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•Say, having a credible election in 2027 a mirage•INEC failed to improve its performance in off-cycle elections•Call for urgent critical reforms before next election•There must be consequence for electoral fraud Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu was part of the election observers who monitored the recent general election in Ghana which was widely celebrated for …

Suspected driver in Christmas market attack is from Saudi Arabia, regional prime minister says The suspected driver in the German Christmas market attack is a doctor from Saudi Arabia who works in Saxony-Anhalt, according to Reiner Haseloff, the regional prime minister of Saxony-Anhalt. The suspect has been living in Germany since 2006, Haseloff said in a televised statement. A view …

Former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, was on Friday released from Kuje Custodial Centre, after perfecting the bail conditions set by the Federal High Court. Bello’s release was confirmed by the spokesperson for the Nigerian Correctional Service, FCT Command, Adamu Duza, to our correspondent. He said, “Yahaya Bello has been released after meeting bail conditions. He was released this (Friday) …

CNN — The House voted on Friday to pass a stopgap funding bill in a bid to avert a shutdown just hours before a midnight deadline. The Senate must take up the bill next before it can be sent to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Friday evening that senators have reached an agreement to …

CNN — The House failed to pass a new GOP proposal on Thursday to fund the government into March, amid opposition from top Democrats, intensifying the threat of a shutdown ahead of a Friday deadline. The CNN reports that Democrats are frustrated and angry after Donald Trump sunk a bipartisan deal and sent Republicans scrambling to find a plan B …

IBADAN —Yoruba elders under the auspices of Kaaro Oojiire ÌmÍ Oodua Foundation (KOOOF), on Thursday, expressed worry over the rising cases of ritual killing and body parts harvesting in the South West. The Yoruba elders, in a statement by their Vice President/Diaspora Counsel, Gbenga Adewusi, wondered how cases of human decapitation and harvesting of human bodies have now become a …

ABUJA— Nigeria’s Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has declared the suspension of Chairmen and Vice Chairmen of the 18 Local Government Areas, LGAS, in Edo State as illegal and unconstitutional. The AGF, who spoke to journalists in Abuja on Thursday, stressed that removing from office or suspending any elected LG official in …

…Expresses reservations over Radisson Hotel Project By Idahosa Musa Edo Assets Verification Committee set up by Governor Monday Okpebholo, Thursday alleged that the immediate past government under ex-governor Godwin Obaseki spent N3.8b as contribution to the Museum of West Africa Arts (MOWAA), despite having no equity stake in the project. The Committee said, though “Edo government has no equity stake …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has summoned the suspended chairmen of 18 local governments in Edo State for questioning, shortly after the state House of Assembly suspended them for alleged misconduct and insubordination. In a letter dated December 17, 2024, Abdulkarim Chukkol, Director of Investigation at the EFCC, notified the Secretary to the State Government about …

Edo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr. Samson Osagie, has said that the suspension of local government council chairmen and their deputies does not undermine the democratic structure at the grassroots level. In his reation to claims by the suspended chairmen, who described the suspension as illegal, Dr. Osagie stated that the Edo State House of Assembly acted …