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A post mortem analysis of the 2019 general elections has documented how the collation process of the election results by INEC was opaque, chaotic, vulnerable to manipulation and, in some locations, violently disrupted. The report, dated July 2019, and made public Thursday by the Centre for Democracy and Development(CDD), also graphically depicted that five states – Lagos, Osun, Kaduna, Rivers …

…Tells citizens not to panic The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the deployment of police helicopters to tackle the increasing rate of criminal activities in the country. The helicopters were specifically meant for aerial surveillance for major cities in the South-West and North-West of the country. The development, according to the statement by the Force Public Relations …

–Holds investment meeting with Japan Bank President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Yokohama, Japan, told the Toyota Group to establish its assembly plant in Nigeria. President Buhari on the same day also held investment talks with top officials of Japan Bank for International Cooperation, at the margins of the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7). Led by …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Friday, joined other dignitaries at the requiem mass to honour foremost publisher and accountant, late Prince Ephraim Osula, who died at age  86.   Addressing journalists after the mass, which held at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Benin City, Governor Obaseki described the late Osula as a foremost accountant who served as one of …

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has condoled with the family of the former President of the Customary Court of Appeal, Justice Peter O. Isibor, over the death of his wife, Late Mrs. Martha Emwenruwa Isibor. Obaseki who led other members of the state executive council to the residence of Justice Isibor in Benin City, Edo State capital, said, “We …

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has met with aggrieved  All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirants who participated in the party’s 2019 primary election. Addressing the aspirants at government house in Benin, the governor said that the meeting was inline with the recommendation of the Theophilus Okoh Committee set up to reconcile the aggrieved members of the party. Obaseki, alongside party leaders …

…Ken Saro Wiwa said that he did not send anybody to go and kill a person, but the Federal Government want to kill him. … He said that until this world ends, peace will never be in Ogoni land. …Says Shehu Yar’ Adua was shocked that General Sani wants to Execute Saro- Wiwa …Says he helped carried Wiwa inside the …

By Femi Adesina Sure, there are some Nigerian rascals abroad. But every country has its share of deviants, both at home and abroad. Not all Nigerians in the Diaspora are crooks, though some drag the country’s image through the mud. Not all Nigerians in foreign land are irreverent, though some funny characters exist outside our shores. We have seen some …

Imo state government on Thursday ordered a citizen’s arrest against Sen. Rochas Okorocha, over alleged assault on a government official, Mr Jasper Ndubuaku. The Secretary to State Government (SSG), Mr Uche Onyeaguocha, gave the order after the Chairman of the Recovery of Government Properties, Mr Jasper Ndubuaku, was allegedly assaulted at Okorocha’s residence. Onyeaguocha said that the state had also …

The Adamawa State Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday dismissed the petition filed by a former senator, Binta Masi Garba, of the All Progressives Congress against the election of Elisha Abbo of the Peoples Democratic Party. Mr Abbo recently gained notoriety for assaulting a woman in a sex toy shop in Abuja, over which incident he has been arraigned in court. Delivering the …