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Two electoral officers attached to the Oredo and Orhiomwon Local Government Areas of Edo State in the last Presidential and National Assembly elections have been sacked by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Resident Electoral Commissioner in Edo State, Mr. Mike Igini, disclosed this on Tuesday during a meeting with leaders of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party …

APC snatches Senate majority, ends PDP’s 16-year rule After 16 years of majority power in Nigeria’s two houses of parliament, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has finally lost the Senate to the now ruling party-elect, the All Progressives Congress, APC. The APC secured 60 seats out of 109, based on results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission. At Saturday’s …

Twenty-one years ago today, a genocide began that would claim the lives of more than 800,000 Rwandan men, women, and children and mark the beginning of one hundred days of horror for Rwanda’s people. Today is a day to commemorate those who lost their lives, to honor the courage of those who risked their lives to save others, and to …

ABUJA—CHAIRMAN, Board of Trustees, BoT of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Tony Anenih, said yesterday that with the election of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari, (retd) during the March 28 Presidential election, there was hope that the administration of the President- elect would take Nigeria to greater heights. Anenih in a two- page …

Reports reaching our news desk say a massive protest has erupted in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, against moves by a faction of the State House of Assembly to impeach Governor Ayodele Fayose over allegations of gross constitutional breaches. Sources say there is high presence of heavily-armed security operatives in strategic locations in the town, while entry routes have …

LAGOS — AS outrage greeted the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu’s alleged death threat and curse that Igbo will drown in Lagos lagoon within seven days if they did not vote for the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, the Oba, yesterday, said he was misquoted and clarified what he told Igbo leaders, who visited him. In …

BENIN—AHEAD of weekend’s state House of Assembly election in Edo State, the state Police Command has warned that it would not entertain any form of thuggery and advised politicians to abide by the rules of the game. The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Joseph Edoigiawerei, gave the warning in Benin, yesterday, amidst speculations that politicians in the state were …

President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to use the occasion of the Easter season to forgive those who might have wronged them during the electioneering period and come together as brothers and sisters to rebuild Nigeria. Chronicling, the supreme sacrifice of Jesus Christ to save mankind from sin and other man-made imperfections. Buhari said that Nigerians must emulate …

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday looked back at his 16 years in public service and concluded that he was “in a cage” during the period. But he was quick to admit that he had yet to see anybody luckier than he had been. Jonathan spoke while receiving residents of the Federal Capital Territory who were led by Vice President Namadi …

By Igbotako Nowinta, Alltimepost.com Nigeria Bureau Chief Frontline Civil Society Activist and Executive Director, African Network for Environment & Economic Justice (ANEEJ), a leading NGO in Nigeria, Rev. David Ugolor has proclaimed April 11, 2015 House of Assembly Election in Edo State as a referendum on the performance of Governor Adams Oshiomhole. The rights activist believed that it would be …