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The Independent National Electoral Commission National Commissioner for North-Central Malam Mohammed Haruna has said that 22, 643 candidates would contest 1, 504 positions during the forthcoming general elections in the country. Haruna, who is in charge of Kwara, Kogi and Nasarawa States made this known on Monday in Ilorin during an interactive session with the traditional rulers in the state …

The Abuja meeting of governors of Delta, Rivers, Cross River, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa states, on the corruption trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, was a meeting of governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and not a meeting of South-South governors. Chairman of the Edo State chapter of the PDP, Chief Dan Orbih is economical with …

Edo State PDP has condemned the non-attendance of Gov Obaseki at the South-South governors forum “whereby the brave and courageous governors of the south-south met to deliberate on the illegal arraignment, persecution, molestation and brutal intimidation of one of its illustrious sons, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen.”In a statement signed in Benin on Monday by its state …

The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Federal Government’s plan to arraign the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal. The Federal Government through the Code of Conduct Bureau filed six counts of non-declaration of assets against the CJN on Friday. He was due for arraignment before the CCT on Monday but …

Ahead of the general elections scheduled to begin next month, 61 political parties have threatened to drag Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to court over the latter’s guidelines for the general elections. The development came few days after the political parties, operating under the aegis of Coalition of United Political Parties,CUPP, and Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, unanimously rejected the draft …

The lead prosecuting counsel, Mr. Aliyu Umar (SAN), has conceded that the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, was not properly served with the summons to appear before the Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja on Monday. Umar conceded that the CJN was not personally served with the charges and the court’s summons as required by the law. He, …

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, on Sunday warned President Muhammadu Buhari not to plunge the nation into crisis saying his party is ready to resist him. Mr Secondus’ statement came on the heels of the upcoming arraignment of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen before the Code of Conduct Tribunal over his failure …

Ahead of the 2019 general election, the Great Benin King, Oba Ewuare II has again sounded a note of warning to Nigerian politicians that “it will be against God’s wish if anyone tries to achieve political powers through spilling of human blood or killing innocent citizens.” The Benin Monarch delivered the message last week at a meeting in his palace …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has expressed confidence that candidates of the All Progressive Congress (APC) contesting for various political offices in Edo Central Senatorial District in the 2019 general elections will emerge victorious. Obaseki’s confidence is premised on account of what he called evidence-based developmental projects carried out by his administration in the area. The governor made the …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City – At least, 71 suspected cultists were apprehended in coordinated raids carried out by operatives of Edo Police Command in Benin City at the weekend. It was gathered that the clampdown was targeted at ending the ongoing cult-related killings that have claimed several lives in the state capital. Our investigation revealed that the recently deployed …