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The tribunal particularly criticised the PDP’s failure to present credible evidence to support allegations of overvoting and electoral irregularities. The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has affirmed Monday Okpebholo as the duly elected Governor of Edo State, dismissing petitions challenging his victory. In a series of three judgments delivered on Wednesday, the tribunal rejected petitions filed by the Peoples …

Every time Donald Trump has mentioned his plan to levy massive tariffs on imports into the US, there has been a widespread assumption that they will be delayed, watered down or rowed back. Today, he will reveal in the White House Rose Garden not just how serious he is about “the most beautiful word in the dictionary”, but effectively call …

By Idahosa Musa A Pan-African and Non-Governmental Organisation on the aegis of the Neo Black Movement (NBM) of Africa Worldwide, Benin Chapter, has donated hundreds of uniforms and writing materials to Arinze, Oliha and Ezomo primary schools in Benin City, Edo State. Pupils of Arinze Primary School, Benin with the writing materials from the NBM of Africa. The President of …

Nigerian singer, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Face or 2Baba, made an appearance on Wednesday at the venue of the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal holding in Abuja. He arrived with his new partner, Natasha Osawaru, an Edo State lawmaker representing Egor Constituency in the state’s House of Assembly. Ms Osawaru, who is also the Deputy Majority Leader, Edo …

…Kida appointed as new non-executive chairman. …as President names new board in sweeping changes. President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Bashir Bayo Ojulari to replace Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari as the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited.  This follows his sweeping reconstitution of the board announced in a statement issued in …

President Bola Tinubu will on Wednesday depart for Paris, France, on a two-week working visit. “During the visit, the President will appraise his administration’s mid-term performance and assess key milestones,” Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed in a statement Wednesday. The statement is titled, ‘President Tinubu to embark on working visit to Paris’. Our correspondent had …

Kogi Central District senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan received a rousing welcome from her supporters in her hometown of Ihima on Tuesday despite the state government and police banning rallies and processions. Channel Television reported that Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan’s supporters from the district’s five local government areas converged on the Ihima community in the Okehi Local Government Area (LGA) to welcome the opposition People’s Democratic …

President Bola Tinubu has sacked the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) including its Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari and board chairman Pius Akinyelure. The sack was announced by presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga in an early Wednesday morning statement posted on X. “President Tinubu removed all other board members appointed with Akinyelure and Kyari in November 2023,” Mr Onanuga wrote. Mr …

Operatives of the Department of State Security have arrested two principal suspects involved in the killing of 16 Nigerians of northern extraction in Uromi, Esan North East Local Government last week. According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Monday Okpehbolo, Fred Itua, the suspects were arrested by operatives of the DSS in Uromi, following credible intelligence. …

Governor Monday Okpebholo and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), have secured an initial victory in the series of petitions challenging their declaration as winners of the 21 September 2024 governorship election in Edo State. In a judgment delivered on Wednesday, the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal dismissed a petition filed against them by the Action Alliance (AA) …