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The acting Inspector-General of Police (IG-P), Mr Mohammed Adamu, has warned officers deployed for Saturday`s Presidential and National Assembly elections to remain apolitical and nonpartisan. This is contained in a statement issued by the force Spokesman, Assistant Commissioner of Police Frank Mba, on Friday in Abuja. Mba said Adamu has directed the deployment of Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs) …

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians, local and  foreign observers to have faith in the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct tomorrow’s rescheduled presidential and National Assembly polls without hitches. In a television and radio broadcast to the nation this morning, Buhari said he believed INEC had learnt from the mistakes of the past and was fully ready to …

By Favour Percy -Idubor,  Benin As the clock ticks towards the general elections rescheduled for Saturday February 23,  2019, His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, Oba of Benin has cautioned youths against being used as thugs by politicians to disrupt the electoral process  The Oba also called all eligible voters to come out en mass and vote …

Less than 48 hours to the rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly elections slated for February 23, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Thursday, met with leaders of the APC from the 18 local government councils in the state. Speaking to journalists after the closed-door meeting at Government House in …

Nigeria’s Sports Icon, who represented his country in the High Jump Event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, and won Bronze Medal for Nigeria in one of the Commonwealth Games held in Vancouver, Canada, Sr. Apostle Nafiu Belo-Osagie, has passed on. He was 90 years old. Until his death, Pa Belo-Osagie was the Okaigbe of the famous Oloke …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has begun the distribution of electoral materials for the rescheduled general elections in Edo State to the 18 local government areas of the state. The first batch of the materials left the Benin branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria in a blue truck at about 9:30am. The truck was accompanied by some buses conveying …

Anti-corruption operatives in Abuja are currently grilling the Assistant Director of Finance at the country’s secret police agency otherwise known as the SSS, Kunle Kadri, for alleged fraud and mismanagement, inside sources at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have told PREMIUM TIMES. Mr Kadri, an accountant and a financial manager, was whisked from his home Tuesday in handcuffs …

The federal government has declared Friday, February 22, as public holiday ahead of the presidential and National Assembly elections holding on Saturday, Vanguard reports. This was contained in a statement by the Ministry of Interior on Wednesday. “The Federal Government declares Friday, February 22, 2019 as work-free day. Those providing essential duties and bankers are excluded,” the statement said. “The …

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has expressed deep sadness over the passing of the Okuokpellagbe of Okpella, Alhaji Dr. Andrew Yesufu Eshioroamhe Dirisu, JP, OON. Obaseki noted that the Okuokpellagbe worked tirelessly with other royal fathers for the growth and development of the state, particularly, Okpella land. “Since I received the news of the passing of the Okuokpellagbe, I …

Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission says “only an Act of God” can stop the conduct of the rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly election slated for Saturday. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu stated this in Abuja while addressing a cross-section of the diplomatic community and international election monitoring groups in Nigeria, for the 2019 General Election. …