A Presiding Officer during the February 23 presidential election, Mr Adejuyitan Olalekan, told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, on Monday, that he personally transmitted the results collated at his polling unit during the poll. Olalekan took the witness stand as the petitioners’ third witness at the instance of the Peoples Democratic Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku …
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An Assistant Presiding Officer (I) during the February 23, 2019, presidential election, Mr. Adedokun Adeoye, on Monday failed to show the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, which provision of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s manual authorised him to transmit the results of the poll. Adoye took the witness stand as the petitioners’ fourth witness at the instance of the Peoples Democratic …
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The Chief Magistrate’s Court in Zuba has granted bail of N5 million to Elisha Abbo, hours after the police arraigned the senator on two counts of criminal assault. The magistrate also said the senator must present two competent sureties to the court to secure his appearance in subsequent hearings on the criminal charges. Mr Abbo pleaded not guilty to both …
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By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Operatives of Edo State Police Command are apprehensive over their own safety and that of the public, as they continue to lose custody of sophisticated guns and high caliber ammunitions in the state. The operatives’ fear was heightened when two fully-loaded AK-47 rifles assigned to two policemen were allegedly stolen at a guest house in Uwasota area, …
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President Muhammad Buhari has signed the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement. The signing has just taken place at the 12th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union on AfCFTA and the First Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union and the Regional Economic Communities in Niamey, Niger Republic. Buhari appended his signature to the document about 10.48 am …
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Barring any last-minute changes, the police will this week file criminal charges against Senator Elisha Abbo for allegedly assaulting a nursing woman at an adult toy shop in Abuja. The Senate on Wednesday condemned the Senator for allegedly assaulting the woman in the Wuse area of Abuja on May 11. The red chamber subsequently set up a bi-partisan ad hoc …
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President Muhammadu Buhari (3RD LEFT) among others African Leaders during the official opening 0f the 31st Session of African Union (AU) taking place in Nouakchott, Mauritania. PHOTO; SUNDAY AGHAEZE. JULY 1ST 2018 African leaders met on Sunday to launch a continental free-trade zone that, if successful, would unite 1.3 billion people, create a $3.4 trillion economic bloc and usher in …
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Edo State Government has carried out an assessment of the impact of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) on beneficiaries of the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP), N-Power and N-Creative Programmes in the state. The Edo State Focal Person for NSIP, Ms Osayuwamen Aladeshelu visited different centres where she interacted and monitored the performance of the various sub-programmes under …
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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has congratulated Pa George Osayomore Gaius-Obaseki on his 90th birthday celebration, lauding his contribution to societal development. The governor, in a statement, said Pa George Gaius-Obaseki is a role model who works tirelessly for the benefit of his family and strives to instil the noblest ideals in those who have had contact with him. …
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Pan-Edo/Delta group, the Midwest Movement has warned that Nigeria sits on a time bomb that may explode at slightest prodding and called on the law enforcement agencies to immediately arrest and prosecute one Mr. Abdul Azeez Suleiman and his collaborators over threat to harass and expel Southerners from the North. Azeez, spokesperson of the Coalition of Northern Group, recently delivered …
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