneasy calm in Abonnema; villagers recover more corpses…Want soldiers withdrawn from Saturday’s governorship, state assembly polls ABONNEMA – Tension has gripped the people of Abonnema Town, Akuku-Toru Local Government Area, Rivers State, where soldiers and youths had a bloody clash on the day of the Presidential and National Assembly elections, following the recovery of more dead bodies of villagers, shooting …

Following the suspension given to the Imo state Governor, Rochas Okorocha by the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Working Committee last week, the Presidential Support Committee, PSC, South East Zone, has given the APC committee 48 hours ultimatum to lift the suspension. According to the Presidential Committee, the suspension on Governor Okorocha came to it as a rude shock. At a …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has recorded mass failure in its 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates held in January. This is the second time the examination body will record mass failure in its January examination since its introduction in 2018. Announcing the results in Lagos on Tuesday, the Head of Nigeria National Office …

The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, has ordered an immediate ban on unauthorised use of unmarked vehicles and covered number plates across the country. The ban was revealed in a statement issued by the Force Spokesman, Mr Frank Mba, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, on Tuesday in Abuja. Adamu gave the order following intelligence report that covered number plates …

President Muhammadu Buhari has not sacked Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, according to online portal, TheCable. Reports had trended on social media that Emefiele reportedly received a letter from the Office of President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, to vacate his office. But a source within the Presidency, who said there was no truth in the reports, stated: …

…warns against illegal sawing, felling of under-girth trees Edo State Government has charged forest officers to intensify patrols across forest reserves in the state, to curb deforestation which threatens the state’s forest assets and environment. Commissioner for Environment and Sustainability, Dame Omoua Oni-Okpako Esq., who was represented by Director, Administration and Supply in the ministry, Mr. Clement Agatha, gave the …

Benin City, Nigeria – Civil Empowerment & Rule of Law Support Initiative (CERLSI) has tasked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate and sanction perpetrators of Human Rights Abuses alleged to have been carried out by Nigeria’s security forces during the February 23, 2019 Presidential Elections. CERLSI Deputy Executive Director, Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku who made the call in Benin on Monday, said …

Many days after raging furore over the arrest of Alhaji Babalele Abdullahi, who is the son-in-law to the defeated presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday owned up picking up the man. The Commission while admitting for the first time that its operatives arrested Babalele, who is also the Finance …

The Forum of Presidential Candidates and Political Parties for Good Governance, has appealed to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, to shelve the idea of challenging the outcome of the just concluded presidential election in court. The forum made up of chairmen and candidates of 36 political parties, who contested the election with the winner, President …