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Some details of the petition filed on Monday by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate in the February 23 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to challenge the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari and his All Progressives Congress, emerged on Tuesday. The 141-page petition contained five grounds, one of which resuscitates the allegation that Buhari was not qualified to run …

Nigeria’s 2019 budget was on Tuesday passed for second reading at the Senate. The N8.8 trillion budget will now be worked on by the committee on appropriation. The committee was given two weeks to report back to the whole house. On January 28, the House of Representatives passed the bill for second reading. Passage of the budget comes after a …

The Nigerian Army has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC of betrayal, following its report on the suspended Rivers governorship and State Assembly elections, regretting that the body it sacrificed so much to assist towards a very successful conduct of election turned its back against it. The army also expressed disappointment over the action of the Nigeria Police regarding …

The Federal Government appears to be in a dilemma on how to source funds to pay the new N30,000 minimum wage to workers. The development is generating tension as the government fears that this might lead to another round of crisis between it and organised labour. Vanguard reliably gathered that between N200 billion and N300 billion is required annually to handle …

The Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has maintained that suspended Justice Walter Onnoghen, remains the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria. Muhammad said he would step aside once the Code of Conduct Tribunal or the Appeals Court rules in favour of Onnoghen. He, however, insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari did not need the permission of the National Judicial …

The Peoples Democratic Party is currently filing its petition challenging the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as winner of the 2019 presidential election. The party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, have gathered a team of lawyers at the Court of Appeal, venue of the presidential election tribunal who are currently working on the processes of filing the petition. Mr …

The attention of the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice has been drawn to an uninformed press release by EDOCSO relating to the awards conferred on the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, his Chief of Staff, Comrade Taiwo Akerele and the State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Yinka Omorogbe for their immeasurable role in getting the State …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City – Thirteen suspects in connection with the gruesome murder of four police officers at the Divisional Police Headquarters, Afuze in Owan East local government area of Edo state have been apprehended. Edo State Commissioner of Police, Dan Malam Mohammed disclosed this to our reporter today, while giving an update on the unfortunate incident which occurred …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City – Gunmen have kidnapped the Enogie (Duke) of Ukhiri in Ikpoba-Okha local government of Edo state, Barrister Godwin Aigbe. He was said to have been kidnapped at his palace along Abraka Road near Benin City, on Saturday. It was gathered that about five armed men shot sporadically into the air as they entered his bedroom …

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has hinted that his administration was working on a plan that will encourage workers in the state to undergo medical test, on an annual basis, to ascertain their health status. Obaseki who said this on the occasion of the commemoration of World Kidney Day, marked on March 14, each year, noted that early detection …