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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the national chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Chief Olu Falae, on Tuesday meet privately in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, to deliberate on how to form mass coalition political forces capable of wresting power at the centre from President Muhammadu Buhari and his All Progressives Congress (APC). Obasanjo who is spearheading the Coalition …

Senate on Monday summoned the Governor of Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun and the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan Ali to explain how and why the sum of $462m was released for the purchase of helicopters without the approval of the Nigerian Senate. Citing order 43, Senator Sam Anyanwu equally made reference to section 80, 2 …

A former military dictator, Ibrahim Babangida, says Nigerians no longer take him seriously because he annulled the June 12, 1993 Presidential election adjudged as the most credible election in the history of Nigeria. Babangida said this during a programme on Channels Television titled, ‘Roadmap 2019’ on Monday. When asked to explain further if it was true that people dismissed his …

James Comey has accused Donald Trump of being “morally unfit” to be president and treating women like “meat” in his first television interview in support of his new book, A Higher Loyalty. Comey further described Trump as a “stain” on everyone who worked for him, according to a transcript of a five-hour interview published by ABC and first obtained by …

Rival Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairman in Edo State, Chief Dan Orbih has asked the state governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki to stop selling state assets. Orbih also told Governor Obaseki to perish the thought of selling assets belonging to Edo Line. At a press conference in Benin on Tuesday, where a 9-man committee to be chaired by Prophet Ojo Agge …

Hours after a gunman shot and killed 20 children and six educators at the Sandy Hook elementary school, Barack Obama was visibly struggling with how he would respond to the unspeakable tragedy while huddling with his aides inside the Oval Office. It was 14 December 2012, the day Obama would later deem the most difficult of his presidency. And although …

…Abudu to host basic education teachers’ college Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has disclosed plans to restructure the state’s tertiary education scene for the training of teachers with competencies in different knowledge and skill areas, especially basic and technical education. Obaseki disclosed this when he visited the Abudu College of Education, in Orhionmwon Local Government Council, for an on-the-spot …

By Victor Osehobo, Regional Bureau, Benin City The Corpse of the pastor allegedly murdered by persons suspected to be herdsmen in Edo state was last weekend, reportedly dumped at the office of the state governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, along Osadebey Avenue in Benin City by persons suspected to be close family members of the deceased. Pastor Pius Eromosele whose corpse …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said that his administration is more preoccupied with the three-pronged focus of the current administration that the 2019 presidential elections. Buhari had last week Monday declared his intention to run for Presidential elections in 2019 before travelling to the United Kingdom. But speaking in a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister, Theresa May on Monday …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has distanced itself from the news making the rounds that it would recruit adhoc personnel to man the 2019 general elections. INEC therefore urged the public to disregard online publications that it is recruiting ad hoc staff ahead of 2019 elections. The Commission in its online publication said it was aware of some social …