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By Oladipo Airenakho Benin City, Nigeria – With less than twenty hours to the commencement of Edo State governorship poll, the state branch of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has raised the alarm, alleging the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC’s) complicity with a rival political party to rig the election. Mr. Chris Nehikhare, PDP’s spokesman in Edo State alleged that …

Hillary Clinton was deemed the winner of Monday night’s debate by 62% of voters who tuned in to watch, while just 27% said they thought Donald Trump had the better night, according to a CNN/ORC Poll of voters who watched the debate. That drubbing is similar to Mitt Romney’s dominant performance over President Barack Obama in the first 2012 presidential …

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that Nigeria would overcome her present economic challenges, saying it required handwork on the part of the people. The president stated that God had divinely provided the resources and the people to do the work. President Buhari gave the assurance when he formerly received the Nigerian-born President of the African Development Bank (ADB), Dr Akinwunmi …

Embattled House of Representatives member, Abdulmumin Jibrin on Monday revealed the result of a Psychoactive Substance Screening test he underwent following allegations that he has been acting against the authorities of the House under the influence of substance(s). The former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations who revealed the result via his official twitter handle @AbdulAbmJ claimed …

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, has charged personnel deployed for the Edo governorship election scheduled for Sept. 28 to adhere strictly to the rules of engagement. A statement from the force spokesman, Mr Don Awunah, in Abuja on Monday said Idris also charged the officers and men to conduct themselves in the best professional manner, maintaining apolitical disposition. …

The National leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists has said the ten persons currently in the custody of the Department of State Services for electoral related offences are not journalists. The arrested persons had claimed that they were in Edo State for the coverage of Wednesday’s governorship election. But while addressing journalists in Benin City on Monday on behalf …

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 …