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Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, yesterday, charged incoming 9th National Assembly to come up with a review of the Electoral Law that will assist the commission to begin work on post-2019 elections review and road map to 2023. According to him, while there is a lot of work to be done, there is very little …

Some All Progressives Congress senators-elect on Thursday cautioned resident Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the party against sitting on the fence on the issue of the principal officers of the National Assembly. The APC has a majority of 65 senators in the ninth Senate compared to 37 Peoples Democratic Party’s members. In the House of Representatives poll, the APC …

 A former Secretary to the Imo State Government, Chris Okewulonu, has said that the emergence of Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party as the state governor-elect has ended tyranny. According to him, greed, nepotism, lawlessness, land grabbing and suppression would no longer have a place in the state. The PDP chief said, “Ihedioha, known for his knack for hard …

Benue Rerun: PDP Picks Mark, Ortom, Suswam, Others As Polling Agents Ahead of the governorship rerun election, the Peoples Democratic Party in Benue State has announced names of its polling agents and returning officers. The Independent National Electoral Commission had announced March 23 for the supplementary election. Benue is among the six states where the electoral commission said rerun governorship …

…APC, PDP set for make-up poll in six states The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the African Action Congress (AAC), the All Progressives Congress (APC) and other parties will today (Friday) know their fate on the stalemated governorship poll in Rivers State. The Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC)  has summoned a meeting of its management to receive and consider the …

Inaugurating the committee Thursday in Abuja, Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF recalled that about four years ago, “the Buhari Administration came on board with the promise of Change built on economy, security and anti-corruption. The Government has since 2015 committed itself to working hard to achieve sustainable economic growth, as well as a secure and corruption free …

March 9 will be epochal in the chronicles of Governor Godwin Obaseki’s trajectory to locate Edo State as the flagship of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Nigeria’s South-South political map. The House of Assembly election witnessed the unprecedented enhancement and advancement of APC brand in the peculiarly treacherous Southern terrain of our national politics. Despite Obaseki’s famed preference for high …

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday granted access to President Muhammadu Buhari and his party, the All Progressives Congress, to inspect the materials used for the conduct of the February 23 presidential election. In their separate ex parte applications for the order of inspection,  Buhari and his party had said they needed to be granted access to the materials …

Senate Adhoc Committee on a New National Minimum Wage Bill, 2019, has agreed with the House of Representatives, recommending N30,000 as the accepted minimum wage for the Nigerian workers as against N27,000 proposed by the Federal Government. The Committee which is chaired by the Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Francis Alimikhena, All Progressives Congress, APC, Edo North, met …

…says no resources will be spared in apprehending culprits …charges security agencies on immediate arrest, prosecution of killers Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday visited the Divisional Police Headquarters, Afuze, in Owan East Local Government Area of the state, which was attacked by yet-to-be identified bandits, who killed four police officers and blew up the police facility with …