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The Independent National Electoral Commission in Edo has said that it will take delivery of sensitive voting materials from the Central Bank of Nigeria in Benin on Monday. The INEC Assistant Director on Voter Education and Publicity, Mrs Priscilla Sule, on Monday said that party agents of the 19 political parties participating in the Sept. 28 governorship election had been …

Oil workers, under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, have threatened to shut down the country should the Federal Government carry out its plan to sell national assets to augment revenue shortfall. Also, the Trade Union Congress on Sunday said it would join PENGASSAN to shut down the country if the government remained …

All Progressives Congress, APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has demanded the resignation of the national chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun who he claimed Sunday had derailed from the path of progressives. In a stinking communiqué from his media office, Tinubu accused Oyegun of sabotaging the will of democracy in Ondo State by overriding the decision of …

The lengthy US presidential campaign is careening towards a 90-minute Monday showdown, with Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump squaring off in their first televised debate as they sit nearly neck and neck in the polls. The event, which is expected to be watched — and parsed — by tens of millions of Americans, could draw a record number …

Chief Charles Uwensuyi Edosomwan (SAN), lead counsel to Edo State government in the suit against one Rich Arisco Osemwingie and two others, who ascribe to Osemwingie the position of Ogiamen of Utantan nation, has described as misleading a report which claimed that Appeal Court has suspended the coronation of the Edaiken N’Uselu as Oba of Benin until the determination of …

All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Edo Godwin Obaseki says the present economic recession in the country is a lesson for Nigerians to think fast and secure a brighter future. He spoke in Benin on Sunday at a forum where some members of students union in tertiary institutions across the state said they wanted to endorse him as their …

Strong indications emerged on Saturday that the leadership of both chambers of the National Assembly might have agreed to invite President Muhammadu Buhari to address a joint session of the federal lawmakers whenever he returned to the country. One of our correspondents learnt that the decision was the outcome of the meeting of the Senate and House of Representatives principal …

The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has highlighted the need to embrace self- sufficiency as a viable alternative to improve Nigeria’s dwindling economy. The Group made the call during a press conference organised in Lagos to announce the 22nnd Nigerian Economic Summit. The summit appropriately themed ‘Made in Nigeria’, is scheduled to hold from the 10th to 12th October at …

Had Ex-First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan not claimed ownership of $31.4 million found in the bank account of a former presidential aide, Mr. Waripome Dudafa, the issue may not have been made public by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,This was the outcome of an investigation into the matter that had elicited calls in the polity for the prosecution of …

BIAFRANS in Enugu showed a laissez-faire attitude toward the Sit- at- Home protest call by Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB on Friday. In a tour around Enugu metropolis concerning the sit-at-home order and protest Vanguard discovered that the so-called Biafrans went about their normal activities against the order especially those at New market, Enugu. A trader Eze.H Ndidiamaka who sells …