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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has assured that sports facilities in the state are being remodelled to accommodate games for the 2020 National Sports Festival, to ensure smooth hosting of the sporting event. Obaseki disclosed this during a courtesy visit by the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, at Government House in Benin City, Edo State. He …

Gbenga Daniel, a former governor of Ogun State and chief strategist for the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign, has resigned from active and partisan politics. Mr Daniel, a longtime chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, said in a letter to the party’s chairman, Uche Secondus, that he abandoned politics after realising that he had reached the peak of his career. The …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it would continue collation of results in Rivers State. Although no dates were immediately assigned for the resumption of electoral process, the commission said it would on March 20 make available a detailed plan on how the exercise would continue in earnest. The collation of results and other activities for Rivers State governorship …

Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, yesterday, charged incoming 9th National Assembly to come up with a review of the Electoral Law that will assist the commission to begin work on post-2019 elections review and road map to 2023. According to him, while there is a lot of work to be done, there is very little …

Some All Progressives Congress senators-elect on Thursday cautioned resident Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the party against sitting on the fence on the issue of the principal officers of the National Assembly. The APC has a majority of 65 senators in the ninth Senate compared to 37 Peoples Democratic Party’s members. In the House of Representatives poll, the APC …

 A former Secretary to the Imo State Government, Chris Okewulonu, has said that the emergence of Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party as the state governor-elect has ended tyranny. According to him, greed, nepotism, lawlessness, land grabbing and suppression would no longer have a place in the state. The PDP chief said, “Ihedioha, known for his knack for hard …

Benue Rerun: PDP Picks Mark, Ortom, Suswam, Others As Polling Agents Ahead of the governorship rerun election, the Peoples Democratic Party in Benue State has announced names of its polling agents and returning officers. The Independent National Electoral Commission had announced March 23 for the supplementary election. Benue is among the six states where the electoral commission said rerun governorship …

…APC, PDP set for make-up poll in six states The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the African Action Congress (AAC), the All Progressives Congress (APC) and other parties will today (Friday) know their fate on the stalemated governorship poll in Rivers State. The Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC)  has summoned a meeting of its management to receive and consider the …

Inaugurating the committee Thursday in Abuja, Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF recalled that about four years ago, “the Buhari Administration came on board with the promise of Change built on economy, security and anti-corruption. The Government has since 2015 committed itself to working hard to achieve sustainable economic growth, as well as a secure and corruption free …

March 9 will be epochal in the chronicles of Governor Godwin Obaseki’s trajectory to locate Edo State as the flagship of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Nigeria’s South-South political map. The House of Assembly election witnessed the unprecedented enhancement and advancement of APC brand in the peculiarly treacherous Southern terrain of our national politics. Despite Obaseki’s famed preference for high …