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The Presidency has reiterated President Muhammadu Buhari’s comment that anyone who dares to snatch ballot boxes during next weekend’s elections will be doing this for the last time. It said Mr Buhari’s comments should be seen as a strong message against the long history of “savagery associated with elections in the country.” Speaking Monday, Mr Buhari had delivered a blunt …

Adams Oshiomhole is a terrible electoral umpire and has no moral pedigree to call for the resignation of the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), a minister has said. The Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, stated this at his home in Ibadan on Monday while addressing journalists. Mr Shittu sought to be the governor of Oyo State on …

The Nigerian Army has reacted to a controversial statement issued by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday that all those planning to snatch ballot boxes may be carrying out their last illegal acts. The comment is already generating heated debates in the polity with many saying the president’s statement is a veiled sanction to security operatives to kill (extrajudicially) those who …

The electoral commission, INEC, has approved that campaigns continue ahead of Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections. The elections were rescheduled early last Saturday hours before they were to commence. The presidential and National Assembly elections were shifted to February 23 while the state elections were shifted to March 9. PREMIUM TIMES reported how the INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, gave …

Edo State Agency for the Control of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) (EDOSACA) has urged Local Action Committee on AIDS (LACAs) across the 18 local government councils and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to support Governor Godwin Obaseki’s efforts at revving up intervention programmes on prevention and management of the disease across the state. Executive Director, EDOSACA, Mrs. Flora Oyakhilome, …

…salute Obaseki’s courage, pro-women policies Wife of the Edo State Governor, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki, has charged the Police in the state to ensure strict enforcement of the Violence Against Persons (VAP) Law. Mrs. Betsy gave the charge during a march to protest acts of violence against persons in the state, which coincided with the signing of the VAP Law by …

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the military and law enforcement agencies to deal “ruthlessly” with anyone caught trying to disrupt the rescheduled February 23 presidential and National Assembly elections. The President, who is seeking reelection on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, warned that anyone trying to snatch ballot boxes would do so “at the expense of his life.” …

… Says: APC National Chairman complicit in election postponement … Return presidential result sheets in your possession! … Edo has exposed you. Nigeria is too sophisticated for your shenanigans! Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo State branch has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress’ National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole of being in possession of presidential result sheets meant for the election …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has commended the African Union (AU) for recognising the peculiar travails of immigrants, returnees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) across the continent, noting that there was need to bring the issues to the front burner. The governor said this in reaction to the declaration of 2019 as the Year of Immigrants, Returnees and Internally …

The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Saturday visited communities in Kajuru Local Government Area where at least 66 people were reportedly killed recently. The governor was accompanied by security chiefs in the state. Details of the visit were captured in a statement by Samuel Aruwan, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the governor. On the trip …