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The Inspector-General of Police (IG-P), Mr Mohammed Adamu, has ordered restriction of vehicular movement from 6am to 6pm on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Presidential and National Assembly elections will hold on February 16. A statement by the Force Spokesman, ACP Frank Mba, announced this on Thursday in Abuja. He said that the restriction would assist the security …

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said yesterday it would not shift date for the presidential election, despite recent fire incidents that destroyed several Smart Card Reader Machines it originally configured for the 2019 polls. The electoral body expressed its readiness to conduct the most credible elections in the history of the country, during the unveiling of a central election …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has charged the National Orientation Agency (NOA), ministries of women affairs, communication as well as the media to publicise the provisions of the new Violence Against Persons (VAP) Law, which includes life imprisonment, without an option of fine for perpetrators of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the state. Obaseki who gave the charge in …

As part of activities to afford workers in the state the opportunity to exercise their franchise in the general elections, the Edo State Government has declared Friday, February 15, 2019, half work day. In a statement signed by Secretary to State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq, the state government said the directive is to “enable voters travel to their various local …

Edo State Government has advised the public to disregard the error-ridden statement on minor changes in the calendar of the 2018/2019 academic session, said to have emanated from the Ministry of Education, noting that the error-ridden document, which is making the rounds on social media is the handiwork of mischief makers, and not the approved document earlier released by the …

Former die-hard supporter of Buhari, seasoned Jounalist, author, public affairs commentator and human rights activist, Comrade Erasmus Ikhide has x-rayed the failures of the Nigerian President to meet the expectation of the Nigerian people in a new book titled: SHATTERED HOPE Erasmus Ikhide, once Media Aide to former Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and ex Media Adviser to former Governor …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja appealed to all the Presidential candidates in the February 16 election to commit to the ideals of the peace accord for a rancour free contest. President Buhari made the appeal when he and other Presidential candidates including the former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar …

The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja, has ordered key security agencies in the country to arrest the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, and produce him for trial on Friday. The Mr. Danladi Umar-led panel tribunal specifically directed the Inspector General of Police and the Director General of the Department of State Service, DSS, …

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Wednesday, said that his ambition is not worth the blood of any Nigerian. Atiku said this while signing another peace accord at the International Conference Center in Abuja, with other presidential candidates of other political parties, including that of the All Progressives Congress, APC, President Muhammadu Buhari. According to …

The Accident Investigation Bureau has released the preliminary report of the helicopter accident involving the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. The Commissioner, AIB, Mr. Akin Olateru, on Wednesday said the investigation was still ongoing but that among other causal factors, the crew lost visual contact with the ground at landing due to a “brownout.” According to him, brownout is caused …