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…affirms disqualification of Tonye Cole and all other Rivers APC candidates The Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division on Wednesday confirmed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State will not field any candidates during the 2019 General elections when it dismissed the appeal filed by the factional Rivers State APC Governorship Candidate, Mr Tonye Cole. The Court of …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON An unidentified armed robbery suspect, was gunned down by the police during a dawn robbery operation inside a Pentecostal church in Benin City, the state capital on Wednesday.  AK-47 rifle, one black Honda Pilot Jeep marked EDO BEN-360-PJ, 26 assorted telephone handsets, cash sum of N46, 060.00 two cutlasses, a jack knife, one fez cap and a military camouflage …

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) on Wednesday began an indefinite strike over non-implementation of the 2009 and 2017 agreement reached with the union by the federal government. The polytechnic lecturers have joined their university colleagues who have been on strike since November 4. In a phone interview with PREMIUM TIMES Wednesday evening, the National President of ASUP, Usman …

The Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Tuesday said it has secured conviction of 22 persons who were involved in internet fraud popularly called yahoo yahoo within it’s operational base in the last one year. It said millions of naira were recovered from fraudsters who want to reap where they did not sow. Head of the Benin Zone, …

Edo State Government has commenced the issuance of computerised Certificates of Occupancy to landed property owners in the state as reported by News Agency of Nigeria. Speaking after signing the first batch of the new electronic Cs-of-O, at the weekly Executive Council meeting, on Wednesday in Benin, Governor Godwin Obaseki, said the new recertification process would ensure ease of doing …

By Premium Times The African Action Congress (AAC), one of the political parties in Nigeria, has protested its exclusion from the planned presidential debate for the 2019 election. Omoyele Sowore, a fiery anti-corruption crusader and the publisher of Sahara Reporters, is the presidential candidate of the AAC. The debate is organised by the Nigerian Elections Debate Group (NEDG) and the …

Nigeria’s former Vice President, Mr. Atiku Abubakar has signed the peace accord for 2019 presidential candidates in Abuja. According to Premium Times report, Abubakar, who is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, endorsed the pact drafted by the National Peace Committee during a ceremony at the Kukah Centre, Abuja. The former vice president was absent when the committee gathered …

Nigerian political parties on Tuesday signed a peace accord committing to a peaceful poll in 2019. Although some key candidates were absent at the event, which held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, others including President Muhammad Buhari, signed. There are 91 registered political parties in the country, but it was not immediately clear how many parties signed the accord. …

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, said on Tuesday that he did not receive any invitation to take part at the signing of a peace accord for 2019 presidential candidates. “I can confirm” that Mr Abubakar “did not receive any formal invitation to the signing of the peace pact,” Paul Ibe, a spokesperson for the former …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that School-Based Management Committee (SBMC) will play a critical role in monitoring the refurbishment of the over 230 primary schools under the Edo Basic Education Transformation (EdoBEST) programme. The governor disclosed this at the Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) appreciation banquet organised for EdoBEST field workers in Benin City, the …