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Perhaps unlike at any other time in our history of election petitions, the 2019 general elections presented politicians, political parties and especially the Supreme Court with the greatest challenges and lessons to learn from. In Nigeria an electoral cycle is not complete until all petitions arising from it are exhausted at all levels of the Election Petition Tribunals. The perception …

The United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, today named the Emir of Kano, His Royal Highness Muhammadu Sanusi II, and 16 other influential figures around the globe as Sustainable Development Goals Advocates to push the agenda of the global development drive to a new height. The appointments, which were released today, have Mr. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana Ms. Erna Solberg, …

Edo National Association World-wide (ENAW) in United States and Canada has set the pace, with the donation of four million, five hundred thousand Naira (N4, 500,000.00) in support of Edo-BEST, an ambitious educational Program, initiated by the Godwin Obaseki-led administration. ENAW’s President, Mr. Edison Oyiboke-Osifo, who led a delegation of the organization, that has been in the state since the …

Japanese Government has donated a rice mill worth over N26 million to the Edo State Government, as part of efforts to facilitate rice production in the state. Edo State Government sees this as a boost to the Moves by the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki to sustain food security and create wealth for farmers in the state. During a courtesy …

Over N3.7 billion and other assets have been recovered from former directors and contractors of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday. He spoke while inaugurating the NDDC Advisory Committee at the Executive Council Chambers of the State House in Abuja, The Nation reports. Members include governors of the nine Niger Delta states, the Minister …

…On B/Haram killings in the North: Southerners crying more than the bereaved Alhaji Shetima Yerima, the National President, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, is a member of the coalition that wanted Igbo people sent packing from the North in 2017. He is also a member of the coalition that just established Operation Shege Ka Fasa, the northern version of the regional …

The dethroned Emir Muhammad Sanusi II has been banished from Kano state to an undisclosed destination. The embattled Emir was driven out of the palace around 5:36 pm in a black jeep with an unidentified number. Heavy security personnel in a large number of the vehicle took the emir out of the palace. Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/03/just-in-dethroned-sanusi-banished-from-kano/

The dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, says he accepts his removal as the will of Allah (God). He said this in a video recorded shortly before he was taken away from the palace on Monday. In the video, which was obtained on Tuesday by The PUNCH, Sanusi says his removal was best for him, according to God’s plan. The former Governor …

Outgoing Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, Chief Dan Orbih, who has been in the saddle for 12 years, and whose tenure will end this month spoke to Vanguard on Edo politics, chances of the PDP in the forthcoming governorship election and how the party would utilise the crisis in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, …

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress are considering either to appoint an acting National Chairman or set up a caretaker committee to steer the affairs of the party until a national convention is held, The PUNCH has learnt. One of our correspondents gathered in Abuja on Monday that the two options are among those to be considered at the party’s National Executive …