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The Senate was thrown into rowdy session on Wednesday following the request of Dino Melaye (PDP, Kogi West) to present a motion at the next plenary session. Mr Melaye, who raised a point of order, asked his colleagues to let him bring a motion to debate the militarisation of the just concluded general elections. Nigeria conducted her presidential and National …

Four Police operatives in Afuze Police Station, Edo State, were, Tuesday evening, murdered by persons suspected to be gunmen. Afuze is the administrative headquarters of Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State. Those killed included a pregnant Police Sergeant simply identified as Justina. The DPO and the DCO of the station and one other were also killed. The slain …

The decision was a fall out of the commission’s meeting Tuesday in Abuja. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye in a late Tuesday statement said the Commission met and reviewed the conduct of the 29 Governorship and 991 State constituency elections held on 9th March 2019. In all, the Commission had declared …

Edo Development and Property Agency (EDPA) has revoked sublease deeds of some abandoned properties in the Bendel Development and Property Authority (BDPA) Estate in Ugbowo axis of Benin City, the state capital. The agency said that the deeds were revoked in line with the clauses 2(j) and 3(a) of the deed of sublease and following several abandonment notices published in …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has attributed the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates in the March 9 State Assembly election to the collective effort of his party, the APC and people’s power. Obaseki disclosed this during a meeting with the expanded Edo APC caucus, at the Government House, in Benin City on Tuesday. Speaking on the …

The National Population Commission says a comprehensive database for births and deaths registration in the country from 2004-2019 will be ready by the end of the year. The chairman of the commission’s Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS), Tayo Olatunji, disclosed this on Tuesday in Lokoja. Mr Olatunji, who spoke at the opening of a two-day workshop for 2014 and …

The Oyo State Governor-elect, Seyi Makinde, says he will retain persons appointed by the outgoing All Progressives Congress if they are found to be competent. Makinde, who won the governorship election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party said this during an interview with Lagelu FM 96.7 which was monitored by our correspondent on Tuesday. The governor-elect, who spoke …

The Senate on Tuesday appointed the Deputy Majority Whip, Francis Alimikhena, as acting chairman of the Adhoc Committee on Minimum Wage. The president of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, who made the announcement at plenary on Tuesday, said Mr Alimikhena would work in acting capacity while the chairman, Olusola Adeyeye, was away on health grounds. Mr Saraki charged the committee to …

Imo State Governor  Rochas Okorocha is not listed by the  Independent National Electoral Commission among the senators-elect that will  receive their certificates of return on Thursday. Okorocha won in the  February 23 Imo West senatorial election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. Investigations by our correspondent in Abuja on Monday revealed that the new senators would receive their certificates of …

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday continued its declaration of results of the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections conducted across the country on Saturday. But for the first time since 1999 that the nation embraced democracy, INEC declared governorship poll in six states inconclusive. The states affected are Kano, Sokoto, Benue, Bauchi, Adamawa and Plateau. While INEC …